Tata Indigo Marina

Tata Indigo Marina is a car that has the luxury of a sedan and the utility and convenience of a multi-utility vehicle. Indigo Marina is quite spacious and offers 670 litres of integrated luggage space, accessible from within by folding the retractable parcel shelf or just stowing it away, Looks similar from the front except for the prominent Ski-rails. The rear looks stunning with Glass over Metal rear windscreen and Christmas tree lights! The lights go all the way to the top and the additional roof mounted brake lights and rear fog lights (in tandem with headlight switch) makes it easy to spot on the darkest of the Indian NHs.. Side view helps you appreciate what the rear section has done to the Std Indigo in terms of Space and Size. Looks bigger than it is. Good diesel engine with a turbo. The turbo kicks in around 2200RPM and stays with you, I think, till 3500RPM. This is good enough on a highway, when you can quickly accelerate, but slightly irritating in the city when you end up up-shifting as low as 2000RPM, in an effort to economize. Slight clutch slipping is called for at lower than 2200 Revs when starting from a standstill. The Turbo Lag is slightly notable, and hits you gently, and the car pulls like a petrol once the turbo Kicks. On the highways, for instance NH17, given the good suspension and commanding view, you will end up crossing the 3500RPM pretty quickly. Up-shifting at around 3500RPM, drops the revs right back to 2200RPM ....... At the start of the turbo boost. Superb Schumi style, Good tough suspension that takes the bad stretches without too much fuss. Bad sections of Tar, especially the bad patch jobs done on highways are a pleasure to tackle. In city and at lower speeds, the suspension does come across as slightly hard. Did bottom out on a few occasions at speeds of 60-80 on typical Goan roads .. Narrow and gently uneven. Also tendency to slip out when cornering at high speeds, but controllable, Gives around 12-12.5KM/L in the city with AC always switched on. A slight control on the right foot, and the determination not to fly with the turbo (Up-shifting by 2000-2500RPM), results in a figure of 13.5Km/L but also a few curses as the power drops. Tata Indigo Marina is available in Petrol and Diesel options. The petrol model has three variants-GLX, GLS, and GLE-and the diesel model is available in two variants-LX and LS