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The new Celerio does most things very well and the rest rather competently

- Pablo Chaterji

There are few things in life that are certain. Death and taxes are the oft-repeated examples, but to these I'd like to add another candidate - the post media drive feedback form. As an automotive journalist attending a new car's first drive, if you think your job is done once you've finished driving and shooting said car, you're very much mistaken. Just when you sink into a chair in the hotel's lobby, catching your breath after a hectic few hours of work and steeling yourself for your flight home, a PR person will materialise out of thin air. You'll scan your surroundings, but there won't be any escape routes available; even if you're able to somehow make a break for it, you'll be found. “I hope you've filled out the feedback form?” the person will ask politely, managing to make the question sound like a gentle request as well as a direct order.

By this point, your only option will be to follow them to the designated form-filling area, where you'll likely be handed a tablet with a form running into several pages. The questions will be exhaustive, and if you're less-than-enthusiastic in your responses, you'll mournfully be asked why this is the case, both by the form and the human beings present. It is a slightly nerve-wracking experience, I can tell you, but I've decided go flip things around a bit by approaching this review like it's a feedback form. Two can play this game, so here we go.

1. What are your first impressions of the #allnewCelerio's exterior design? Rate it from 1 to 10.

I'd give it a 6 on 10.