Benchmarking

Benchmarking:

Benchmarking is the process of comparing products or services with other products or services of same catogery. This helps company to improve their products and services and reduce the time and cost for development of the product. It serves as a standard to judge the performance of one product against another/or product on leading company.

The Process of benchmarking:

1. Choose the product to benchmark. 2. Collect the data of the same product of the leading company.
3. Analyse the data
Compare the data with your product, and look for improvements
Apply the improvements to your product

Recommended car:

1.TATA Nexon XM

seating capacity: 5

On-Road Price: 9.77 Lakh

The nexon is a Five seater compact SUV from TATA motors.

Performance:

power: 120hp@5500rpm
torque: 170Nm@1750-4000rpm
Transmission: 6-speed Manual
Drivetrain: Front Wheel Drive
Avg. Fuel Economy: 17.4KMPL
Drive range: 765.6 km
Brakes: Disc brakes (Front); Drum brakes (Rear)
Turbochager: Yes
Fuel Type: Petrol
Saftey:

2 airbags (For driver and Passanger)
childseat anchor points.
5 Star saftey rating by Global NCAP
Vehicle dynamics:

Antilock Braking System
Electronic Stability Program
Brake Assist
Electronic Brake Force Distribution
Hill Hold Control
Traction control
Power Steering with Tilt adject
Rear Parking sensors
Rear Parking camera
Other:
Boot space : 350liters
Fuel Tank: 44 litres

2.TATA Altroz XM Deisel

Seating capacity: 5

On-Road Price: 10Lakh Rupees

Tata altroz is a hatch back launched by tata motors. It produces 88.8HP

Performance:

power: 88.8hp@4000rpm
torque: 200@1250-3000rpm
Drivetrain: Front Wheel Drive
Transmission: 5-speed maual
Avg. Fuel Economy: 21.11KMPL
Drive range: 765.6 km
Brakes: Disc brakes (Front); Drum brakes (Rear)
Turbochager: No
Saftey:

2 airbags (For driver and Passanger)
childseat anchor points.
5 Star saftey rating by Global NCAP
Vehicle dynamics:

Antilock Braking System
Electronic Stability Program
Brake Assist
Electronic Brake Force Distribution
Hill Hold Control
Traction control
Power Steering with Tilt adject
Rear Parking sensors
Rear Parking camera
Others:

Boot space : 345liters
Fuel Tank: 37 litres

3.Mahindra XUV300 1.2 W6

seating capacity: 5

On-Road Price: Rs. 9,67,672

The XUV300 is a compact SUV from Mahindra & Mahindra.

Power: 109HP@5000RPM
Torque: 200Nm@2000rpm.
DriveTrain: Front Wheel Drive
Brakes: Disc brakes front and rear
Avg. Fuel Economy: 17kmpl
Drive range: 714km
Turbochager: Yes
Saftey:

2 airbags
child seat anchor
seatbealt warning
5 star saftey rating by Global NCAP
Vehicle Dynamics:

Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS)
Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD)
Brake Assist (BA)
Others:

Boot space: 257Liters


Fuel Tank: 42 liters

4.Kia sonet HTE 1.5

Seating capacity: 5

On-Road Price: 9.91Lakh Rupees

The sonet is a Compact suv launched by Kia motors in 2020.

Performance:

Engine: 99@4000RPM
Torque: 240Nm@1500RPM
Transmission: 6-speed manual
Fuel Type: Diesel
Avg. Fuel Economy: 24.1KMPL
Driverange: 1084.5KM
Brakes: Disc brakes (Front); Drum Brakes (Rear)
Drivetrain: Front Wheel Drive
Turbochager: Yes
Saftey:

2 airbags
Seat belt warning
3 star saftey rating by Global NCAP
Vehicle Dynamics:

Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS)
Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD)
Brake Assist (BA)
Others:

Boot space: 392Liters
Fuel Tank: 45 liters

Suggested car:

TATA Nexon

1. I would suggest TATA Nexon, as it give plenty of vehicle dyanmics features to keep the car stable on road as well as has a good braking performance.

2. This car has the most power among the 4 cars compared for the price range.

3. With fuel tank of 44 liters and 17.4 kmpl mileage, this car is very good for long diatance travels.

4.The car is also 5 star saftey rated and has dual air bags, Seatbealt warning and child seat anchor.

5. It has sturdier built than other cars.

6. The car has a Avg. Fuel ecomomy of 17.4 kmpl which is good enough for long distance travelling.

7. The car can be also used for city and daily commute as it comes with 2 drive mode which are city and sports.

8. The car also has parking sensors and reverse parking camera.

9. As Mr. D.S. Pughazhyendhii is also fond of big cars; this car is pretty big in it dimensions.

10. It has a good enough Boot carrying capacity, therefore Mr Pughazhyendhii will not have problem with luggage for his travels.