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.