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Sunday, 5 August 2012

Best Sedan under 10 Lakhs in India; Honda City vs Ford Fiesta vs Fiat Linea

So after researching a month I am now gonna write on diesel sedans. You might be thinking why I put Volkswagen Vento out of this comparision is that the car does not looks as all German Volkswagen looks. And the viewing is very bad for the driver to park the car, the rear window is placed very high so making the rear view very compact and one can not see the rear ends of the car. Which is really very unsafe. So now we should come on the point and start the comparison of these three ladies ;)
Fiat Linea T Jet Plus


Engine-
Fiat Linea T Jet Plus has got a 1.4L 1368cc Turbo Charged T jet Engine, While Honda City V MT has got a 1.5L i-Vtech Engine and Ford Fiesta AT Titanium Plus has got a 1.5L DOHC Engine. All the engines have 4 cylinders. The Turbo Charged engine of Linea produces 112bhp@ only 5000RPM because of its 207Nm of torque@ only 2200RPM and thus the Turbo charged engine does its job. Now talking about Honda City's i-Vtech Engine it produces max power of 116.3bhp@6600RPM and 146Nm of Torgue @4800RPM. While the DOHC engine of Fiesta produces 107.5bhp of max power@6045RPM and max torque of 140Nm@ 4500RPM.

Handling-

I won't write that much in this segment but what I will write is that Ford Fiesta wins this segment and Linea lies on the 2nd place but all the three cars have got very nice handling !!

Fuel Economy-
The main segment for the Indians ! ;)
Linea gives around 11.3kmpl in City and 14.6kmpl on Highways. Whereas, City gives 13.4kmpl in City and 16.8kmpl on Highways. And Fiesta gives 14kmpl in CIty and 17kmpl on highways. So we can see that all have got almost same mileage but Fiesta wins again.

Ford Fiesta AT Titanium Plus
Comfort-
 In this segment Linea wins as it have a high thigh support at back but all these three have nice comfort on the back seat. But there is a problem with Fiesta and that problem is its glasses are very small and compactly placed in order to give it a sporty look from outside but from inside this cause the passengers to feel packed !


Looks-
All these three cars are very nice looking but I personally like the Italian diva (Linea) than the others two.

Honda City V MT Exclusive
Below is the table which points the features which are available in one but not in second. And those features which are not included in this list are found in all these three models, like ABS with EBD, Airbags etc etc.




Features
Honda City V MT Sunroof
Fiat Linea T Jet Plus
Ford Fiesta AT Titanium Plus
Automatic Climate Control
No
YES
YES
Air Quality Control
NO
NO
YES
Cup- Holder Rear
YES
YES
No
Rear A/C Vents
YES
YES
NO
Seat Lumbar Support
YES
YES
NO
Cruise Control
YES
No
YES
Parking Sensor
NO
NO
YES

Leather Seats
YES
YES
NO
Fabric Upholstry
NO
NO
YES
Leather Steering Wheel
YES
YES
YES
Outside Temperature Display
NO
YES
YES
Power Adjustable Exterior Rear View Mirror
NO
YES
YES
Rain Sensing Wiper
NO
YES
YES
Rear Window Wiper
NO
NO
YES
CD Changer
YES
NO
NO

Price-
Fiat Linea T Jet Plus is priced at 9,32,729 Honda City V MT Exlusive at 9,70,00 and Ford Fiesta AT Titanium Plus at 9,86,300


Conclusion-

1 comments:

Dr Roshan Radhakrishnan said...

Hi... Among the Sedans presently available in India, which all have Parking sensors fitted in ? I was surprised to see that the Honda City you tested didnt have it. I'm guessing it would be the high end versions, but still would really love to know.

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