मारुति सुज़ुकी बलेनो [2015-2019] यूज़र रिव्यूज़

Dont buy Maruti car or Baleno. Bad service after buy specially barbate Arya car. No message and contact for free and paid servicing after buying car ask who r u? Very very poor servicing no system no automatic generate message big problem free servicing not given to you when you go to service staff talked very rudly cunning nature when sit on driver seat front portion not seen clear when you turning not see object clear bad spension overalll ok dont buy car from Arya car and Maruti bad service.

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I bought my baleno1. 2delta from pavan nexa Nalgonda car performance and everything thing is perfect. But the response from the showroom people is not good they did not give minimum response to me. don't buy any car from this showroom They are worst people i had ever seen. anyways this is an excellent car

Overall good. Good performance. Good space. Smoth drive. Bigger boot space. Good milage in city 17 to 18 and high 19.5 good performance. For the safety 2 air bag drive and co drive. 4 are disc break. Marthi used Low quality dash board. Still improve the build quality. Overall Wight is 950kg. Only drive side mirror have one touch.

Push to start, one touch, child lock, rear wiper and automatic AC best features Interior should be dual tone and allow well look is not to much attractive Spacious car Mileage is excellent (19.8 km/liter) Comfort riding for 300-400 km All luxury features in this budget impossible 8 months ago buyed car but it's good experience.

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Exterior Like all baleno, there is nothing much to differentiate expect for the sporty looking fron mesh grill and the slightly re-designed rear bumper with side skirts which  tries to add some charcter to the car.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) It comes with all bells and whistles which one would expect from a baleno alpha trim. Rear space is pretty awesome and enough for 3 average sized adults for medium to short time journeys.  The provided infotainment system does a decent job but the GPS GUI has lot to be desired for as its pretty non-intuitive and could be sometimes daunting to use while searching for destination. They could have made is more like any andriod google maps. Visiblity is great overall but the A-pillar could be an hinderance while taking corners. The provided AC is excellent and chills the cabin in a commendable time and ensures you won't miss the rear AC vents which are now being a standard fitment in most other car brands. 

I am overall very happy with this purchase!

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Here is where this car shines and is one of the influencing point in my purchase decision. The boosterjet is basically an alto K10 engine with a turbocharger (hence K10C) which is an imported unit. It produce close to 100BHP and 150NM of torque and is free revving unit. Due to a 3-cylinder setup, it can be pretty vocal at higher rpms and the noise tends to seeping into the cabin. There is almost no turbo lags and the punch begins from close to 1200rpm. As for any turbo petrol unit being gentle on the throttle, the car rewards you with excellent milage, I was able to pull up the acclaimed 21kmpl in highway runs while in city you could except close to 14 with bumper to bumper traffic. With the provided power band and the excellent gear box overtaking on any gear is hassle free. The is power avaialable on all of the gears.The third gear is the most useful one which as better balance of power. Gearbox could be little notchy at first use but it would ease up as you continue to use it. It has a shorter throw and is very nicely mated to the engine. Power is spread very nicely and present in all of the gears.  For heavy footers, please be prepare to see single digit milage as any turbo petrol, it can guzzle up a lot.

If you are looking for true blue hot hatch, you should be looking elsewhere (Volkswagon or Fiat), but if you want a better car with an amazing engine from Maruti's stable this one should your pick in hatchbacks. 

Ride Quality & Handling The cabin remains quite in most of the times, since the suspension is tuned a bit more harder one could feel the bumps and potholes little more than normal balenos. But on the other side suspension setups does a very decent job and there is almost no body rolls nor the rear side waviness that one can feel with balenos in general especially when driving with no passengers.

The steering feels very light but wieghs up nicely at higher speeds, but its almost lifeless and almost doesn't self center which is a hit or miss affair, I personally liked honda's steering which does give quite a lot of feedback in comparision. 

Final Words In the given price bracket its the only car which ticked all the boxes in my list:

- Spacecious interior.

- Comfortable riding and able to carry 5. 

- Turbo charged motor which is docile in city speeds but becomes a beast when demanded. 

- Wide service network.

Areas of improvement  

- Cabin insulation could have been little better.

- The infotainment could have been made to resemble more like an andriod phone espcially the map app is clunky and could be little daunting to use. 

- Steering, its a drawback, they could have made it more communicating one and a tad more self centering ablity.

Space, comfort and power on tap.Suspension is on the harder side which is good as well bad. Overall build quality is average.

Riding the vehicle is awesome. Had gone from Bathinda to Guwahati by road approx 2400 kms. Riding at the speed of 145 at highways but feels like going at 50 speed. Very very smooth. Comfort excellent. Fast cooling AC. Space Huge. overall oo la la what a car maruti had made Dzire, i20 all failed.

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Exterior I own the delta version, being maruti the car is ok to deal with as there are plenty of service shops although modern doesn;t require that much maintenance.

The main problem with the car is its width, maruthi has increased width which makes it difficult to drive in this city and busy places and prone to dents and scrathes, maruthi should consider indian roads conditions before a product like this

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Ok quality, doesn't have any problem here.

Ride Quality & Handling Light car doesn't see any problem.

Final Words Maruti should reduce the bulkiness of this car, very much prone to dent in Indian conditions, not alt all happy with this design which is very difficult to maintain.

Areas of improvement The main problem with the car is its width, maruthi has increased width which makes it difficult to drive in this city and busy places and prone to dents and scrathes, maruthi should consider indian roads conditions before a product like this.

New stylingBulky

Bluetooth doesn't connect easily. Most of the time it doesn't connect. It's not user friendly. It's difficult to understand the method of Connecting bluetooth & tunning of fm. Head restraints are also not comfortable. Shock absorber could be better but it's not. Looks is awesome, but it's personal thing.

1. Not really great, had some confusions regarding the payments and all, but it was sorted out. I bought car from thrissur, I think it took some time and effort by Nexa to find such a connected and limited space to setup their office. I didn't felt anything premium in terms of experience.

2. Riding is better than many cars. It has good low and high speed ride quality. Btw, this car can't match the high-speed ride of old punto or low speed ride of say - vista. It's a tasteful blend. I had long drives and came out without getting tired and joints free from aches. My old Zen has failed to do this everytime. You get a comfortable seating position, view,and ergonomics are to my preference. Which helps it further.

3. I don't like - " look at me" kind of exterior, rather understated looks are fine for me. And Baleno is just good at that. Only bad thing they did was putting RS tag to it, this brings unnecessary comparisons. Could've been boosterjet instead. Having said that, this car is tailor made for my preference. What I was looking for was a practical, spacious, reliable petrol car with a better performance compared to the mass segment cars. Cars that were shortlisted are - Polo GT, Jazz,i20, here Jazz- Didn't like the shape, feel of mini Innova still in my head. But that is a great thing if you want more space inside. Interiors were not to my liking, but deal breaker was the meek 1.2L engine. There was a good chance Iam buying jazz if that 116bhp free revving motor was on offer with 10 lakhs on road price. Polo GT Flip the jazz perspective, you get this car. plenty of power and an effortless DSG combo is great for driving. But really limited space, and exterior looks are within my taste. Deal breaker here was the notorious DQ200 transmission they carried forward, I know it's an expensive transmission to begin with, and I was not particularly looking for a Automatic at that moment. And I can't afford either the crazy repair charges or arrogance of VW people out there in show rooms. Here they lost the opportunity to launch a manual version with this engine. The on road price couldve been 1 lakh less! Certainly I wouldve thought about it and maybe I would trade the space inside for that. Maybe! i20 In short - everything was in favour of i20, even though it lacks the agility and handling of baleno, riding experience is very nice but 1.2 L engine is extremely smooth and silent at idle and Normal running, but it is such a dull car, I can't think of it, after switching from a Zen. That's how I landed on Baleno RS. Every requirements were met. Earlier priced at 10.20lakhs, and thanks to GST the car got a price cut of around 60k and I bought it! It's faster and very easy to drive also returns a respectable fuel efficiency too. Comes with all around disc, and braking is very good. Additionally the turbo charger gives the option of doing a remap, when I feel the power is not enough, in the near future.

4. Its maruti and it is not questionable like ever.

5. Cons are - lack of better tyres, light build quality. Iam not a auto designer to comment the structure of this car. But, sheet metal thickness is relatively less, and prone to dents, inn the future. #2,and #3 talks about pros, there are many more. But that's not a big deal for someone who reads this. Consider them as a bonus!

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