Etios Experience

Etios Experience

Look and Style: External look great. Interior- not satisfactoryfrom Toyota image. However, the dash board placement is not that bad as it was thought to be. Rather, the driver can watch the control panel much better than the conventional style. Comfort: Driving comfort is ok but seating comfort is not up to the mark. Toyota group must look into it. Pickup: Above 70 km/hr is reasonable but initial pickup is less than Swift. But, above 100 kmph speed- the pick up is smooth till 125 kmph.  Mileage in City is around 8-9km/lit. It is obvious that hardly one can drive in 5th gear in the city. But, in Highway, the milage is superb. I got around 17.5 km/lit after taking a long drive of around 439 km putting 25 lit of normal unleaded petrol. Most of the time the speed was around 80-100 km/hr. In few occasion the speed was around 110-120km/hr. Best Features: The get up of the car is decent. The driving experience is also pleasant. Leg space is also great. Needs to improve: Seat style, Interior, in-built Sound system. To me, the most important factor is to redesign the Engine mounting. Due some unknown reason (? engine mounting??) Engine vibration is felt always during start & stop. But, during ride, that vibration is never felt. Overall Experience- is reasonably good in view of the low priced factor of this car. All car specialitists should agree that a little bit of higher price might change the entire getup and excellence of the car.