Hi Ankit, we aren’t really looking at bikes and scooters here, but I can give you a general view on these. The Honda Activa is a tried and tested product now and would be a better bet. Also have you checked out the Mahindra Duro?

Ertiga should be around 170 mm as it uses the Swift / SX4 platform. Innova & Xylo as mentioned by Aravind above.

The experts must be correct with the specs. Just that, my experience with the Innova is that it is actually not high enough to deal with regular(poor) Indian roads. It requires a careful hand when being driven fully loaded over rather large speed breakers. I have never had such issues with my Scorpio.

Nope.

Yes, there’s one. The Ford Fiesta Powershift AT has traction control. Verna and Xylo don’t have traction control.

The Fiesta like Roshun pointed out is the only one under Rs.11 lakh with traction control. The Verna and Xylo have other features but this particular safety features is missing.

Good question Ankit, why are you interested in traction control though? There are very few situations where it will be needed for most people. Do you like it as a cool tech to have?

Any of the safety devices, be it ABS, airbags or traction control (a more elaborate form would be a whole electronic stability program), just make your drive that much safer. Traction control in its purest form, detects excessive wheel spin and regulates the amount of power going to that wheel, either by controlling the ABS unit which brakes the…[Read more]

1. High speed turns, where the car begins to lose traction and skid, individual wheels are braked and power reduced from the engine to prevent the wheels from locking or spinning out of control excessively. 2. In snow and ice and sandy surfaces, where excessive wheel spin will bog the car down.