Car India – August 2019

saidthat,fromsomeotheranglesit lookslikethereisa littletoomuchgoing
onandwheresimplicityshouldbethetheme,it unfortunatelyisn’t.

interior
suvs,besidesbeingcapableonceroadconditionsdisappoint,arealsomeant
tobespaciousandcomfortablecocoons.thethreemid-sizedchapsfighting
it outherehavetheirownappeal,buttheredidseemtobea winnerinour
opinion.startingwiththeJeepcompasswithpearlwhiteseatswhichlooked
verywelcoming;unfortunately,thatiswheretheromanceended.yes,there
isamplespace,buttheseatswerea littletoofirmforourlikingandthatdoes
comeintoconsiderationwhenwetalkaboutthehandling.
thetataharrier,ontheotherhand,didhavesofterseats,butthe
contoursandergonomicswerenotreallygreatforsomeonewitha slightly
leanerframe.it isn’tuncomfortablebutiimagineit’sbuiltforsomeone
larger.havingsaidthat,theharrierdoeshavethemostknee-roomforboth
thefrontandrearseats.
Wefoundthehyundaicretaa clearwinnerinthisregion.Better
contouredandwithsofterseatswhichgripyouinplacewhenatthewheel.
seat adjustments are also electronic, unlike the other two that have manual

adjustments.all thebuttonsandgizmosseem to be

closetohand;hence,youdon’tfindyourself reaching

foranything.a real nice place to be.

Powertrain

thecompassandtheharriersharethesame1,956-cc

four-cylinderenginebutsettoa differenttune.the

Jeepismoreofthefull-onhard-rock,metallica-loving

unittunedtoproduce 173 hpand 350 nmoftorque.

torquefiguresontheharrierarethesameat 350 nm,

butthetatalosesouton 33 horses,producing 140 hp.

in addition, even though torque figures are the same,

theJeepdoesfeela bitmorepunchywhenyoustepon

thego-pedal.

thehyundaicretaispoweredbya 1,582-ccfour-

cylinderenginethatproducesa moremoderate 128 hp

and 260 nmoftorque.however,thepowerdeliveryis

linear and you find the car havinga betterandwider

power-band than the other two.although thecompass

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