Nov 15, 2001 07:57 PM
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(Updated Nov 15, 2001 07:57 PM)
The Spacio was eagerly awaited and was supposed to herald the end of the era of underpowered man movers like the Sumo because it boasted of a 3000 CC engine thopugh borrowed from Tata 407 truck. But it came as a shock to the prospective buyers. The vehicle is noisy by half as compared to the Sumo and even beats hollow the old Mahindra with the International(Tractor) engine, on this score. While the lugging power is better, it is nowhere
near one's expectations in handling and thrust. Seriously, this engine is meant for stationary applications not mobile one.
Telco clearly has pulled a fast one. They were being forced by the dwindling sales of 407 to provide a bettwer engine which they did by replacing the present engine with a turbo charged and much more silent engine. But unwilling to let go of this old engine, they plonked this in the Spacio instead. Starnge logic this. While the goods vehicle has a turbo charged, silent and much more refined engine, the passneger vehicle has this bucket of bolts instead. On top of that the vbehicle is reputed to be bad on tyres.
sumeer