Benchmarking
Benchmarking:
Benchmarking is the process of comparing products or services with other products or services of same catogery. This helps the designers/manufactures/service providers 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:
- Choose the product to benchmark.
- Collect the data of the same product of the leading company.
- Analyse the data
- Compare the data with your product, and look for improvements
- Apply the improvements to your product
Recommended car:
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
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
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
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.
11. Why Nexon over altroz ? Nexon has good power and is a big car, as well as has big boot carrying capacity over altroz. It has 6-speed transmission than altroz's 5-speed. It is also more powerful than altroz.
12. Why Nexon over XUV300 ? Nexon offers more saftey and vehicle dynamics over XUV300. It also has more power than XUV300.
13. Why Nexon over Sonet ? Nexon has a 5 star saftey rating than sonet's 3 star saftey and has more dynamics features than sonet. It has more power than kia sonet.
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