Good But Not Great

Good But Not Great

It is a daily driver car and is easy to ride in the city. On highways, the car feels unstable and does not inspire the confidence to drive fast. The car is loaded with some minor features with we usually see in all affordable hatchbacks and there is enough legroom and knee room to sit comfortably, the car gets only 3 bottle holders and the bottles cannot be kept inside the door pockets as they are small in front door and rear door don't offer bottle holders or any kind of space. The car is equipped with a 998 cc engine and it churns out a power of about 60 bhp and 90 nm of torque the car has quite good acceleration and the braking response of the car is also very good. The model I own comes without ABS and airbags. When we bought this car these features were not standard. The final conclusion is that the car has enough space for passengers but does not offer good boot space which is only 180 lbs (2011 vxi). The car came with a preinstalled audio system with four speakers and we added two speakers as accessories which improved the audio output a lot like those for stock speakers don't offer good audio quality. Now our car is going to complete 8 years and no complaints about the reliability of the car. Though built quality has always been an issue with Maruti cars and the same continues with this car also. Scoring zero stars in NCAP crash test. The suspension of the car is soft which affects a bit stability on high speeds and shows quite a lot of body roll which makes it scary while cornering. The tyres on this car feel small as the car rides on 14 inches and the wheel arches are quite large which makes the car look ugly. The gearbox is smooth and the engine is also peppy and revs happily and there is nothing in the top end so it is waste to rev it to higher RPMs. The car can catch good speed on higher gear at low RPM as the mid-range is very strong. Steering feedback of the car decent and does not offer much feel and feedback. This is the review of my car and its been an amazing experience with this car for past 8 years and now I'm planning to upgrade and my choice is Hyundai Creta as it has good looks and striking interiors.