Nexon vs Compass vs Seltos vs XUV500 vs Punch: Off road battle-2WD SUVs

In a recent event by Learn Offroad, hosted by Mr. Tejas Kothari, we tool the following SUVs on some serious obstacles for a 2WD SUV:
1. Tata Nexon Diesel Manual
2. Jeep Compass Diesel Manual (2WD)
3. Kia Seltos Diesel Auto
4. XUV500 Diesel Auto
5. Tata Punch Petrol AMT

[@Beast0930]

Nexon killed it. Surprised to see Punch here in the competition. Kudos to Tata off roaring capabilities.

[@teerthupadhyay3931]

Nexon did so well. Driver was very slow but then it climed so comfortably with right pace. That ground clearance was best among all.

[@road_not_taken]

Nexon was a surprise for me as well. It was so composed and the way it tackled everything was great!

[@teerthupadhyay3931]

@@road_not_taken Exactly it turned out to be an allrounder and best ground clearance of all.

[@enayatpatel951]

Bro nexon better than performance kia sonet

[@gamerkarthik2654]

Yea same a Hyundai creta cant beat these cars XD

[@contklr]

Compared to the compass, Nexon packs so much bang for buck

[@truth8015]

Nexon was well performer in all aspects

[@road_not_taken]

True, great articulation, ground clearance and power delivery.

[@carjaati8223]

XUV 500 h best performer

[@ashmit280]

@@carjaati8223 see the video then say

[@vinodnarayanswamy]

Light vehicle

[@Sakela1709]

Nexon

[@bluescorpwin]

Wow Tata Punch I'm super surprised. Nexon was amazing. With two wheel drive these two cars are performing this was I'm imagining with Awd it's gonna go places. Good job team more videos like this is welcomed.

[@xdadev]

Damn that GC of Nexon, it's a beast. It didn't even scrape in the first test while all others did.

[@road_not_taken]

Fun fact: Other cars also had extra stones placed under the wheels to improve approach angles and they still scraped. These stones got moved when Nexon's turn came and it still didn't scrape!

[@xdadev]

@@road_not_taken Basically not just GC but also the approach and departure angles of Nexon are excellent.

[@surajd.padwalkar239]

punch is good as it's price

[@shahan484]

Can increase ground clearance of any crossover and it will perform well.

[@tattimotors1560]

That excessive GC makes it a topple machine

[@ansumanpattanaik8224]

I cant believe Jeep is struggling so much being such an off roading vehicle. Surprise to me is Seltos. I thought Seltos doesn't stand a chance but it did pretty well compared to expectations. Nexon is the all rounder and i had expected that. This little piece of powerhouse is incredibly impressive and right on money.

[@tanmaysinha9632]

its not an off road vehicle

[@shahan484]

We get the cheapest model available in Jeep's portfolio and that too a monocoque chassis one. If you take that too with a 2wd then it is no different than a Seltos. Jeep name won't make it more "off-road" than any other crossover

[@Christourmessiah]

Jeep is the heaviest car amongst all. It's so strong and heavy.

[@tanmaysinha9632]

@@Christourmessiah xuv 500 also weighs the same

[@ExploreWithSandeepG]

@@shahan484 Cant agree more ... !!!

[@priyamjoshi2667]

Nexon has one of the best weight distribution which makes it best fwd when it comes to soft off road.

[@sandeep198764]

I m the Nexon owner... ye video dekh kar dil khus ho gaya Nexon performance was amazing 😊

[@sohamdhamnaskar8340]

I want more of Nexon’s and Punch’s content like this.

[@TechnoGravityBhupesh]

Me too

[@abhishekpawar5126]

Nexon with 4x4 would be a BEAST Tata should seriously consider it

[@Devil-or6hz]

Price would touch around 25L and will be neglected by majority of indian buyers!

[@YOURbaapp]

@@Devil-or6hz not 25L but approx 20-21 on road

[@vaibhavsen5032]

@@YOURbaapp and at that price range , everyone would prefer thar over nexon

[@YOURbaapp]

@@vaibhavsen5032 bro but thar doesn't have to much features , boot space or comfort like Nexon 🥲🥲

[@shahan484]

@@YOURbaapp Nexon is a crossover on Hatchback frame, Thar is a body on frame open top small SUV.

[@jishnukalita1472]

Its all about driver... But nexon is perfect for every road...

[@UNIQUETHINKER3]

Nexon is that guy in the car school who is an all rounder....Intelligent,cute,badass,funny,angry,brute😎 #nexon✨

[@fanclub69]

You reminded my childhood 😀

[@gautamorashant008]

It all depends on driver’s ability to handle off roading too. Have seen people failing miserably with Fortuners and Endavours too while handling off road patches and sometimes cars like alto can look like performing better as it all depends on driver’s ability to manoeuvre the car. Same is the case with Nexon here. The driver was so composed and he was not rushing into the obstacles. In off roading, it is ASAP (as slow as possible) contrary to our English dictionary meaning. And here we saw car like Jeep with a powerful engine struggling to handle off roads.

[@hrithiksharmaaa]

Nexon killed it 🔥🔥🔥

[@ambarishudta6291]

TATA Nexon is far better here 👍

[@dinkumteng]

This is called real life review and comparison. All of these SUVs performed almost same regardless of their sizes or fame. As a customer, if I buy a smaller SUV, it doesn't mean that I am intended to spend my money on a sub-standard product what we were offered until launch of Indian brands like Nexon, XUV300 or Punch. Now, Tatas should consider full featured 4×4 Nexon through a facelift opional variant.

[@road_not_taken]

Agree, the Nexon really 'punch'ed above its weight in this test. And all this without traction control or off-road modes.

[@tanujsoni3057]

@@road_not_taken ahh sorry but nexon does come with traction control 😅. it's a standard feature on nexon

[@shahan484]

Lol before Nexon and Seltos, there was the segment starter Renault Duster. It is still the most capable in it's segment.

[@shahan484]

Also Tata already borrowed chassis from Land Rover, and can't develop a seperate AWD for their cars as no one buys it. And it will fail as well given Tata reliability

[@sirri46]

I'm the proud owner of NEXON XZ+🔥🔥🔥

[@srinivashs1589]

Diesel or petrol

[@YOITSCASEOH]

I'm the proud son of Nexon owner

[@sirri46]

​@@srinivashs1589 Diesel

[@anandagowdan7988]

I'm too.. It's so cool for the price.. Mine XZ+ (o) Petrol model.

[@sirri46]

@@srinivashs1589 Diesel

[@subhadipbiswas3259]

Nexon chasis is so apt for 4x4 capabilities. In 2 wheel mode it is doing so well, 4x4 it will kill everything. Hope TATA in future make it 4x4 with a 4 cylinder engine and that will be all.

[@motorgadigyan1827]

Nexon performance is really great 👍

[@pritamchougale4835]

Nexon is agile. Can skim through anything 👍👍

[@TheAnotherLife]

Nexon compiting with the 25-30 lakh SUV's is a win and it performancing better than other is a charry on the cake 🎉

[@sauravojha3229]

Nexon XZ+ Owner loved it ...... that ground clearence

[@jaivishnu9815]

After ambassador , Nexon would be a king of Indian road

[@bhagwatchandrakar5266]

Nexon And Punch Well good Performance 👌👌

[@SuryaPrakash-tf6ey]

This offroading battle is captured wonderfully guys, hats off .

[@factofficialfreefire7984]

Nexon lover hit like ❤️❤️❤️

[@STgauss3268]

Where are those who doubt nexon being a Compact SUV? Even xuv500 struggles infront of just FWD nexon and that jeep compass 🤦‍♂️. The ESP of Tata shows how it can perform with just FWD. Imagine if they provide AWD.

[@slayercars7133]

Yes

[@shahan484]

Your logic is very flawed sadly. Both Nexon and XUV 500 are fwd, but their weight difference is MASSIVE. You could give a height increase to a Santro or Alto and watch it compete with Nexon with all it's 800Kgs of weight😂.

[@STgauss3268]

@@shahan484 no matter how you want to put down nexon, it has proved in the video, just look at the wheel articulation of nexon, it climbed in a relax manner with minimal wheelspin because its weight distribution and ESP does the job pretty well, try with your alto, it will wheelspin like crazy and it will get stuck, and i know alto as it was my first car long time ago and i have got stuck many times. And nexon too is a heavy car for its size.

[@shahan484]

@@STgauss3268 in offroading bits, you have to carry momentum, otherwise even a Fortuner can get stuck. Also Nexon weighs 1200kgs and XUV 500 weighs 2 Metric Tonne. And the Alto bit, I go to hill stations 2 times every year and seen Alto perform better than my RWD Scorpio. Still if i were to buy into Nexon segment, I'll buy Nexon no doubt.

[@STgauss3268]

@@shahan484 not all the time that we need to carry momentum in offroading, there is a thing called articulation too, modern vehicles are being taken care by ESP to channel torque to the wheel with the most grip in such conditions, check this out kzbin.info/www/bejne/on6xZ3ljit2Amc0, nexon climbed with old 4x4 jeeps relaxing with almost zero wheelspin and if you observe carefully, the articulation is impressive for a FWD, alto would have knock off its trail in such scenario, it would have lost balance and end up facing left or right as it struggles, in the above video too although it's sandy, nexon did well and better than others. No xuv500 is not 2 metric tons, it weights at 1845 kg that is 600kg more than a petrol nexon which is 1250kg as mentioned in its registration certificate.

[@devansh_vlog]

Tata punch was superb performance

[@road_not_taken]

True, a lot of folks couldn't believe that the Punch made it through all the obstacles.

[@akshaysingh3922]

Excellent video. Truly shows what ones daily drive cars are capable of.

[@vikrantgautam1412]

This compass seems like naam bade darshan chote.. 😀 really shocking

[@road_not_taken]

To be fair, the Compass has very road biased tires. But I agree that it should have done better given its off road genes from Jeep.

[@gabruu3567]

😂😂😂

[@Justin2k20]

compass was the worst performer

[@jainsheaven3532]

@@road_not_taken compass is Diesel or petrol ?

[@seesshhhh2371]

Gaandu........compass se kya compare kr rha h 😂😂 compass baap h bro iska bss ground clearance ka problem baaki...sbme beast h compass...drive quality lelo look lelo features lelo.....or ha compass se compare mt kro...pehle tata ki servicing or engine sudharo

[@Praveenchklde]

Good to see Indian cars performing well than others.

[@ravindrabartwal6397]

Indian brands killed the show..❤❤❤ seltos was unexpectedly good...

[@Christourmessiah]

But you can't find many Indian brands running internationally whereas Chinese cars are conquering the market. Probably due to bad safety rating. You can hardly find any successful Indian brands running in the Middle East.

[@ravindrabartwal6397]

@@Christourmessiah i do agree... but now indian brands has done quite good work in build quality.. tata and mahindra are launching the cars with 4 or 5 rating..

[@AD.24]

Nexon was way way ahead than all the other vehicles... Kudos to tata 👏👍👌

[@seesshhhh2371]

You comparing it with jeep??? 😂😂😂

[@AD.24]

@@seesshhhh2371 bro see the vidio...Jeep is struggling 😆😆😆. Video is the proof if that doesn't give you logic then I assume you as "BHAKTH " And BHAKTH don't like logic and proof.

[@Robert-sb8ew]

@@seesshhhh2371 still not believing after watching video 😂😂 you are true hater 👍

[@shahan484]

@@AD.24 Jeep is a heavier and bigger vehicle. Even Santro and Alto with increased height can compete perform better than Nexon just because they are so light. You don't know about the off-road world maybe, a Suzuki Gypsy and Thar can go where no Fortuner and Endeavour can go. Weight matters buddy.

[@AD.24]

@@shahan484 well I suggest you watch Anshuman bishnoi channel on KZbin for offroading and specially type Jeep offroading you will know the truth. I am sure you will get answers on Jeep, Fortuner, That, Endeavour capability as well. Let's talk on proofs.

[@rahulsmart74]

Stupendous video spectacular and lots of hard work done

[@NeerajKumar-nf4vl]

Nexon 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@acousticscience]

Nexon won with a huge margin #Tata ❤️

[@nikhleshbhawsar7968]

Can you upload full video of tata punch

[@PradeepKumar_prad_pune]

I am no expert. Would the light weight All Grip Pro Suzuki Jimny have made a difference on this track?

[@sandesh20000]

Thar is baap of all✌️in off roading Nexon is all time best in all suv

[@VarraVlogs]

Nexon amazing Capabilities

[@rush2devs]

Can a automatic car give such performance... To be specific new Brezza 2022 Automatic?

[@anuragpal1275]

I was the owner of tata nexon xz+ o

[@Randommotovlogs]

Was it petrol?

[@vipulmehta2609]

Nexon performed well due to body weight and power ratio.

[@Abhi-now]

Really good ground clearance and approach angle of nexon

[@teerthupadhyay3931]

Didn't expect Jeep to perfom this bad

[@road_not_taken]

Jeep was honestly let down by its tires and suspension. The tires are very road biased and lose traction at the slightest provocation. The suspension of the Jeep is also a bit too stiff for such terrain leading to the bouncing and it being unable to put down power.

[@teerthupadhyay3931]

@@road_not_taken Makes sense

[@samaryaj]

It's totally the Bridgestone all season tires not really suited for this terrain. Now the question is was this the 4*4 model or 4*2 and which drive mode was it on? auto/sand

[@road_not_taken]

@@samaryaj All these vehicles were 4x2. Imagine a Nexon doing better than a 4x4 Compass! 🙂

[@skyland467]

Jeep Ground Clearance is bit low compared to XUV & NEXON, otherwise Jeep power & safety is no.1 compared to all 3 cars👍👍👍

[@MrTukachinchilla]

It's quite cool how the dude in the Nexon was doing this with an AMT.

[@akaTechAI]

Nexon BEAST 💥

[@mdmobasshir4903]

Acctually theses all are FWD cars so don't call them 2WD, 2WD means RWD 👍

[@shubhamgautam9649]

Nexon is best ❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥

[@Basit_Subhan]

The compass owner doesn't know how to drive the suv 🙄

[@harsheeesh561]

Was that a nexon's petrol version or diesel?

[@aimshooter2185]

It was nexon petrol or diesel?

[@av2370]

Everyone is talking about Nexon but Seltos did very well too. Wish it has a higher ground clearance.

[@Vikramsinghjangra]

Which app u use for editing

[@harshrajrana1513]

Nexons ground clearance 🤌🏻⚡️

[@rajueaswaramoorthy935]

Hey!! Bro.. I really miss your video, you are giving a different flavor of review and it is really fantastic. Kind request to start publishing videos again.

[@bobbyisac]

Tata's traction control systems are on point! influenced by JLR I guess

[@CBUM900]

Love to see this kind of compact suv off roading

[@ngukavikinimi3180]

Wow! I guess the drivers have never experienced hill driving. Come to NE where I am sure even an alto will comfortably drive away in most of the roads n ever worse roads in some cases. It's how u drive n not the car u r driving.

[@shahan484]

That's what I'm preaching in the comments. I've seen Alto in every hill station in India and even on snow!

[@RightOne1]

@@shahan484 Alto was good, but sadly it's era is over now.

[@bebebareh9986]

Nexon nailed it 💪💪💪💪

[@shivamagarwal9]

Nexon has GC of 209mm and endeavour has that of 225mm, point is that Nexon has a very very good GC! It's a surprisingly good car with one of the best safety among it's rivals in this video, one of the cheapest and best all rounder

[@TheJabs123]

Good to see 2WD off road 👍

[@bmw867]

Nexon driver had some extra skills

[@maheshkeisam4129]

Many talking about nexon which is no doubt performing really well, but seltos did exceptionally well too, despite its weight. Compass suffered the most Bcoz of its weight.

[@akshaysali1417]

Guys can you please comment with was a pleasure to drive and which offered best comfort ?

[@skyland467]

Nexon Ground Clearance is better than Compass & Seltos Nexon & Seltos are lighter 300 or 400 kgs than Compass

[@ashmit280]

See the price also

[@hubhamtogujRate]

Which location sir..‼️❓

[@ShashankSinha22]

Nexon and seltos were the best. The approach angle of seltos isn't good, rest it performed really good

[@ashutoshsangam2532]

Nexon Is Doing Best Off roading 😍

[@ankushkhajuria145]

210 mm ground clearance demonstrated it's difference

[@rishishukla1]

Liked and Subscribed for this amazing content 👍🔥

[@hameedferoz8804]

Nexon is a Compact SUV, it doesnt even come under this category, but still performed superb. Nexon should be compared with Brezza, Venue, Seltos, Elevate

[@nscratchergamedeveloperani264]

And seltos also should not be here I am glad to be an Nexon owner

[@nelsonsameer4667]

Nexon top❤️❤️

[@rudragami9988]

Is Seltos dct will able to perform off road like this diesel auto?

[@road_not_taken]

Hi, The best way would be to try it in the real world. But I wouldn't doubt it too much as the Petrol DCT has more power, similar torque and gets the rough road modes. The Diesel Seltos performed better in the Sand mode. The only deal breaker could be the initial hesitancy of the DCT.

[@60plusyayawar62]

Owned Nexon giving good performance on khardungla and tanglala pass.Now I m waiting for 4x4 by Tata

[@allOizzOwell]

Very nice video 🤘. Highly disappointed after seeing compass struggling ( Advice to the owner OLX pe bech do 😅). Expecting more grunt from nexon as it was diesel but it performed with satisfaction. But I am more amazed by the performance of punch i mean wtf. It is seriously a solid punch on all other car makers. I Really appreciate standards set by Tata and Mahindra in our auto industry. Will be more happy to see how rear wheel drive bolero neo and Scorpio classic perform on the same track. Kudos to uploader 🙏

[@bangcupid007]

Now the real test would be the same driver driving in all the cars! No matter how capable the car can be, driver and timing matters!

[@sanalkumarvg2602]

not exactly, if the machine has a good ESP, it is also a bigger fact...

[@shahan484]

Traction control and esp are different

[@Mathematics010]

Nexon and punch was way much better than all costly so called SUVs Love you tata

[@gtnnmgt1277]

No jeeo

[@gtnnmgt1277]

P

[@shahan484]

Nexon is the so called SUV here. Jeep is heavier and offers 4×4 which makes it better.

[@incrediblewanderings]

Happy to see Nexon here

[@Srrawat9988]

The road no taken wow remember my 9th class

[@sss_1988.]

I would like to see complete video about Punch...

[@road_not_taken]

Coming soon 🙂

[@rahulyadav-yn6qs]

Nexon won my heart, this beauty cost lessor than seltos and Compass but performers better. Tata have created a well rounded beast.

[@Sricharanchadram]

Nexon had performed well. Is it a Diesel one?

[@STgauss3268]

It's a petrol.

[@Sricharanchadram]

@@STgauss3268 wow... 😎

[@mercedesbenz3751]

There should be a bigger 7seat version of Nexon, with the same look from the front

[@themotivationalhub493]

i think the fault is on jeep driver side ... otherwise go search on yt jeep 4*2 off road there you find a off road video of jeep base model that is sport with fortuner 4*4 side by side (not a comparison) there they were showing how capable jeep 4*2 is ,even with its base sport model ....bro trust me that off road patch is way more inclined and difficult than this one

[@tanmaysinha9632]

compass is not for off roading

[@themotivationalhub493]

@@tanmaysinha9632 wtf ...are you newbie 😂....kiddo off roading is in the DNA of Jeep ...leave it i think you are talking baseless 🙂get your facts check first

[@tanmaysinha9632]

@@themotivationalhub493 dont make it a stereotype .. every brand makes every type of cars .. for off roading they have wrangler and grand cherokee , for highway oriented drives they have compass and meridian with monocoque chassis

[@shahan484]

@@themotivationalhub493 bacche ho kya? "Gamer" 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢 just because it says Jeep and you know that Jeep makes Wrangler, doesn't mean everything with jeep written will go to Himalayas

[@themotivationalhub493]

@@shahan484 ok.

[@ajiths4736]

How was the performance of punch here

[@sanjibanbora5534]

Brother, did the cars have stock tyres or changed ?

[@road_not_taken]

Hi, The people in this meet were new to me so I am not sure :) However, most of the cars were new and barely run, except the XUV500 maybe. The Punch was on stock tyres for sure. Also, all of them had normal road biased tires.

[@Lovelu_stunt]

Nexon ground clearance is vest. Desi loha 🔥

[@mohdelyas9116]

Nexon

[@streetwalkersumitvlogs5154]

Pls upload more videos

[@TrainsandRockets]

Achcha analysis hai... Lekin isse thora kam ayega cutoff... Reason: Formula me average ka bara role hai, aur bahut aisa kam number wala hoga ko check ni kiya joga Rank IQ pe... So, Asli data me average thora kam hoga so usse cutoff thora kam hona chahiye.

[@arunsachan4065]

Nexon was confident ❤️

[@truth8015]

What is the service cost of diesel Nexon? Can we buy it for keeping lifelong? Is it durable?

[@road_not_taken]

Tata's aren't expensive to maintain typically but the after sales experience varies a lot depending on your local dealer. Long term reliability of the Nexon shouldn't be an issue, though it's no Toyota :)

[@RamPrasadGogoi]

@@road_not_taken u have very good knowledge abt car... When u mentioned Toyota... Only legends knw abt the reliability of toyota like u

[@terrybatman]

@@road_not_taken to be fair though, ever since they started using maruti cars, not sure about toyota

[@mahroofku521]

Nexon is best 👍👍👍 below 10 lacs car awesome performance

[@NarenderKumar-ci9kq]

Pl add Venue Turbo

[@titanium1223]

Would love to see bolero Neo with mld against all these cars in offroad

[@sumanmandal4784]

proud of my nexon..

[@ThePseudoBasher]

Indians also use the word 'gas' for accelerator?

[@jrthebhai]

Tata nexon always suv King 💕

[@bhargav2041]

Nexon best performer in all test. 😇😇