The new trends in technology and developing innovative new generation features are definitely increasing the market of automatics. The new transmissions offer nicer and powerful drive. Honda’s City automatic is an efficient sedan than the manual one well equipped with CVT technology. Similarly, Volkswagen’s Vento has been successful in impressing auto markets with its new 1.2 TSI turbo petrol engine. The performance of the car is full of power and transmissions are dynamic.
There’s a very close fight between Honda City and Volkswagen TSI, let’s have a look.
The new City has improved a lot as compared to the older one in the case of every aspect. The new model is very responsive while talking about its start and stop function. When you just dab the accelerator you will feel the instant power from the engine which offers smoother driving experience. The new gearbox provided in the City has a torque converter which works very well and delivers great power. When you want to go to the next level City disappoints at this point. Push down the throttle hard in order to sprint down the road you will experience the rubber band effect. There will not be increased in the speed, but slippage in the transmission. With the proper use of pedals you can select gears to have a control over the speed. The preset gears are tall, so when you change gear you will feel the engine hard.
When you take a reverse, the Powertrain becomes noisy; however, it has a quick pick up feature which is not shabby at all and allows it to deliver 117bhp.
Talking about the performance, the City and Vento comes under the same category. The Vento has 103bhp engine, but is a bit quicker than City. The factors that contribute to the faster performance is direct injection and turbo charging which helps in delivering 17.4 kgm of torque at 1500rpm. The seven speed twin clutch gearbox makes the engine best than anything else.
The Vento’s TSI comes with no paddles for manual intervention and engine is smoother than City’s. However, Vento is not that responsive on lower speeds like that of Honda. At first, you will feel flat footed with no torque converter and thus delay is experienced when the throttle is floored. The TSI engine works appreciable well but not as lively as City on city roads. At lower speeds, the twin clutch gearbox doesn’t work efficiently as CVT in City.
The Volkswagen Vento offers flexible driving experience at low speeds. While driving through rough roads, it has a tendency to handle the rough patches and there’s a vertical movement on an uneven road. City, however, is not as flexible as Vento; it is a bit stiff at lower speeds. But when you increase speed around 40kph, the ride improves. Big bumps are not felt while driving and comparing with Vento, the City makes a noise of tyres on the roads.
The steering of the City is nice but gets numb at times. The straight line stability of City impresses the most. The Vento’s steering is light and doesn’t take your time in handling like City’s. The vent does carry the straight line stability, but it is not that impressive as City’s.
Verdict:
The Vento TSI is very impressive coming with a package of technology and features. However, new City CVT costs around 10.98 Lakhs which is more than Vento i.e. 9.8 Lakhs.
The city is comfortably priced and is brilliantly equipped with amazing features with which you can drive anytime anywhere. Honda City offers a class and it is definitely more valuable than the Vento.
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