Recently started liking the Mahindra Bolero - underappreciated among urban Indians [COMPACTIDEA]

• If you momentarily forget about the newly-launched, more-chic Bolero Neo [and many or most of the points in this post will also apply to the Neo], then there's no car except Mahindra Bolero which allows an Indian car-buyer to own a large, rugged, spacious [7 seater], powerful car in the INR 9-11 lakh bracket. Everything else that's available is smaller and lighter, with less number of seats, and visibly smaller road presence.
• Yes it isn't as chic as the others, but think about kerb weight - it's 1600+ kg. Bolero gives you more meat than the rivals.
• In a way, the Bolero is like the samosa - old, yummy and reliable, but unnecessarily made to look cheap and downmarket by the urbans.
• A good thing about Bolero is that it isn't as "advanced" as other cars - no irritating touch controls, no fancy chips and software that spies on you, no complicated "features". Simple like the cars of yesterday. With all the essentials.
• A few improvements needed [or at least an optional higher variant with some/all of the below improvements]:
• Less vibration in the cabin.
• Slightly smoother ride.
• More refinement here and there.
• Improvements in ergonomics - like correcting the weird placement of some things in the cabin [rear speakers, power windows buttons, etc.].
• At least a 4-star NCAP rating [engineering improvements needed so that same total weight - hence same cost - provides higher structural safety and also more stability].
• Second front airbag.
• Rear disc brakes.
• Reverse parking camera.
• Rear defogger.
• Option of dual-tone colors.
• Floor carpets.
• Gear-change with less movement of the gear stick.
• Bolero should now be given the Neo's engine, since that's more powerful.
• 5-seater version should be offered in which space on rear seats is much higher, yet usable boot space will not be lesser because two seats will have been removed [plus car cost also might come down somewhat due to this].
• Mahindra might be worried that a too refined and feature-rich Bolero might cannibalize its Thar sales somewhat, especially if someone creates a great modification kit for say 1-1.5 lakh rupees which makes your top-model Bolero look far better than the Thar for a lower total price.
• All said and done, the Bolero is a good car overall and it can be made better without increasing its cost, and these improvements can have additional appeal for the urban folks.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m260Jj_D4eo
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