Tata Bolt – Review from Autoportal India

When Tata Motors launched the Tata Zest and Bolt in quick succession a few months back, it was the start of a new era. Tata Motors have always been left behind in the sales race. With too much competition from other manufacturers who have come out with more modern products, Tata motors had to build up a strategy to redeem itself.

With an already successful launch with its first product, the Zest, Tata Motors is already on the right path. Though based on the Vista platform, the Bolt has a much fresher design. The front of the Bolt looks really good with the new front grille, stretched headlamp units with projector lamps, new muscular front bumper and a bulge on the bonnet adding more character. The Bolt gets a floating roof effect provided by the black C-pillars.

The vertical tail light assembly at the rear are gone and instead you get a more compact and modern looking tail lamps. The floating rear spoiler, ORVM mounted indicators and 15-inch alloy wheels complete the sporty look.

The Tata Bolt gets the best yet dashboard, both in terms of design and build quality, from the company. The interiors get a full black treatment, adding to the sporty effect the company is going for, with chrome highlight and surrounds. The dashboard and center console is neatly laid both in form and function. The Harman touch screen infotainment system comes with features like video playback from SD card, aux and USB support, smart phone based navigation system, Bluetooth connectivity, voice recognition, in-built HVAC controls, and smart phone integration. The new steering wheel is compact and gets mounted controls for telephone and audio. The twin pod instrument cluster gets a chrome surround with the multi information display in the middle showing all the necessary information.

Boot space is only 210 litres. The 3825 mm long Bolt has a wheel base of 2470 mm and a ground clearance of 165 mm with a boot of 210 litres. The Bolt has dual path McPherson suspension with coil springs at the front and torsion beam with coil springs and shock absorbers at the rear. The wheels are R14 for the base trims and R15 for the top variants.

The Tata Bolt is powered by the same two engine line up. The 1.2-litre Revotron turbo charged petrol engine has class leading power and torque outputs at 90 PS and 140 Nm respectively. The diesel engine puts out 75 PS of maximum power and 190 Nm of peak torque. Both the engines are coupled to a 5-speed manual transmission.

The competition for the Tata Bolt comes from the hatchbacks like the Maruti Suzuki Swift, the Volkswagen Polo, Ford Figo and the Fiat Punto Evo.

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