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#1 11-Sep, 2009 02:45 PM
Bijesh Joseph
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Overdrive's giant comparison test of all the small cars in the country. The torturous and demanding roads are a true test of a car’s abilities and capabilities and the one car that can stand head and shoulders above all the others over this kind of terrain will truly emerge as the best small car in the country today. 

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#2 11-Sep, 2009 04:11 PM
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16 drivers and the Nine chosen cars for the test are

1.) i10

2.) Astar

3.) Indica vista D (1.3 QJ) 

4.) Ritz D

5.) Swift P

6.) Punto D

7.) I20 D

8.) Fabia D

9) Jazz P

Don't miss the amazing drive and performance in the terrain of those nine cars.

 




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#3 11-Sep, 2009 04:24 PM
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The videos talk about the final winner - Ritz.

I was curious to know what the other position standings are.

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Naveen



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#4 11-Sep, 2009 04:36 PM
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I guess you went through all the four videos. The three finalists are Jazz, Ritz and Fabia. Concluded that Ritz and Jazz are equally good but Jazz lost because of the price factor. Another interesting thing is about 120 CRDI, got very low rating in the terrain. 




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#5 11-Sep, 2009 04:41 PM
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Yes Bijs, went through all the videos. But they never did mention how they arrived at these 3 finalists. Even though they mentioned about the Ritz being the winner, one of those folks was cribbing about the gear shift in the Ritz.

So was curious about what happened to the other cars. From the video it was clear that all the cars went to their desired destination and returned back to Delhi. And yes, I20 was a big big failure in those terrains according to them.

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#6 11-Sep, 2009 04:58 PM
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Yah that's true, they haven't mentioned the parameters in the video. But i guess the complete report will be there in the Overdrives' 11th anniversary special. Did anyone get a chance to grab that copy?

Look at the cover page (last line)




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#7 15-Sep, 2009 11:59 PM
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i did read that article. and its amazing ..the cars and the trip both..



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#8 16-Sep, 2009 12:24 PM
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Hey Sandipan,

Just curious!! How was the rating for the top 3 cars done in the article? What were the parameters?

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Naveen



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#9 16-Sep, 2009 12:52 PM
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Ritz 5/5 stars

Punto 3.5/5

Fabia 4/5

Swift 3/5

Jazz 4.5/5




My Punto http://ndtvauto.carwale.com/forums/ViewThread-9707.html
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