I bought my new car day before yesterday from bu bhandari pune. I haven't driven it much yet so can't really comment about performance but I'm planning to take it out on a long drive soon. I must say I'm quite pleased with the service I received at the dealer. They were quite professional though may not be as polished as someone in the hospitality industry but that was not my expectation any way. Overall the car buying experience was quite happy.
I bought a reverse parking sesnsor (from the dealer itself) as an accessory. I think it is useless as it beeps even when there's nothing behind the car for miles :-)
The car doors are not very smooth to close, Sometimes it needs extra power to close them properly :-)
Update (9/12/09) -
I drove the car from Pune to Mumbai and back. I didn't go over 75-80Kmph
as it’s a new engine and so got an excellent average of 17.
The rear head room is less. There is no place to keep water bottles which is little inconvenient.
The car shows instant average which is very helpful as it helps
make you a better driver. The trip average, trip time etc are good
features as well. Blue and Me is very very helpful and good to impress
others :-) The voice recognition utility is nice as well.
The ground clearance is little low but not worse than Honda city. I
once slightly touched a high speed breaker when going little fast over
it. It gives you a sinking feeling in your gut when you hear a noise
from below your car. But I have been there before with Indica and Honda
City. I now take care when driving over speed breakers.
The pickup is not as good as some other cars in the same segment
but I was only looking for a comfortable car which I can drive
peacefully and gently and this car fits the bill.
Good style, good presence on the road, loadedlow ground clearance especially when carrying 4-5, door closing