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    Honda Brio V MT road test: City slicker

    The Honda Brio is a car that draws mixed emotions – some like the quirky looks, some not so much. We for one think it’s quite fresh and stands out in the crowd. For a car that looks small, the Brio surprisingly packs in plenty of interior cabin space for the occupants. That, combined with the peppy, yet frugal, 1.2 litre engine are what make the Brio stand out as a great urban car for daily dr
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    Honda Brio

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      • Profile picture of Aravind Anbu
         
        Aravind Anbu 1 year, 7 months ago

        Honda says a small diesel engine for their small cars (Brio and Jazz) but the launch will happen in 2013 or 2014

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        Hrishi Acharya 1 year, 7 months ago

        the vehicle os a good car from Honda but still I think why honda is not providing Bluetooth, cd player, turn indicator on mirriors, auto mirror folding, auto cimate control and an option of diesel eng, sunroof in any of there models like in City, Jazz or in Brio? overall brio is a good car.

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        Jeetesh Dusgotra 1 year, 7 months ago

        I dint like the car much.
        better options are available in market with good features and price for the small segment cars.

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        Mirza Hyder Baig 1 year, 7 months ago

        Cannot compete swift. its price tag should be in the santro or beat segment cars.

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        Rahul Reddy Regatte 1 year, 7 months ago

        It is nice car overall and Honda is making an effort to being practical to its heights, which as a customer and environmentalist I feel good. CD player, Bluetooth and climate control are luxuries and hence for a normal commuter a radio is more practical I think. In my research, its not worth coming up with diesel engines in Brio variants where as…[Read more]

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        Vigneswara V Valayapathy 1 year, 7 months ago

        Aravind Anbu .. ennavo thonuchi Aravind.. cuz i’d rather go for Jazz instead of high end Brio.. adhellam vidunga, arasiyalla idhellam sagajam.. :)

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        Aravind Anbu 1 year, 7 months ago

        Vigneswara V Valayapathy rightu vidunga (In vadivel style)
        :)

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        Naushad Ayyub 1 year, 7 months ago

        abe yaar jab 5.5 lakh dena hai to bolero jaise gadi kyon na lele ya thar 4 4 lelena chahiye.

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        Naushad Ayyub 1 year, 7 months ago

        yeh to bachon ka khilona hai rickshaw se bhi bach ke chalana psdega.

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        Ravi Kumar 1 year, 7 months ago

        Good thing is dat there were no visable cost cutting efforts in brio as seen in liva. gr8 work by honda. it seems honda undersood the indian buyers bettet than toyotas.

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    Why the Tata Vista diesel is better value than Maruti Suzuki Swift

    Tata Motors launched the face-lifted Vista a week after the new Swift was launched. The Swift is the popular and more preferred car among the two, but you will be surprised by this: for a certain set of buyers, the Vista diesel Quadrajet is a better proposition than the Swift diesel. Here’s why!
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      • Profile picture of Naushad Ayyub
         
        Naushad Ayyub 1 year, 9 months ago

        but people think after sale market value and swift after sale val;ue is good..

      • Profile picture of Aahnik Purshottam Nanda Choudhury
         
        Aahnik Purshottam Nanda Choudhury 1 year, 9 months ago

        Vista is my Choice…But Swift is people’s Choice…..My verdict…If you don’t want body rattling Then Swift and If you want your Purse jingling….Vista….

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        Rahul Kaushal 1 year, 9 months ago

        dazz jus a myth
        new tata carz are much more betta dan b4 naw
        ew cn take de xample ff indigo manza_its beatin swift d’zire badly

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        Pranay Jiraiya 1 year, 9 months ago

        The most practical analysis I’ve ever read on dws.. I always like Tata vehicles..

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        journeyman 1 year, 9 months ago

        @Pranay +1 to that.Both are good and the real reason behind this is that Vista will be good for 5 ppl and swift for 2 ppl or 3 thats all.Moreover i liked the Vista’s Biege n black interiors when comparet to that of swift’s where the black dash gets dreary after long journeys

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        Pranay Jiraiya 1 year, 9 months ago

        @Vishwas Agreed dude.. To be precise vista is a more practical vehicle as compared to swift. If I’ve to choose one I’ll definitely go for Vista.

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        Abhi Jeet 1 year, 9 months ago

        vista is good in all terms against swift quality design attractiveness everything

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        Anirudh Pathak 1 year, 9 months ago

        I wish people would not just make statements and give some rationale behind their choice… also, I wonder if any one of the people commenting owns either of the two cars above?

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        Davinder Singh Randhawa 1 year, 9 months ago

        both cars are vfm cars, tata and mahindra both indian car manufacturers r creating waves the world, i love how they compete with their rivals.

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        Rama Krishna Dhullipalla 1 year, 9 months ago

        I never used a diesel car personally but know that Vista is good. Especially Quadrajet technology is the huge improvement and space is a definite advantage. Anyways finally its always price which always take predominance in my case.

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        Saravanan Venkatesan 1 year, 9 months ago

        I own a previous model of vista.I bought it in August..Vista really rocks in looks, performance, space, comfortable.I missed the face lift version by a whisker, But I am not too worried about it Because I got the same in lesser price…

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        Anirudh Pathak 1 year, 9 months ago

        @ Rama: True, a majority of the population goes by price, however, it should not just be which is cheaper, but which is more value for money.

        However, I have noticed a trend, at least in the urban population (also owing to considerably more and growing variants/ options) – where a car has moved on from being a luxury to a necessity. So we should…[Read more]

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        Rupinder Singh 1 year, 9 months ago

        @[691971081:2048:Anirudh] : Much as I hate to say it, I am glad that as best enemies, we agree on SOMETHING :-P

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        Rajni Jalota 1 year, 9 months ago

        randhawa saab,u r so passionate 4 cars,why dont u open a car consultancy

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        Rama Krishna Dhullipalla 1 year, 9 months ago

        @[691971081:2048:Anirudh Pathak] – I would prefer to be a listener when it comes to a discussion on Cars and Dogs dude. definitely you know better in this regard.

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        Kishore Kumar 1 year, 8 months ago

        now a days trend changed… tata cars really doing a great job.. in quality too.. truely value fo money…

      • Profile picture of Jaskaran Singh
         
        Jaskaran Singh 1 year, 8 months ago

        ur brain says it’cheap and maybe lots of additional feature, and ur heart says it’s look is better than vista and quality better than vista may be expensive but it’s better than vista

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        Jaskaran Singh 1 year, 8 months ago

        tata still have same problem even every carshows always remind u about it’s quality

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        Kishore Kumar 1 year, 8 months ago

        actually speaking, none of d cars satisfy all yo expectation … even swift’s plastic quality is not up to d mark …. in plastic materials,vw polo’s quality is great. likewise space, comfort, performance,handling….etc compromise will be der in anyone part.. in all the cars.

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        jyoti.sajnani 1 year, 8 months ago

        TATA CARS R ALWAYS COMFORTABLE SPACIOUS N VERY PRACTICAL CARS ..VISTA IS VALUE FOR MONEY WHERE AS SWIFT SUCKSSSS…SAME OLD LUKS….SO BORINGGGG

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        Ganesh Prasad 1 year, 8 months ago

        NO WAY SWIFT IS A BULLS EYE AND TATA VERY BAD EXPERIENCE IRRESPECTIVE OF ALL SEASONS U WILL FIND 5-10 CARS IN DELI ROADS ON ALL SEASONS WHICH SHAL BE IN BREAK DOWN EVEN THOUGH VISTA USES THE SAME ENGINE THE INITIAL, TOP END ALSO ROAD GRIP ROLL DOWN WHEN COMPARED 2 VISTA IS 100%BETTER SWIFT IS FUN 2 DRIVE CAR U CAN IMAGINE URSELF DRIVING A FERRARI…[Read more]

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        Anirudh Pathak 1 year, 8 months ago

        @[793531163:2048:Rupinder Singh]: Au contraire, mon frère. To be enemies, you must first agree. Be it agree to disagree, or even to agree to be enemies… :)

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        Muhammed Rafi M 1 year, 8 months ago

        after gettin jaguar and landrover tata has did a great job in its interiors….

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        Prakash Ramanarayan 1 year, 8 months ago

        Maruti is BULL SHIT when it comes to Diesel. Prefer TATA any day in Diesel. Vice Versa for Petrol.

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        Inderjeet Singh 1 year, 8 months ago

        ofcourse the vista is vfm than swift but wat makes the choice so clear is the product quality in terms of body and painting job.
        rather swift also doesn’t have much more good finish but can be preffered over the TATA one.

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        Sandeep J Massey 1 year, 8 months ago

        proud owner of Vista from last one year… no compare with swift.. vista is far better.

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        Good Samaritan 1 year, 8 months ago

        You don’t need to own a car to comment here. One can experience by driving a Vista or a Swift of his/her friend.

        This is a open space, and anyone can mark his/her presence here.

        YOU Boredom, just **** off…….

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        Ashish Shrivastava 1 year, 8 months ago

        Randhawa Saab, is there any problem in Quadrajet engine in terms of performance…….which one is more better……..Quadrajet or TDi.

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        Ravi Kumar 1 year, 8 months ago

        change ur mind set guys…,
        tata s have reached a long way in quality…they are producing a car jaguar which s an 80lakh product…
        vista quality s far better than swift ( iam using swift LDi for 4 yrs)
        when u sit in swift u never feel like ur sitting in a premium hatch.
        is it worth really worth of 6,50 lakhs??????????
        only advantage of swift is…[Read more]

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        Ravi Kumar 1 year, 8 months ago

        TATA s values are far better than any car makers stands strong against HONDA

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        Charan Bhawnani 1 year, 8 months ago

        Rajbinder Singh , i love cars! and decisions related to love cannot be taken by brain! i’ve booked the new swift long back, expecting delivery anytime now!

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        Sandeep Rathore 1 year, 7 months ago

        tata is not cheap but practically priced car, i c people praising maruti like anything only because it is cheap and poor can maitain it, try a european car first than u will know what a car is. tata is much better than maruti. maritu cars are not safe enough.

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        journeyman 1 year, 7 months ago

        Vista is far better Than the swift in terms of best equipments and comfort,whereas the swift has only been changed at the outside and the same dreary black interiors sucks big time,whereas Indica Vista is always refreshing when you enter the vehicle and even the rear seats feels better and 3 ppl can seat abreast and comfortable in the highways.

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        td 1 year, 4 months ago

        To a serious buyer-buy the Vista TDI-is actually 80% as good in terms of drivability as compared to the quadrajet and cheaper to maintain;MUCH cheaper to buy-infact as costly as a petrol version of most cars-YOU start SAVING from day 1;-i own one-LOVE IT!

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        Jeetendra Jagwani 1 year, 4 months ago

        Tata vehicles suffer due to quality issues. That ‘impression’ carries on for all its vehicles. Until they take that seriously, they will never get valuation that they really deserve. They really need to get their act together. AND thats why Maruti outsells others. Reliability. Add to that looks and maintenance..and you have a winner. In that…[Read more]

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        Pradhuman Jallandhra 1 year, 4 months ago

        @ Mr. Ganesh Prasad lolz you saying it feels like Ferrari when you sitting in Swift tell me one thing does it pains when you sit in Ferrari,I drove friend’s swift from Jaipur to Punjab and you know i was like “what the shit is this” m an avg. height guy (5’11), soo uncomfortable.. hehe.. Swift sucks you getting same power engine n even better…[Read more]

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        Kshitij Bhavsar 1 year, 3 months ago

        Space & comfort are two big things that one should look for while taking a car. The swift has a waiting period of 6-7 months which is another concern. Addition to that the VDI version would cost you 6,47,000/- on road in Pune that too without a music system. Where as the Vista comes with a price tag of 5,50,950 for the VX model & is loaded with…[Read more]

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        adhir 1 year, 3 months ago

        It took TATA awhile to earn my respect; and then I got married. Wife hates TATA…and I’m back to status quo.

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        hardikm 1 year, 1 month ago

        Tata Vista is an amazing car….. Awesome features and great brand name….

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        Jignesh Patel 1 year ago

        Vista i always better then Swift. Here we are just living a sheep life if someone says swift is good then everyone starts to folllow. But what is good about swift no one will able to answer. Vista always best when compared with Swift.

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        banned.arora 1 year ago

        The all new Vista backs out on some of the features. First is the interior plastic quality that has always been a concern with Tata buyers, in new Vista as well this error can be easily seen.http://goo.gl/vSgbr The gear shift is not one of the smoothest as Tata claims, it requires more than just a flick of the wrist. At high speeds, you will feel…[Read more]

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    Safest sedans in India below Rs. 8 lakh

    Updated: 30/03/2012 More and more cars are now coming with safety features like ABS, EBD and airbags – here’s a compilation of the safest cars in India below Rs. 8 lakh!
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        journeyman 1 year, 9 months ago

        Swift Dzire is a good bet at 8 lakhs with ABS Airbags standard and smells good value for me except for the rear seat comfort.If you dont mind Manza is also good:)

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        Sayan Sengupto 1 year, 9 months ago

        Tata MANZA Elan……my choice…..safe n spacy……….gud 4 a small family.

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        Naga Hari Krishna 1 year, 9 months ago

        What about Mitsubishi Lancer.. It drives so well, you basically don’t need safety features.. Right..

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        Singh Harman 1 year, 9 months ago

        Toyota Etios V got everything with an on road price of 6.75 lakh :) Dual Airbags, ABS, Integrated music system, Alloy wheels, Fog Lamps a better choice I’ll say.

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        Singh Harman 1 year, 9 months ago

        ow yes, handles better to :P like slipping a hot knife through a block of butter

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        Hrishi Acharya 1 year, 9 months ago

        well I think 1 sld go for Honda city or for Sx4 and even Linea is a good option onlly the prob with Linea is a very poor Ass…..i don’t like etios at all…..nor dezire whcih are very common cars manza is a avery spacious vehciles after all its a TATA ans same prob ASS of TATA is not also good……..i think Honda city and SX4 r god open options…[Read more]

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        Amit Sharma 1 year, 9 months ago

        Here Tata manza wins :) … becoz SX4 , City n Linea all are starting 7.7 n above wit basic model , and all basic model are really useless.. so go for fully loaded Tata Manza.. :)

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        jyoti.sajnani 1 year, 9 months ago

        NISSAN SUNNY OR TATA MANZA…THEY R COMFORTABLE N ALSO GRT LOOKING CARS….

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        Bala Karthic 1 year, 9 months ago

        If the question is ” Safest”, then It should be Linea.. Good build quality.

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        Shivraj Naik 1 year, 2 months ago

        Linea 2012 has airbags and ABS in Dynamic model too and i own one too:-) it’s handling ,body built makes its a good highway sedan.cheers FIAT.

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        Rohan Acharekar 1 year, 2 months ago

        hey guys dont you think as the technology is giving us ways for safety, but as it is increasing, the ratio of accident is also increasing proportionately? if u study the accidents’ statistics then we will come to know that ABS, EBD, etc. is not stopping the accidents to happen. infact if driver drives the car properly then no need of ABS, EBD,…[Read more]

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        Rohan Acharekar 1 year, 2 months ago

        it is great that we have such a technology for safety but just dont take disadvantage of it or it will ruin your life

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        Vik Prabhakar 1 year, 2 months ago

        City or Linea, both are best among all crap steel machines. City has. status and Linea has good and different looks. So end of the Discussion :/

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        Jignesh Patel 8 months, 4 weeks ago

        Linea 2012 is best with all safety features and tank like build quality. please dont compare it with DZire.

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    Peugeot 508 and 3009 MPV headed for India

    French car maker Peugeot will mark its re-entry into the Indian car market with the launch of the 508 luxury sedan and 3009 MPV (multi-purpose vehicle) according to Overdrive magazine. The company is still mulling over whether to set up its factory – which will be operational by 2013 –
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