Bad choice (Have owned Swift and Beat for the past 4 years)

Me, my parents and my bro's family live in same place, and we had to travel a lot in Hyderabad. So, we bought two different diesel cars for our family in 2012. One of them Swift and other Beat (one for the reason to not togo with same cars, so looked for something other than Swift for the second one). We bought the high end diesel model. So, my review is solely based on comparison with swift.

Now 2017, we repent for going with Beat, and instead have gone with another color in Swift for the following reasons -

1. Mileage: varied 17-21, almost never crossed 21-22 inspite of driving defensively, even after being soft on accelaration. Almost same as Swift, nothing more compared to Swift here.

2. Power: From the time we bought these cars - I could easily notice how underpowered this car is. More than the power - it is the number of gear shifts you have to make while driving this on city roads. You are always busy shifting gears (which again are not smooth). On the other hand the power distribution in Swift across the gears suits the city roads. You can smoothly drive in 3rd gear for much of the speed range in city.

3. Gear box : Not at all smooth, Chevrolet should learn from Maruthi.

4. Shock absorbers: Horrible. The small tires make the ride quality even more pathetic. I would not recommend this to anytime older, or someone suffering from back pain. My father never rides this for commutes that have bad routes. The noise from shocks is pretty awkward.

5. Service : This is one thing everyone should consider. We have an issue with automatic climate control, and door locks. We had to make 10s of trips to dealership, everytime they say they have fixed, come back home - the problem comes back again. We were really frustrated when we had to deal with this problem - especially during a marriage in the family. No proper training given to Service personnel (the Chevrolet dealership in Nagole area). Whats the use of having a car if it is not serving the purpose during the times when you need the vehicle the most. AC still doesn't work to this date - it has been months.

6. Resale : Now that it has been 4-5 years, we plan to replace both out cars - Swift (90000 kms), Beat (61000 kms). Guess which one has a good resale and more people are asking for - Swift. And you also know now - why the Swift recorded more kms than Beat (because everyone preferred to grab Swift first when it was available all the time).

I would not recommend this car to anyone if your need is to commute in the city. Better spend a lakh more and go for something better (or a low end i10 or Swift).

NothingMileage, Performance, Poor Service