Benchmarking
Report on Benchmarking
OBJECTIVE: Find out the best suited car as per the customer requirements with help of Benchmarking.
BENCHMARKING: Benchmarking in automobile industry includes a structured comparison between similar products services or processes on some dimensions of performance.
ADVANTAGES OF BENCHMARKING:
- Allow organisation to realise what levels of performance is really possible by looking at others.
- Promote competitive awarness
Customers’s requirement :
- D.S. Pughazhyendhii is a married man he lives in Bangalore which is a highly crowded city.
- There is five members in his family.
- He visits his native place Madurai which is 500kms away from Bangalore once a month.
- Also, he will be using his car to commute to his office. His budget falls between 8 to 10 lakhs on road
Car options: Here are some cars as per the requirement of the customer.
1.TATA NEXON XE
Price:₹9.22 lakh
| ENGINE & PERFORMANCE | |
| Fuel Type | Petrol |
| Transmission | Manual - 6 Gears, Sport Mode |
| Mileage | ARAI Reported:17.5 |
| Driving Range (km) | 773 |
| Engine | 1199 cc, 3 Cylinders Inline |
| Engine Type | 1.2L Turbocharged Revotron |
| Peak Power (bhp@rpm) | 118 bhp @ 5500 rpm |
| Peak Torque (Nm@rpm) | 170 Nm @ 1750 rpm |
| Turbo / SuperCharger | Turbocharged |
| SIZE, WEIGHT, & DIMENSIONS | |
| Bootspace | 350 |
| Fuel Tank Capacity (L) | 44 |
| Passenger Capacity | 5 |
| Length (mm) | 3993 |
| Width (mm) | 1811 |
| Height (mm) | 1606 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 2498 |
| Ground Clearance (mm) | 209 |
| SAFETY | |
| NCAP Rating (Best - 5 Star) | 5 Star |
| Airbags | 2 Airbags (Driver, Passenger) |
| Seat Belt Warning | Yes |
| Child Lock | Yes |
| Anchor Points for Child Seat | Yes |
| Overspeed Warning | 1 beep over 80kmph, Continuous beeps over 120kmph |
2. Maruti Suzuki Brezza LXi
Price:₹9.75 Lakh
| ENGINE & PERFORMANCE | |
| Fuel Type | Petrol |
| Transmission | Manual - 5 Gears |
| Mileage | ARAI Reported:20.1 |
| Driving Range (km) | 965 |
| Engine | 1462 cc, 4 Cylinders Inline |
| Engine Type | K15C Smart Hybrid |
| Peak Power (bhp@rpm) | 102 bhp @ 6000 rpm |
| Peak Torque (Nm@rpm) | 136.8 Nm @ 4400 rpm |
| Others | Regenerative Braking |
| SIZE, WEIGHT, & DIMENSIONS | |
| Bootspace | 328 |
| Fuel Tank Capacity (L) | 48 |
| Passenger Capacity | 5 |
| Length (mm) | 3995 |
| Width (mm) | 1790 |
| Height (mm) | 1685 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 2500 |
| SAFETY | |
| Airbags | 2 Airbags (Driver, Passenger) |
| Seat Belt Warning | Yes |
| Child Lock | Yes |
| Anchor Points for Child Seat | Yes |
| Speed Sensing Door Lock | Yes |
| Overspeed Warning | 1 beep over 80kmph, Continuous beeps over 120kmph |
3. Hyundai Venue E 1.2 Petrol
₹9.20 Lakh
| ENGINE &PERFORMANCE | |
| Fuel Type | Petrol |
| Transmission | Manual - 5 Gears |
| Mileage | ARAI Reported:17.5 |
| Driving Range (km) | 789 |
| Engine | 1197 cc, 4 Cylinders Inline |
| Engine Type | 1.2 Kappa |
| Peak Power (bhp@rpm) | 82 bhp @ 6000 rpm |
| Peak Torque (Nm@rpm) | 113.8 Nm @ 4000 rpm |
| SIZE, WEIGHT, & DIMENSIONS | |
| Bootspace | 350 |
| Fuel Tank Capacity (L) | 45 |
| Passenger Capacity | 5 |
| Length (mm) | 3995 |
| Width (mm) | 1770 |
| Height (mm) | 1617 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 2500 |
| Ground Clearance (mm) | 195 |
| SAFETY | |
| Airbags | 2 Airbags (Driver, Passenger) |
| Seat Belt Warning | Yes |
| Child Lock | Yes |
| Anchor Points for Child Seat | Yes |
| Speed Sensing Door Lock | Yes |
| Overspeed Warning | 1 beep over 80kmph, Continuous beeps over 120kmph |
4. Kia Sonet HTK 1.2
₹9.80 Lakh
| ENGINE &PERFORMANCE | |
| Fuel Type | Petrol |
| Transmission | Manual - 5 Gears |
| Mileage | ARAI Reported:18.4 |
| Driving Range (km) | 828 |
| Engine | 1197 cc, 4 Cylinders Inline |
| Engine Type | Smartstream G 1.2 |
| Peak Power (bhp@rpm) | 82 bhp @ 6000 rpm |
| Peak Torque (Nm@rpm) | 115 Nm @ 4200 rpm |
| SIZE, WEIGHT, & DIMENSIONS | |
| Bootspace | 392 |
| Fuel Tank Capacity (L) | 45 |
| Passenger Capacity | 5 |
| Length (mm) | 3995 |
| Width (mm) | 1790 |
| Height (mm) | 1625 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 2500 |
| SAFETY | |
| Airbags | 4 Airbags (Driver, Passenger) |
| Seat Belt Warning | Yes |
| Child Lock | Yes |
| Anchor Points for Child Seat | Yes |
| Speed Sensing Door Lock | Yes |
| Overspeed Warning | 1 beep over 80kmph, Continuous beeps over 120kmph |
Conclusion : With the help Benchmarking done on the vehicles like Tata Nexon ,Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza ,Hyundai Venue Kia Sonet , to pick the best car for D.S. Pughazhyendhii is Tata Nexon Xe.