Friday, December 14, 2012

The New 90 HP VISTA QJT

Just got to know that Tata has launched 90HP Quadrajet Vista with Manza dashboard! I think Tata definitely has a winner on its hand! It must be much more exciting than the current 75 PS QJT model. The sad part is, the tata vista website does not have even a single line about this launch!!!!! Why are TATA product launches so quiet all the time? Why no advt campaign! I am even hooked on to the Tata Vista facebook page, but hey, i do not remember seeing anything there either! A unrelated google search threw up a third party automobile website which spoke about this!!!! I think TATA needs to change their publicity guys or do something about it immediately.

Fourth Free Service Update

Gave my inddie for 4th free service on 5th Dec. Two issues i reported to my service advisor:

1. Clutch judder in first gear while releasing the clutch
2. Not the feeling the turbo kick the way i used to feel in 3rd gear at 2000 RPM.

Car was promised to be ready by 5 PM. Car was indeed ready before 5 PM.  Both the issues i had reported are well taken care of. The clutch judder has greatly reduced. The turbo kick is back. The whole experience was good. I think I must say that Tata customer care and service has greatly improved and is in the same league as that of my previous experiences with Hyundai and Maruti. I have always dealt with Concorde and not sure if the experience varies with other dealerships - but Concorde is getting better with each visit. The service cost me 1900 - this includes 2 full wheel caps which fell off when the car encountered the mega crater and wheel alignment and wheel balancing and other minor things.

By the way, i also got a follow up call from Concorde Customer Care asking me if everything was ok with my car two days after the service and she also mentioned that if i need any tweaking with the recent service, they will send out the mobile squad to my residence or office and have it set right. Wow! now that is really gooood.

So far, no reason to regret my choice; all reasons to feel happy about the choice so far. I think what I have is a most value for money hatch, cheap to maintain, with decent road manners - handling, braking, acceleration etc.