Tata Aria

                          

Tata Aria

The Tata Aria has been launched as competition for the Toyota Innova. This car is not as popular as the Innova yet, but it can certainly provide the car some amount of competition. The lower end of Tata Aria has been priced at Rs 9,95,000. The biggest USP of the car, which would help in its competition against the Innova would be the styling and the design of the car. There are a lot of features in the car as well. But the fact still remains that the car is slightly on the more expensive range, as a result of which many people looking for a medium priced SUV will lose interest in the same. The Aria is a 7 seater multi- utility vehicle.

Engine & Performance

The car comes with a 2179 cc, 4- cylinder diesel engine. The car is powerful enough to generate 140 PS at 4000 rpm. The car can generate a torque of 320 Nm at 1700 rpm as well. The engine is mated with a 5 speed manual gearbox.

Exteriors

The car can certainly provide one with all the luxury that they want. The car is really sophisticated looking. The car has received a curvaceous mould, which gives the car really a sophisticated look and a really aerodynamic design as well. The car is 4780mm long and 1895 mm. The car has a high ground clearance of 200 mm as well, which makes it well suited for the Indian roads and also a wide range of off- road driving. The car is not too heavy or too light, so it can be handled quite well, even by people who are not used to driving really big vehicles. The car has rub rails, twofold barrel headlamp, projector beams, chrome waistline in the windows, chrome surround grille, 16 inch wheels with chrome and wheel cups as well. The wheels are 17" in diameter. The fog lamps are rounded and the tail lamps are vertical pillar mounted. The head lamps actually have the indicators integrated with them.

Interiors

The car has fog lamps to help off road driving. The car supports keyless entry and there are rear A/C vents for those sitting in the back as well. There are a lot of key features such as audio system, mounted controls on the steering wheel. Some features, such as, LCD screen, air bags, dual mass fly wheel, ABS with EBD etc. There is a lack of the roof mounted storage as well. This does not only compromise on the safety of the car, it also compromises the car's storage capacity and comfort. The car has an individual door open warning, disc brakes, computer aided network, driver info system, seat belt reminders, ORVM, automatic door lock in case of accidents, etc.

Features & Specifications

 The car has fog lamps to help off road driving. The car supports keyless entry and there are rear A/C vents for those sitting in the back as well. There are a lot of key features such as audio system, mounted controls on the steering wheel. Some features, such as, LCD screen, air bags, dual mass fly wheel, ABS with EBD etc. There is a lack of the roof mounted storage as well. This does not only compromise on the safety of the car,  it also compromises the car's storage capacity and comfort. The car has an individual door open warning, disc brakes, computer aided network, driver info system, seat belt reminders, ORVM, automatic door lock in case of accidents, etc.

While the car does have some promise and can provide the Innova with competition some day, it is not there yet, for a lot of vital features are missing, which certainly brings down the desirability of the car.