Tata Manza [2011-2015] User Reviews

Exterior Best exteriors in classs, value for money

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Perfect , seat covers should be leather however i have done it later on, plastic quality is much better than before, with bluetooth system and control on steering for audio and phone amazing. very comfortable car fol long run, you dont feel fatigue after driving 400-500 kms also. Value for money.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox After driving a petrol engine definately you feel less pick up but if you compare quadrajet vs tdi then best in class, gearbox is very smooth, the ratio of changing gears are low, fuel economy excellent. it bears me 3.5 rs / km in city and 3 rs/ km on highway with AC considering current diesle rate 46 Rs /Liter. what else you want ? you are driving a luxury sedan.

Ride Quality & Handling We have gone to bombay from ahmedabad and from ahmedabad to Shrinathji, Driven already 20000 KM in a year, excellent drive. without tiredness, lot of comfort,  

Final Words Excellent value for money car. Thanks to Tata.

Areas of improvement With one year of experience NONE.

Good fuel economy, Good style, boot space, with bluetooth system and control on steeringseat covers could have been leather one,

Exterior I was captivated by it's cat eyes front look when indica vista was first launched. Then came the manza ! sleek looks from the side and huge costly looks at dirt cheap price.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Features comparable to honda city, in fact better at more than 2 lac lower cost. DIN5 bluetooth, fuel indicator, charger, power windows, boot light and arm rest are great stuff. space is amazing... incomparable. can easily carry four suitcases and 2-3 handbags, so the internal cabin remains uncluttered. the rear seats as well as drivers are extremely comfortable. even after 8 -9 hour drives, feel fresh. AC too is quick to cool. rear seat comfortably seats 3.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox petrol engine is very peppy. slightly better power could have helped though, as the engine is same as the indica vista but has much more weight to carry. fuel economy is terrible. but I bought the car for it's looks and space and use mainly for long distances, where it is ok. short distances, my maruti 800 it is .... for parking as well as fuel economy! at long distances, at sustained 100+ speeds, got an average of over 17 kmph with AC.

Ride Quality & Handling Excellent and smooth ride with very effective shock absorbers. but the indian potholes mean every servicing takes about 1000 odd to repair broken struts and wheel balancing. visibility is good. on good roads, at high speeds, it's amazing. power steering not as nice as a i20, but still alright. comfortably cruises at 125 - 135 kmph.

Final Words A wonderful car for long drives and large parking spaces like malls, or office. been 1.5 yr, and i'm totally happy with the decision (other options were dzire & i20). tata service is good, and well available in all cities. dents are also not very costly to repair at small garages.

Areas of improvement Rear AC vent would've helped. same goes for better plastics. the internal cover of A bar keeps coming off. the defective fuel-temp indicator was warranty repaired promptly. the instrantaneous mileage indicator is rather useless, while the distance to go is good. no internal flat surfaces inside and outside mean can't place / stick the mobile and GPS holders properly in front or soft toys at the back.

looks, space, features, pricemileage, plastics, rear look

Beware!!!!! Don’t ever buy a Manza!!!

Please don't ever think of buying a MANZA. It has got a major problem with its brake system. The brake becomes hard and it fails when we drive at slow speed in traffic conditions. In last 10 months I have taken my CAR several times to various tata authorized service center but they were not able to resolve it.  Now tata is telling me that I should alter my driving style. They are saying that this occurs in all cars with Safire engine.

Hence this is sincere appeal that do not go for any TATA car because they cannot resolve the problem of product manufactured by them. Instead of resolving the issue they try to convince the customer that there is no such issue.

Also if you lodge a complaint against any service center, then TATA will not take any action against them, instead they will ask you to change the service center. Now they have asked me to come to tata owned service center which is around 40 KMS from my house. This is just because they cannot provide me good service at their authorized service center like Galaxy Motors. And these dealers never listen to company people. Tata Motors expectation is that the customer should pay for buying its car and then keep on spending on petrol for visiting their workshop for repetitive complaints which arise in the Car.

If you want to know details of the issue you can get in touch with me at XXXXXXXXXX.

Good spaceService centers are worst

Exterior Good & needs to be made more sleek in the coming years like Verna Fluidic.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Good but not Excellent, Enough Head & Leg room which gives a feeling of a Business Class Travel. Good Blaupunkt Stereo & Speakers, Steering mounted controls with BT Handsfree gives effortless driving. Need for a Bootle Cooler, A/c is powerful & some more refining is required.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Good & Power is excellent, Sudden Pick up thrills. Fuel Economy is justifiable as Weight is more & makes the vehicle sturdy even at 140 km/Hr speed.

Ride Quality & Handling Good even at High speeds, driven upto 150km/Hr & have found the car to be firm on the road & also in curves.

Final Words A budget car & definitely makes happy without any regrets.

Areas of improvement Metalurgy of the body needs improvement & should have more life similar to suzuki cars. Service quality needs a lot of improvement as it lacks skill & committment.

Fuel Economy - Good, Style - Fair Enough to draw attention of people.Door Built Quality needs improvement, Power Windows needs improvement,

Exterior This car is one of the best looking. Love the front looks and side ones. I was enjoying the feel how most of the crowd on road was checking my new Club class Manza (VX) by gazing it. Windscreen / metallic body and front lights / fog lamps are nice. Now the car is coming with roof top antenna which is adjustable. Awsome colors availability.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) These are the best avaialble with Manza;

Bluetooth connectivity (up to 5 i think) / music system (with CD player) / Navigation (GPS) / touchscreen controls / plastic quality and glass quality / appealing dashboard color scheme and displays at right place with nice steal and chromium / internal looks and feel / "SPACE" to accomodate /  seat fabric and belt quality / stearing mounted controls with glitch free power window controls / clarity of the voice (with respect to music and bluetooth connectivity through handphone) / adjustable stearing wheel / long drive relief notch for driver seat / real big front drawer / AC;

Engine sound is much reduced if we compare to old Manza versions. Cabin is pretty quite. Do we need anything else? I am so satisfied with these!

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox I purchased my car in Hubli (KA) where I live in Bangalore. I drove back to Bangalore on the same day I got the delivery, control was awesome on highways and within the city. Enjoyed the long drive (430 KM's) and got 24.5 Kms / Ltr (diesel). The quadrajet engine was so smoot and glitch free, turning radius / shock absorbers / ride quality were really nice.

Without 1st service till date ( 1st service is on 8th Jab 13), car is performing very well. Within the Bangalore city (you must be aware of traffic jams here and road quality) I am getting 19.5 Km/Ltr;

Engine parformance is superb, its QuadraJet from FIAT boss.

I have a single complaint for the gear shifting which is not quite smooth, I believe after the 1st service this issue will get fixed.

Ride Quality & Handling Super! handling is very smooth, I just feel as i am driving a hatchback. Very stable on roads.

Final Words I AM SATISFIED. What all I feel is I have managed to purchase a car which has ample features and a real value for money. We can't suspect TATA's ability with diesel vehicles.

Areas of improvement Looks, still there is some space to improve, Still the engine sound can be redused? not sure but TATA ppl can take this advice 😎.

Looks, Mileage, Spacing, Maintenancenone till date

Exterior Stylish looks and solid body...I have castle grey color....siver lining on the grey makes it more attractive.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Unlimited space, arm rest, digital screen on dash board, inbuilt music system makes it more attractive.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox One of my Maruti lover friend tried a lot to hear the noise, but dissapointed. My daily drive is 55 KM in city, in some place I get chance to go in 5th gear. Getting mileage around 15 - 16 KMPL with half AC. Have driven around 5000 KM in last 4 months.

Very smooth in high speed, I took it upto 120KM/hr ....no vibration at all ....and I think this model has made some refinement on the suspension, its beyond my expectation....& far better than Fluidic Verna or SX4 from my personal experiance.

Ride Quality & Handling Excellent.

Final Words Best combination of TATA refinement FIAT 1.3 MJD with TATA's solid body & Italian looks makes it best Tata Product and better than any other sedan in this price range...its really VFM.

Areas of improvement Ground Clearance & defogger should be provided in 8 Lakh car.

Excellent Pick Up & Suspension, No question on Space & stylish Italian Looks and great MileageGround clearance has some issue & absence of defogger

Exterior Good looks.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Good space, very comfortable sitting

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Bad a.c., steering  and clutch.

Ride Quality & Handling steering wheel vibrates on bumpy roads . braking is excellent.

Final Words Better to have two wheeler than owing tata manza

Areas of improvement Gear smoothness, a.c. efficiency ,steering quality and  clutch smootness should be improved. there is a great need to improve the above aspects so as to make TATA an acceptable brand. customer care management should be improved as there is no response to customer complaint at service station and at the toll free complaint no. .steering mechanism should be improved as the co-driver's side tyre wearing is high .clutch needs a great improvement as pressure plate is not reliable and need to changed again and again.

Space , suspensionA.c. , steering ,clutch

Exterior NOT GOOD.THE BODY DESIGN IS SAME FOR INDICA AND MANZA.THE LOOK SHOULD BE SUCH WHICH DISTINGUISE FROM ONE MODEL TO ANOTHER. THERE IS NO SMOOTHNESS IN DOORS, BUMPER, LOCKING ETC. ETC.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) NOT UPTO STANDARD. DUE TO TECHNICAL FAULT ,I HAVE TO REPLACE /CHANGE : INDICATORS,WINDOW CHENNEL SYSTEM,POWER WINDOW SWITCHES,DRIVER SEAT.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox NOT UPTO CLAIM . THE AEVERAGE IS BELOW 10 KMPL(IN PETROL VERSION). DUE TO TECHNICAL FAULT, SERVICE CENTRE REPLACE RADIATOR FUSE,RADIATOR FAN,SENSOR, SELF ETC ETC. THERE IS NOISE IN GEAR BOX.

THE AVERAGE OF PETROL VERSION WHICH I HAVE IS 10 KMPL.BUT CLAIM BY TATA MOTORS IS 15 KMPL.

Ride Quality & Handling SERVICE CENTRE ARE LETHARGIC. SERVICE CENTRE HAVE NO FACILITIES FOR SEATING. SMOOTH RIDE IS MISSING.HOWEVER SEATING SPACE IS AMPLE BUT COMFORT IS NOT AS GOOD AS IN VEHICLE MODEL OF HYUNDAI AND MARUTI.

Final Words OVERALL VIEW -NOT RECOMEDALABLE.

Areas of improvement INTERIORS AND ACCESSORIES SHOULD FITTED UPTO STANDARD. PROMPTNESS SHOULD BE IN PROCURING SPARE PARTS FROM TATA MOTORS. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS MISSING.

ONLY BROUCHERS ONLYWORST.SPARE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE WITH SERVICE CENTR

Exterior: Looks like a very average sedan, no one can guess the space and comfort by having a look from outside. Fantastic headlamps, ground clearance, chrome lined grills and boot. intelligently placed side indicators. Finishing on some exterior parts is not smooth and could have been improved. 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort): Dual tone impressive interiors, cabin noise is very less, infact once you roll up the power windows you won't feel there's a world outside, cabin space is incomparable and leaves dzire, vento, amaze, verito, sx4, etios and many other highly priced sedans way back, decent head and leg room. Handles the speed breakers, pot holes and craters on the road very nicely. Dash board does give a premium look but again finishing should be improved here and there inside. Has space for 6 speakers and 2 tweeters. adequate lighting options inside, magazine pockets in front doors, door open indicator, tray under the co-driver seat, rear center arm rest. 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox: It going to be an year and engine i still performing nicely, 90 ps is decent power to drive this vehicle even when fully loaded, turbo lag is very less in comparision to swift, swift dzire, verito, etios, etc. max speed I drove was 170 kmph and still felt the vehicle being stable, have achieved a fuel economy of 22 kmpl on highway at a continuous speed of 60-70 kmph with ac on, for city driving it ranges between 15-17 kmpl. Gearbox is smooth sedan like and shifts are never an issue. 

Ride Quality & Handling: Goes very well on all kinds of roads without any hickups. rides very smoothly over the bumps, suspension limits jerks to a great extent while driving through pot holes or damaged roads. 90 ps of power takes the vehicle very nicely in all sorts of terrain, ride quality feels like a real sedan and it just FLOATS on smooth roads. Very low on maintenance and due to the TATA service network you will find their service centers in all big/small towns across the country, infact i got my first service done in Thiruvananthpuram despite the fact that i purchased it in Bangalore.

 Final Words: Best sedan in this range in terms of performance, comfort, mileage and price 

Areas of improvement  Exterior and interior finishing needs to be improved, cosmetic changes should be made to make it more attractive to buyers as people go more for the looks than performance.

 

Cabin space, comfort, engine, mileage, driveablity, maintenanceinterior and exterioir finishing could have been better