Tata Nexon 1.5 Revotorq XZ+

After a short, but uber-hectic tenure of just four months, our long term Nexon is headed back to Tata Motors. In fact, I dont think any of the cars in our long term fleet currently, have racked up as many kilometres as the Nexon has in the past few months, 7,500km to be precise.

- Abhay Verma

That’s an average of nearly 2,000km per month! Apart from serving as my weekend ride to Pune and continuing to be the favourite support car for shoots, the Nexon was also part of our mega-SUV test last month, for which it was driven all the way to Chikmagalur and back. As you would have read in our September issue, the Nexon impressed immensely in some of the toughest conditions and unsurprisingly, its engine was the star performer.

The 1.5 Revotorq engine’s outputs of 110PS and 260Nm are the highest in its segment, at least as far as the diesels are concerned. The engine is also very refined and is barely audible even at triple digit speeds. What has impressed the most though is the power delivery and performance, especially in Sport mode. Just to remind you, the Nexon comes equipped with Sport, City and Eco driving modes. Sport expectedly offers the full wealth and is the mode I’ve found myself using on most occasions, particularly when hurtling across the Pune-Mumbai Expressway in a rush. In fact, staying ahead of bigger and more powerful cars on the highway has never been a problem.