In today’s congested and sticky world, finding personal space for oneself is really a difficult job. When you are away from the luxury of your home, personal space is really at a premium. If you are looking for a space that completely belongs to you, where you can be with yourself, be in personalized comfort and luxury, a space where you can listen to your favorite music even amid the chaotic traffic jams and feel at home or simply want to relax, then the new Tata Motors IndigoXL is your ride. Your own personal lounge as they put it, it promises to make you feel like a master. The Tata Motors IndigoXL is yet another example of Tata Motors’ attempt at improving its ability to offer more value to their customers in various segments.

A feature complete car designed to perfection, the Tata Motors IndigoXL seats 3 people at rear with no trouble. Not to mention accessories like rear defogger, engine immobilizer, side repeater lamps, coolant temperature, chilled glove compartment, seat belt audio warnings, soft feel beige leather seats, a six-speaker, DVD player with twin headrest mounted LCD screens for rear passenger entertainment, remote release of fuel and trunk lids all 4 power windows with 1 touch, the list goes on. All this packed at a meager price starting from Rs.5.4 Lakhs.

The Tata Motors IndigoXL is a car that is sized like a super luxury coupe, priced like a premium sedan, and is a long-wheelbase version of the Tata Indigo. Initially kicked off as an experimental long wheel base version, the Tata Motors IndigoXL seems to be targeted at the masses who might be considering other few other premium sedans, such as the Ford Fiesta, the Hyundai Verna and the Honda City, which do not have as many luxury features as the Tata Motors IndigoXL, but have a bigger brand tag.

Key Features at a glance:
For a car packed with such features, the pricing of the Tata Motors IndigoXL makes it look like a utility car. Available in Royal burgundy, ivory white, Carbon black and Arctic silver, below are a few specs.

Tech Specs:

Body: 4 door luxury sedan

Engine: 1. 1396 cc MPFI 16 valve twin cam with 32 bit micro processor (petrol engines).
2. 1396 cc DICOR (diesel engine)

Torque: 124 Nm at 3500 rpm for petrol engine and 140 Nm @1800 –3000rpm for diesel engine.

Power: 101 PS @ 6100 rpm for petrol engine and 70 PS @ 4000 rpm for diesel engine.

Tires: tubeless tires, 175 by 65 in size and mounted on 14 inch alloys.

Pro: Offers ample legroom for the rear passenger, so ride experience enriched if you have a chauffer. Ride quality is quite good even on bad road and almost at par with the any cars in the Rs.10-lakh-plus range. In short a very effective investment of your money.

Cons: The Tata Motors IndigoXL does not offer features such as anti-lock brakes and airbags that often come by default with sedans offering this kind of facilities and in this price segment. The sedan also finds it difficult to cough up more than 12kilometers per liter.