Elegant and Punchy Ritz

 

Exterior It is not easy to make good looking tall boy. As per my view, if you want to look diffrent and stand out of crowd then Ritz is that choice. It looks elegant, sharp, sophisticated and diffrent among the crowd.

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Deshboard is a very elegant and adding luxury feel in the cabin. Huge wind shild allow good view around and makes driving a easy task in crowded traffic. Gear lever mounting location is extremly good and convenient in city driving condition. At front car is extramly roomy, high roof is giving the feel of a huge room. But at rear the space is conservative. Seat is fixed at hight and so providing good under thigh support but lag room feels short. I felt seat is bit straight and need to push back a little bit by increasing seating angle. But still comfortable.

 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Ritz biggest winning point, it's engine. During my drive the engine was continuously eagr to run. Very aggressive engine and run smooth at low end tourgue condition. Showing full respect to gas paddle even at very low speed traffic conditions. As per my view 16-17 kmpl efficiency in this type of crispy engine is a marvalious deal.

 

Ride Quality & Handling Secound winning point of Ritz is it's suspensions. Showing no respect to potholes and giving a smoooooth ride. No hatch is able to do this, it perform like a SUV on rough termec roads. Excellent for Indian road condition.

 

Final Words Before taking test drive of Ritz, I suggest you to take test drive of all vehicle which you like to buy but confused among, then come to Ritz. I am sure we wil not go out of showroom without booking it (Same thing happened to me). Before test drive I was confused between i10 and Figo. I10 I rejected immiditly because during my test drive I felt that this car is not for me (I don't know why), I liked ford figo but except space nothing was impressive in that and engine was disappointingly lazy. Me and my wife casually went to Maruti showroom (unplanned) just to have a look on what's offering? Eventually we fell in love with Ritz and here it is we have a new car RITZ...

This car is launched in Europe in 2008 and in India 2009 after testing success, Suzuki is going to launch it in China by Dec 2010.

 

Areas of improvement Rear seat should be pushed back a bit to provide more comfortable back rest otherwise car is a Gem.

 

Aggressive Engine, Comfortable on roads full of potholes thanks to soft suspensionRear seat angle and lacking lag room at rear.