What will happen when Toyota Innova Crysta and Tata Hexa go head-to-head?
What will happen when Toyota Innova Crysta and Tata Hexa go head-to-head?
Having earned a place for itself in the Indian market for close to a decade, the Toyota Innova was finally launched in its second-generation Crysta avatar recently. The car comes with a slightly costly price tag and has created a league of its own with the goodies and powertrain options on offer.
As of now, it has no direct competitor, but the upcoming Tata Hexa appears to be its most appropriate rival. Let us compare these two vehicles and determine whether Crysta will face any heat from the Hexa, once it is launched.
Vital Specs
Safety
Crysta
The Innova Crysta comes with a total of seven airbags (dual front, front side, curtain and driver knee). It features three airbags (dual front and driver knee) as standard along with ABS with EBD and BA (brake assist)
It also offers VSC (vehicle stability control) and Hill Start Assist
Hexa
Compared to the Crysta, the Tata Hexa will come with six-airbags (dual front, front side and curtain) along with ABS with EBD and Corner Stability Control
Despite no confirmation about what features will be offered as standard, we at least expect that dual-front airbags and rest of the brake assistance systems as a part of this package
Other safety features include Vehicle Dynamic Control (electronic stability control), Traction Control System and Engine Drag Control System.
Features
Crysta
Automatic LED projector headlamps with daytime running LEDs complete the front fascia
The higher trims ride on 215/55 cross-section R17 alloys, while the lower ones come with 205/65 cross-section 16-inch ones
The seven-inch capacitive touchscreen infotainment system, featuring navigation and a host of playback options, also supports Toyota’s T-Connect services. It comes with a six-speaker system along with an amplifier. It also doubles up as a rear-view camera screen
The top-end versions come with leather upholstery (black or brown) and the driver’s seat is eight-way power adjustable
Hexa
The Hexa also gets projector headlamps and LED daytime running lamps. However, unlike the Innova, it comes with wrap-around LED taillamps
The Hexa rides on massive 235/55 cross-section nineteen-inch tyres featuring machined alloys (diamond-cut)
The Hexa will sport Tata’s five-inch ConnectNext infotainment system, which is found in the Zest siblings. Designed by Harman, the decibels of the will be are pumped by its sister company, JBL’s ten-speaker system with a subwoofer and an amplifier
Features like playback via USB, iPod, SD Card, Aux and Bluetooth audio are loaded on the infotainment system. The unit will also display SMS (readout too) along with rear view camera support and navigation. Moreover, the Hexa will offer smart USB charging ports which modulate charging as per the connected device
Tata’s ‘Mood lighting’ offers four colours inside the cockpit as opposed to the Crysta’s single coloured ambient lighting. Moreover, the Hexa also comes with adjustable multicoloured car illumination with eight different colours (white, orange, red, purple, blue, cyan, bluish green, and fluorescent green) that can vary based on the selected drive modes
Prices and Hexa’s arrival
Falling outside the 2000cc diesel blanket with its 2.4-litre and 2.8-litre motors, the Innova Cyrsta is conspicuously banned in Delhi. Elsewhere, the less powerful one is priced from Rs 13.8 lakh (ex-showroom, Mumbai), going up to Rs 19.4 lakh.
This is the pot that will lock horns with the Tata Hexa in the coming months. It is highly likely that the new Hexa will undercut Innova’s price bracket by a sizeable amount while the top-end variant is also expected do the same. As for the question of how it fares against the Innova Crysta, only time will tell.
Source: www.CarDekho.com
