I missed the diesel torque after selling my Ford Ecosport and using a Maruti Jimny as a daily.
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I had a good drive in the Altroz with Aditya. We explored some new roads which made for a very enjoyable drive.
Between the CNG and Diesel, the diesel was obviously the more engaging to drive. I missed the diesel torque after selling my Ecosport and using a Jimny as a daily.
Tata has overall improved the Altroz a lot and loaded it with features. There are a lot of features now that make it on par with the competition. The CNG is also a USP with the usable boot space, and the Altroz is the only diesel hatchback in the market.
Tata’s ride is very good as well as high-speed composure. The Altroz feels solid on the highways as well as twisty B roads. The screen resolution and 360 camera are of excellent quality compared to others, and as is the case with other Tatas, the audio system is excellent.
But there is always a but with a Tata; they are still missing the last 5%. Amongst multiple cars we saw at the media event, no 2 cars were completely alike. The bonnet and grill panel gaps were different in a few cars vs the rest. The boot gap was different as well.
Our car had a very hard passenger seat sliding mechanism vs the other car we drove.
The Diesel car we got had a weird sound when you lift off the throttle. Sounded like a waste gate which was not very happy.
The electronics worked well, and nothing stopped working during the whole day, but there were a few bugs. The top of the touch screen to go to the home page was iffy, sometimes it would pick up the touch instantly, and sometimes it would need a second attempt.
The blind spot monitor, like the Kia’s, is very useful but its purpose is defeated as it replaces the maps in Apple CarPlay or Android Auto when you use the turn signal. Every time you look at the screen for the turning point on the map and then when approaching the turn, you use the indicator, the map goes away and you can’t see which is the exact turn to take! This irritated me no end, as on the highway, there are multiple turning points, and if I used the indicator early, it would not show me when to turn. Just imagine when approaching a road where you need to check whether to go up a flyover or below and use the turn signal but as soon as you use the indicator, the map vanishes and you can’t see where to go. This was just a miss IMO and should have been implemented better.
Altroz is a good option if you need a diesel or want the economy of a CNG. Other than that, they still need to close that 5% gap to match the Koreans and Japs.
Some closing shots from the drive:
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