Benchmarking

problem statement

Mr. D.S. Pughazhyendhii is a married man who lives in Bangalore which is a highly crowded city. His Family comprises five members including his wife, five-year-old boy, his father, and his mother. He visits his native place Madurai which is 500kms away from Bangalore once in a month. Also, he will be using his car to commute to his office. His budget falls between 8 to 10 lakhs on road. Please suggest to him with options so that he will buy a good car for his family.

Note: Pughazhyendhii  is fond of big cars

To suggest the perfect car to Mr.D.S. Pughazhyendhil their ia an industry level procedure called benchmarking.

What is Benchmarking?

Benchmarking marking is a procedure of comparing the standards of two_vehicles in  Vechicle development processes(VDP).It is a part of in predesign and development phase,Now the benchmarking is of two types.

1. Benchmarking 1
2. Benchmarking 2

• Benchmarking 1 is like product level comparison like dimensions,specifications and features ,price range,crash withstand with their competators product as well as with their parent product also.
• Benchmarking 2  is like component level comparison here it involves study each and every components and features that introduced in competators vehicle and withdrawn the resons why they intoduced and their also comparison/study in such a way like if we have any ideas in terms of weight reduction,safety or adding any new features we have to think of why our competators are not introduced in their product,this is how the benmarcking has been done in industries 

Now Iam going to do benchmark of some products to suggest Mr. D.S. Pughazhyendhii,which to buy and iam going to choose some suv's and sedan's i will suggest one suv and one sedan as he fond of big cars.

My main_parameters:-

• Saftey
• hadelling
• Maintainance

Features and specifications	TATA NEXON(XM)	vitara breeza(LXI)	MahindraXUV300(w4)	KIA sonet(1.2HTK)	Hyundai venue Splus
Engine and specs
engine_type	1.5L Turbocharged revotron engine	K15B petrol engine (1.5L engine)	1.2L Turbo Petrol	Smartstream G1.2	Kappa 1.2 L MPi Petrol
Trubo charger	yes	no	yes	yes	no
power(bhp)	118.3@5500rpm	103.26bhp@6000rpm	108.62bhp@5000rpm	81.86bhp@6000rpm	81.86bhp@6000rpm
torque(nm)	170Nm@750-4000	138nm@4400rpm	200Nm@2000-3500rpm	115nm@4200rpm	113.76nm@4000rpm
Transmission	6speed/manual	5 speed/manual	6 Speed/manual	5 Speed/manual	5-Speed/manual
fuel type	petrol	petrol	petrol	petrol	Petrol
mileage	17.2	17.03	17.0	18.4	17.52
Dimensions
Length	3993mm	3995mm	3995	3995	3995
width	1811mm	1790mm	1821	1790	1770
height	1606mm	1640mm		1642	1605
No.of seatings	5	5	5	5	5
boot space	350L	328L	259L	392L	350L
legroom shoulder room    headroom	820/630mm 1310 980	790mm 1390 1000	850/620mm 1250 940	---	650 1220 970
Steering ,suspension and brakeing
suspension	Front:-Independent, Lower Wishbone, McPherson Strut with Coil Spring Rear:-Semi-Independent; closed profile Twist beam with Coil Spring and shock absorber	Front:-MacPherson Strut with coil spring Rear:-Torsion Beam With Coil Spring	Front:-MacPherson Strut with anti-roll bar Rear:-Twist beam suspension with Coil Spring	Front:-McPherson Strut with Coil Spring Rear:-Coupled Torsion Beam Axle (CTBA) with Coil Spring	Front-McPherson Strut with Coil Spring Rear:-Coupled Torsion Beam Axle with Coil Spring
steering Type	power/tilt	electronic/tilt	power/tilt	electronic/tilt	electric/tilt
Turn radius	5.1m	5.2	5.3	5.1	5.1
brakes	disc+drum	ventilated_disc+drum	disc+drum	disc+drum	disc+drum
saftey
No.of air bags	2	2	2	2	2
side impact beams	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Rear impact beams	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
central locking system	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
child locking system	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Advanced feature           (comforts and saftey)
Ac/heater	yes/yes	yes/yes	yes/yes	yes/yes	yes/yes
cd drive/Fm/aux	no/yes/yes	no/yes/yes	no/no/no	no/yes/yes	no/yes/yes
seat headrests and  adjustments	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
seat lumber support	yes	yes	no	yes	yes
ISOFIX child seat mounts	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
pushback	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
arm rest	no	no	no	yes	no
foldable seat(bench seat)	Rear	Rear	Rear	Rear	Rear
sunroof	No	no	no	no	no
brake assist	yes	no	no	no	no
EBD	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Electronic stability control                 system	yes	no	no	no	no
crash sensor	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Auto door lock	no	no	no	no	no
Traction control	yes	no	no	no	no
Ncap rating          scale measure 5*    Adult occupant protection :-     child occupant protection:-	5*    3*	4*              2*	5*     4*	3*    2*	ANCAP Rating AOP=91% COP=61% 4*/5*

Here In the above Table all are under suv segment only,compact suv's by names TATA NEXON,VITARA BREZZA,MAHINDRA XUV300,HYUNDAI VENUE S PLUS all of them are base varients in their segments except HYUNDAI VENUE S PLUS and all are petrol varients only.

Let's gone trough purpose and needs of mr Pughazhyendhii

Firstly I consider NCAP and ANCAP rank,Why because being an engineer I will always choose the saftey first,and mr Pughazhyendhii also uses his car on regular basis and here i have the options also,So i will drop vitara brezza and kia sonat,so I have three cars remaining.As their no that much of diffderence between the mileages and economy wise also their no much difference all were lies under budget only.Let's some drive assistant features which provides comfort and safe driving like brake assist,EDB,Traction control,Electronic stability contol,steering type here most of the are provided by tata nexon only except electric steering,so I choose to drop mahindra XUV300 and Hyundai_venue s PLus yes the nacp rating for child occupant protection comparitvely less with repect to Mahindra and hyundai even tata nexon has its own plus points like lumber seat support,spacious leg_room which helps a lot to his elder parents while traving to his village and Independent suspension it helps very in handling the vehicle and tata nexon produces high power and torque at lower rpm which helps a lot in city to move rapidly and at hill_stations also.  

 

Features and specifications	TATA TIGOR XZA PLUS AMT	SKODA RADPID	HYUNDAAI AMAZE VX	FORD FIGO ASPIRE TITANIUM PUS	SWIFT DZIRE ZXI AT
Engine and specs
engine_type	1.2 L Revotron	1.0L TSI Petrol	1.2L i-VTEC	Ti-VCT Petrol Engine	1.2 Litre Petrol Engine
Turbo charger	no	yes	no	no	no
power(bhp)	84.48bhp@6000rpm	108.62bhp@5000-5500rpm	88.50bhp@6000prm	94.93bhp@6500rpm	88.50bhp@6000rpm
torque(nm)	113Nm@3300rpm	175nm@1750-4000rpm	110nm@4800rpm	119Nm@4250rpm	113nm@4400rpm
Transmission	5 Speed/Automatic	6 Speed/manual	5 Speed/manual	5 Speed/manual	5 Speed/Automatic
fuel type	Petrol	petrol	Petrol	petrol	Petrol
mileage	20.3	18.97	18.6	18.5	24.12
Dimensions
Length	3993	4413	3995	3995	3995
width	1677	1699	1695	1704	1735
height	1532	1466	1498-1501	1525	1515
No.of seatings	5	5	5	5	5
boot space	419	460	420	359	378
Steering ,suspension and brakeing
suspension	Front:-Independent, Lower wishbone, McPherson ( dual path ) strut type Rear:- Twist beam with coil spring mounted Hydraulic shockabsorbers	Front:-McPherson suspension with lower triangular links and torsion stabaliser Rear:-Compound link crank-axle	Front:-McPherson Strut Rear:-Torsion Bar	Front:-Independent McPherson Rear:-Semi-Independent Twist Beam	Front:-Mac Pherson Strut Rear:-Torsion Beam
streeing Type	Electric/Tilt	Power/Tilt & Telescopic	Electric/tilt	Electric/tilt	Electric/tilt
brakes	disc+drum	disc+drum	disc+drum	Ventilated disc+drum	disc+drum
saftey
No.of air bags	2	2	2	6	2
side impact beams	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Rear impact beams	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
central locking system	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
child locking system	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Advanced feature           (comforts and saftey)
Ac	yes with automatic climate control	yes with automatic climate control	yes with automatic climate control	yes with automatic climate control	yes with automatic climate control
cd drive/Fm/aux	no/yes/yes	yes/yes/yes	no/yes/yes	no/yes/yes
seat headrests                 and  adjustments	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
seat lumber support	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
ISOFIX child seat mounts	yes	no	yes	no	yes
pushback	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
rear arm rest	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
sunroof	no	no	no	no	no
brake assist	no	no	no	no	no
EBD	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Electric stability control system	no	no	no	no	yes
crash sensor	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Auto door lock	no	yes	yes	no	no
Traction control	no	no	no	no	no
Ncap rating          scale of measure 5*    Adult occupant protection :-     child occupant protection:-	4*  3*	-----	4* 1*	3* 2*	-----

Here also i consider saftefy first and here i didn't find any saftefy ratings for skoda and swift but i can assume depending upon saftey features provided by each individual as 3* and 3* in sedan segment every company are providing same feartures in this price segment so saftey wise i found that tata is in first place and maintainance also all near to equal I suggesting tata_tigor by considering its saftey rating and independent suspension means better handiling.TATA TIGOR is the best choice.

conclusion:-In between Tata Tigor and Nexon both are having independendent suspension mileage wise tigor is a far better option why beacause 3km is higher for daily commuters it saves a lot and maintainance wise also sedan is a far better than a suv but in case of nexon it is not both maintainance are seems to very similar Here I will suggest TATA NEXON.