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Tata Nexon

Tata's Nexon has always been one of its most successful products. And now with the new launches like Kia Sonet and the popular Hyundai Venue let’s see how well does it match up with it's competition.

DIMENSIONS

LENGTH

3993mm

WIDTH

1811mm

HEIGHT

1606mm

WHEELBASE

2498mm

SEATING CAPACITY

5

BOOT SPACE

350 litres

NO. OF DOORS

5

FUEL TANK CAPACITY

44 liters

EXTERIOR


First up, the new look which frankly is a big departure from the earlier one in fact it's so thoroughly updated from some angles it looks like much more than a facelift a lot of this is down to the larger looking nose it now gets a higher SUV like bonnet the large C-shaped bracket makes it look wider and with the force cuff plate the chin is now more SUV. Around the side the white ceramic highlights are a signature of the Nexon and help define the rising belt line and it now gets black in C pillars to make it coupe like, the new union jack tail lights look interesting and with Nexon now written across the rear it's easy to identify this one as the facelift. The Nexon is well built and has also scored 5 star NCAP rating.

In short you get LED DRLs both at the front and the rear you now get ESPs there's also traction control, brake assist, auto wipers, auto lights and tire pressure monitoring system.

INTERIOR

It has a 7 inch Touchscreen infotainment system with Apple Car Play and Android Auto. The Nexon also gets Tata's Ira connected car tech and included in this software suite is the what three words navigation.

The cabin is more familiar but still substantially updated so quite a lot new on the inside first up is this Tri arrow design that comes right across the dash, there's this new steering wheel the flat bottom steering wheel cruise control you get this new instrument panel a digital instrument panel and a sunroof. There are less practical spaces to install something like a cup holder, strange thing is there still isn't a secure place to put your phone. The umbrella holders in the doors are nice, bottle holders on all 4 doors,  the big cooled glove box with two compartments is well cool and then there's the express cool function (cools the cabin 70% fast), express cooling on windows roll down it even reminds you to put the window up via a voice prompt. Nexon has always been a comfortable SUV to sit in this, the ruby wide cabin and it's pretty good in the rear as well comfortable in the back especially due to the long seat the long swab gives you tremendous thigh support there's a fair amount of knee room you can keep your feet under the seat and despite the arched roof there will be decent amount of headroom as well (as tested by some popular reviewers). Luggage space in the rear is a useful 350 liters and you can fold and flip the seats down as well.

ENGINE

                                        DIESEL            

ENGINE TYPE

1.5L Revotorq Turbocharged

DISPLACEMENT

1497

MAX POWER

108.5bhp@4000rpm

MAX TORQUE

260Nm@1500-2750rpm

NO. OF CYLINDER

4

TRANSMISSION TYPE

Manual / AMT

GEAR BOX

6 speed

DRIVE TYPE

FWD

   PETROL

ENGINE TYPE

1.2L Revotron Turbocharged

DISPLACEMENT

1199

MAX POWER

118.3bhp@5500rpm

MAX TORQUE

170Nm@1750-4000rpm

NO. OF CYLINDER

3

TRANSMISSION TYPE

Manual / AMT

GEAR BOX

6 speed

DRIVE TYPE

FWD

On paper the engine delivers good power.

It has driving modes ECO, City and Sport. All of them work quite well ECO is OK when you want to conserve fuel and Sport does give you an extra kick. 

(As tested by some reviewers) A result to 0-100 came up in 13.01 seconds the launch was a bit slow but after a while Nexon clearly shows out. Nexon will really excel over broken roads, you can carry on over bad patches often without really having to slow down. Overall the Nexon delivers plenty of confidence through it's  steering, little bit of stiffness in the suspension helps the Nexon in the handling department too with its well-weighted steering and actually decent body control the Nexon feels comfortable at speed.

Also it has traction control in all the variants.

PRICE & VERDICT

DIESEL (variants)

Ex-SHOWROOM

On-ROAD

XE

Rs.8,45,500

Rs.9,63,034

XM

Rs.9,32,500

Rs.10,60,028

XM S

Rs.9,84,500

Rs.11,18,001

XZ

Rs.10,32,500

Rs.12,17,978

XZ+

Rs.11,12,500

Rs.13,10,767

XZ+ S

Rs.11,72,500

Rs.13,80,359

XZ+ (O)

Rs.12,02,500

Rs.14,15,155


PETROL (variants)

Ex-SHOWROOM

On-ROAD

XE

Rs.7,09,899

Rs.7,99,434

XM

Rs.7,99,500

Rs.8,97,759

XM S

Rs.8,51,500

Rs.9,54,822

XZ

Rs.8,99,500

Rs.10,07,496

XZ+

Rs.9,79,500

Rs.10,95,285

XZ+ S

Rs.10,39,500

Rs.12,00,109

XZ+ (O)

Rs.10,69,500

Rs.12,34,155

Nexon is among the most spacious and comfortable compact SUV in its class and with the additional goodies and kit on offer it feels more up market too also with prices ranging from 7.09 to 12.79 lakh for the top end. The Nexon is a great value for money, quality levels still aren't quite the same as some rivals and the petrol engine to be even smoother still if you are among the many who think this is the best looking car in its class (like me) and are looking for a comfortable compact SUV surely check this one.

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