While we are busy looking for logic in everything that is
done,
the moments of absolute mirth are the ones with dearth of
logic.
Having said that, it is that want of Logic in everything is
what is keeping us from becoming ISIS !
So when someone comes up with a product ‘Lodgy’ and drives
the campaign around ‘Live Lodgycal’, you know for a fact that a lot of logical
arguments have been already shown the door :P ;)
Anyway, the Renault Lodgy is something that will logically
appeal to most people of the country. We are still a far way away from the West
where a family is a man, a woman and kids of the two. Except when we travel for
office, we have a fleet of people called ‘family’ waiting to get into the car.
If not family, at least your old neighbour would want you to drop him to the
next block even if you are embarking on a thousand mile drive and you can’t say
no because ‘Sanskar’!
Well, even Alia Bhatt is appealing for me. So what if she
comes across as dumb as Rahul Gandhi? But is she logically right for me? That
would be something like buying a Rolls Royce by selling your only house for the
down payment and raising the rest in loan. (I am sure it is technically
impossible but then you can’t explain logic without explaining illogical). So what I
meant with all these words was that is the car Value for Money? And I think it
is. It has two head lamps and two tail lamps. It has three seating rows, three
outlets for AC, three 12V charging points. It has four wheels, four power
windows, four decent speakers and a four cylinder highly efficient diesel
engine.
It has five doors for you to get in and shove your luggage,
six gears in the 110 PS car and an option to seat seven or eight people.
The equipment, features in this car are at par with the competition
but it loses out a bit on power, especially when you talk about the 85PS. It is
a downer again with those quirky French looks but that’s where it ends. It is
almost as spacious as the Innova – something that people in India swear by.
Where it starts winning is when you talk about ride and handling. It is not
really Ferrari fast but then that is okay because you can’t go 7/8 people in a
Ferrari. It brakes okay and can be chucked into corners where it will stick and
not scare you with humongous body roll like most boats in the market do.
It has got a touchscreen system if you are ready to spend
like a good fifteen lakh or else you will have to be happy with quirky looking
system. It has cruise control at the top end, but unless you are driving on the
Yamuna or Mumbai-Pune Expressway, you will not be able to use it for more than
two minutes at a stretch. The Multi-Information Display gives you the trip log
and any other information you want on the go.
I am not going to say only good things about the car because
Renault and Blogadda hosted us at a super luxury property in Goa for two days
and treated us like royalty. For me the car is value for money except for my
reservations about Renault service back up. If I am buying a diesel people
mover, I am expected to travel and if my car spares are not going to available
readily, I would certainly be really pissed off. Also, a slightly bigger clutch
pedal would keep our wet, muddy or just worn our soles from slipping off making
it slightly more comfortable.
Yes and for the next face-lift, please rope me in for the
design of the tailgate!
For the Detailed Review : The Renault Lodgy First Drive
For Detailed Information : The Renault Lodgy Features
