Off topic - Help me choose the first car
Hyryder G Neodrive vs Creta S(O) vs Taigun GTLine vs Elevate VX
All petrol automatic versions.
Which one to buy?? Budget 18-20L; First car and mostly city drive in BLR and minimal trips.
Let me know your views.
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OPINION :
Go for tata punch or punch ev instead, the top variants you'll get for less than 18L small robust car perfect for maneuvering high traffic roads and it'll fit a family of 4 easily. Also EVs are good for intra city travel and especially the traffic wait time in Bangalore where an idle slow moving car will burn a lot of petrol but an EV would burn virtually nothing.
Not required to idle is interesting natural feature of EV. Some power would go in headlights systems etc but still it's much lower than complete engine idling.
Invest 10-12 lk max for a car anything above is luxury and not worth it considering steep deprivation of value over time
Agar bhagane ka shauk hai then Taigun, for mileage, hyruder, if you want best of both worlds, either of Elevate and Creta would be fine, based on features prefrence, but more inclined towards elevate.
If looking after mileage, strech to get the hybrid version of hyryder, also very quite but feels flimsy like Maruti car.
Otherwise most comfortable would be elevate.
Addressing various points first:
- wild card entry first: Brezza Top Variant le lo? Torque converter hai. Feature bhi decent hain. You’ll save some money you can invest into market. You’ll get most of all you need in this car as well given what all you’re looking for.
- Creta is not worth it. I have Seltos GTX, i 20 N Line in house. Prefer i20 N Line > Seltos GTX. Had the option to buy Creta but passed on it in favour of Seltos. (Personal choice and bad exp with Hyundai brand)
- Creta hai kuchh dost log ke paas. Initial charm hai creta mein, but wohi Hyundai. Those who like it like it anyway.
- Elevate expected to keep you happy over long term with its reliable proven engine and tranny.
- Hyryder is okay, hybrid battery pack se achha mileage bhi hai and will keep you comfy for city trips. But BLR se bahar jaoge and you’ll hit the limits on engine capacity real quick: not much power/torque there.
- Taigun: city mein hi chalana hai toh DSG mat lena, go for torque converter 1L auto variant. Its decent fun.
In none of the options I’d suggest Seltos/Creta DCT. IVT in both cases. City mein torque converter (Brezza/Taigun/Hyryder) or CVT (Seltos IVT/Elevate CVT) is suitable.
Final verdict: Go for Elevate CVT/Taigun 1L TC Variant.
Do sip instead of wasting money
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