BHPian furyrider<\/strong> recently shared this with other enthusiasts.<\/p>\n Checked the Elevate last weekend. While the features looks disappointing on paper, the vehicle turned out to be good.<\/p>\n Since there are a lot of reviews posted here already, I would like to provide the perspective of my cousin who is looking to upgrade from an Elite i20 (in no particular order):<\/p>\n Coming to the test drive experience. When we checked the car on a Saturday, the SA said he cannot arrange for a TD that day since there are a lot of people waiting in line already (turns out he is right, people were literally trying to get into the car as soon as another customer returned from TD). He did however mention that he would happily arrange one for us on a weekday. As promised, he called yesterday asking if we could drop by the showroom for a TD. The TD vehicle was a white ZX manual. Here are our observations:<\/p>\n SA says on-road (Hyderabad) for ZX and VX CVT is around 18L and for VX to be around 16-16.5L. CVT is expected to command a premium of around 1.3L over MT. Although the official prices are not out yet, he seemed pretty confident about it. They have a few vehicles in their yard ready for delivery (which they intend to do after the price announcement). However, they can only show them to the customers who booked the vehicle so that they could finalise on a colour of their choice.<\/p>\n Honda seems to have put some effort into this vehicle. While I too felt that Honda launched it a couple of years too late, I seem to have changed my opinion after trying out the vehicle in flesh. If someone is looking for no-nonsense vehicle for pottering around city and for occasional highway drives, this should be a strong contender. I agree that there are some missing features, but when I got to experience the vehicle firsthand, I really could not find any flaws to point at. Sure, I could nitpick, but no vehicle is perfect. This is a jack of all trades king of none sort of vehicle. I really hope Honda prices this one right. If I were to pick a 1.5 NA between Seltos, Creta and Elevate, I would go with the Elevate. Somehow, this vehicle seems more practical to me. Even my cousin who is torn between Seltos and Elevate is leaning towards the Elevate. However, he is smitten by that 1.5 turbo in the Seltos. He is still unable to choose an engine option. If he wants that turbo (which I could sense is what will happen), Seltos it is. If not, he intends to book the Elevate.<\/p>\n For those interested, the dealership is Pride Honda, Allwyn X roads. They have TD available as well. There seems to be discounts on the City now. Although the SA did not disclose the exact amount, he did mention that we could negotiate the price if we were interested in the City and the discount should be a “good amount”.<\/p>\n Apologies for not taking any pictures. There were a lot of families checking out the vehicle and I did not want to make them uncomfortable by pointing a camera at their face.<\/p>\n Check out BHPian comments for more insights and information<\/p>\n\n
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