INDICA XETA - THE OBESE OLD WOMAN

A user review on Tata Indica V2 Xeta. Written by anup999 on 24 May, 2006

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Good	:	luxurious interiors for a small car, sturdy, competively priced
Bad	:	outsized wheel arch flairs and body skirting, small and skinny tyres, obese and lazy appearing car

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Tata has done a good job by introducing a petrol car with a competitive price tag. However, what TATA Motors has forgotten is that they are offering a petrol car in the small segment and not a truck or dumper. The Indica was initially designed by IDEA if i remember. The body shape was then termed as BEAN shaped. Till then the story was great. Then came in the in-house designers of TATA motors who decided to give the Indica a desi face lift. They gave INDICA a new delicate looking grill instead of the earlier muscular one, they gave Indica outsized and sharp edged Wheel Arch Flairs and side skirting and also redesigned the tail lamps in a funny manner.After all this heavy facelift, the car still has the same old SKINNY tyres. So now we have an OBESE AND LAZY OLD WOMAN WITH WEAK KNEES and TATA motors is trying to capture the petrol market by telling us that it is fuel efficient and fast ! BIG JOKE May be it is but can it compete with the agile and trendy looking Santro and Wagon R ? The answer is NO ! Inspite of flooding the newspapers and television with advertisements of the XETA, there are very few seen on the roads. I would say that i have seen most number of XETA's in advertisements rather on the roads. TATA motors should should understand what the people want in a small car. The car should give the feeling of owning a big car but at the same time it should'nt look obese like the INDICA. The indica should look sturdy, agile, quick, trendy, alert and handsome. Todays Indica looks like a obese old woman who tries to look beautiful by appying layers of Make-up. GIVE US SOME CHANGE TATA MOTORS, GIVE US SOMETHING THAT WE WANT NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE US !

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Jayan on 26 Nov, 2009 at 08:16 PM

I bought Indica Xeta in May 2007 it has done 25000+ kilometers till now. I never faced any major issues with my Idica Xeta.This is an excellent value for money car.Many people written about the tyre size, actually the tyres of Xeta is slightly bigger compared to santros and wagonRs.But the bigger size of the car and bigger wheel arch gives a slightly odd look for Xeta.You can easily fix 14” alloy wheels in Xeta,but You have to compromise on mileage. Any way I don’t refer Xeta now. Go4 Gr8 Vist

Anavattva on 26 Nov, 2009 at 02:54 PM

I think people have made stupid statements about tata's which is totally uneccessary. Before being the b#$%@c of the western models, u stupid slaves should see the sort of respect Tata's have abroad. See some BBC shows idiots. For people who are taking about "Poor Indians Car". Well.. I thnik u dnt have the right to exists. Indian economy is driven by poor and middle class. not by the elite class.so if u have problems with the "poor Indains" get out of my country.Nick from UK.

Rahul Singh on 28 Oct, 2009 at 10:24 PM

indica xeta is an outdated car. very poor after sales service too. i would use it only if i win it in a lucky draw contest, otherwise i will not even bother to spend 1 lac from my pocket to buy a new incdica.

Rahul Singh on 28 Oct, 2009 at 10:22 PM

Reetesh on 02 Oct, 2009 at 03:37 PM

it is one of the worst car in all the cars

Rahul_Kasba on 21 Jul, 2009 at 12:33 PM

i totally disagree with this review

Rana on 26 Jun, 2009 at 10:21 PM

Many CNG run indicas/indigos have caught fire while the car was in motion. Brother, avoid TATA products. These TATA cars run well for about 3 to 4 years and then its like maintaining a white elephant in your house. The people on this forum who are praising indicas/indigos, will bury themselves once the car completes about 50,000 kms.

Kinnar Shah on 25 Jun, 2009 at 10:43 PM

Did anybody came across the problems in Indica Xeta fitted with CNG. I heard that due to low current the spark plug, a cable running from coil to spark plug or coil is getting damanged & requires replacement.My e-mail id is kms_ahd@rediffmail.com

Aarti on 06 Jun, 2009 at 11:28 PM

Excellent review. I wonder why so many people are behind the author's blood. The review is completely justified. Good one

Subhadip4U on 06 Jun, 2009 at 02:57 PM

Mr.Anup Desai.... 2yrs ago u wrote this comment.. which creats history....so many opinions...which help me to purchase XETA GLS....bilieve me if you dont put this stupid comment it would be difficult for me to take decision....Thanks Buddy...

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