Posted by
Praveen Tyagi
@ Sujit: Blue and Me is only the hype.
Apart from the look which is meant only for admiration, there is nothing else in the car.
I was very much disappointed when I did the TD last week. 1st and 2nd gear its too sluggish. Poor interiors and very poor plastics parts which were broken from many places.
Nothing to admire.
You get blue tooth feature also in Cedia which is far better car.
Yes It is slow in first and 2nd gear. But delivers performance where needed - above 30 KMPH. You will be surprised to see the ease with which you can overtake other cars as its stellar performance is in the normal usable midrange.
Let me repeat
In terms of performance,
- if we are looking for racing track performance then SX4 and City score better than Linea. (but in normal driving situations, you do not start from 0 with all other cars in the same line after flag-off)
- if you are looking for performance in the normal range then Linea scores far above SX4 and City.
Normally whether in City or highways, you are already above 30KMPh often and Linea gives performance where you need - in the mid range.
To talk in terms of data
0 to 100 - Linea - 15 seconds, Optra - 10.9, City - 10.3, Civic - 9.6, Verna - 11.3, SX4-12.1
But
20 to 80 - Linea - 11.8, Optra - 12.8, City - 12.9, Civic - 12.3, Verna - 12.3, SX4 – 13.75
40 to 100 - Linea - 13.6, Optra - 14.9, City - 16.7, Civic - 16.4, Verna - 16.4, SX4 – 20.92
So, the feel that SX4 or City or Civic has better performance is due to the fact that they have much better figures on paper in terms of bhp, cc etc. But in reality the story is different.
Posted by
Sujit
Blue and me is/was one of the greatest and most talked about distinguished feature in the Linea. But now, it seems like many aren't able to get it working. Blue & Me refuses to recognise voice commands. It might be due be either accent or the phone model which is the culprit.
But then Blue & Me turned out to be more of hype only
Blue & Me voice recognition requires some getting used to. But Blue & Me is not just voice commands alone. There are several other features that you can use in Blue & Me - which comes in very handy.
I have been using it and is pretty good.
