User Review of R1300 by Abhijit Dabholkar

About the Reviewer

I am now a happy owner of fusion petrol...

earlier i had a corsa swing 1.6  and i always hated sedans.. three box cars never facinated me.. mainly because in tropical countries like india the rear seat occupants are horribly sun-hit due to the slanted rear wind shield... one gets cool AC air from the front and hot sun rays burning the neck and head...if u try to cover that glass..ur rear view is hampered... such is never the case with hatchbacks .. be it maruti 800 or any other hatch like zen, santro, alto, wagon-R. getz, swift for that matter...

but there was no other C segment hatch in the market when i sold off my corsa and all the B or B+ segment hatches were a compromise for a power lover like me.. 

So i bought Honda City CVT then, since it was newly launched and thought of giving it a try...

...and  immediately after my purchase of city,  fusion was launched...

i had fallen for this car there and then but had to wait for four years till i could sell off my city...

After so much introduction,  first advice is don't buy fusion for fuel economy... i wanted power and punch in my car which this fusion reasonably gives me..i get overall FE of 10 kms/Ltr ...for FE may be Fusion TDCi is the answer.. u get frugality at the cost of power...

i have driven fusion for 2000 lms now.. it comes with 2 years or 40000 kms warrantee... first service at 1500 kms was free...

In short Here are pros: looks and feels like mini CRV... you can buy 3 fusions in the cost of one CRV... had a good road presence due to its tall stance, has enough power and torque for fast pick up in city or highways, feels sturdy and safe, easy entry/exit, low engine noise, high ground clearance.. u dont have to think twice before entering rough uneven surface, good AC, good handling even at high speeds and on curves, has a digital clock cum DTE indicator, nice stearing and gear grip ...one feels confident, practicality of rear seat folding makes me comfortably take my dalmatian around...overall i can say, its good VFM since one cant think of buying an SUV at this price...

some cons : Prominent tyre noise inside the cabin, some standard things which now many B segment cars offer are missing like tin/can holders at the rear, no goggle holder, no electrical ORVMs, no option to buy ABS as was available earlier, no rear seat armrests... less power in second gear... have to wait for delivery of torque in second gear till the RPM hit 3000.. ride quality is fair but not very good.... And the most imp drawback is that it lacks snob value...may be resale value also, when i later on want to sell it off... my friends ridiculed me for buying a fusion after a city CVT... it is still considered inferior to sedans in public mind...

but i am very happy abt my decision... some may call it : Dil aaya gadhi pe to pari kya cheej hai...? say cheese.. :-)

Good road presence, Roomy from Inside, Good Power, High SittingPoor Fuel Economy, Tyre Noise, ill Equpped,