Swift ..Stylish & Decent Performance

Hello,

I am driving this Swift Vxi for more than a 14 months.

Looks:

My overall experience with this car is very much satisfactory. This is the only car in the segment that makes me turn my head whenever it passes by. The looks & style are very best in its class.  

Performance:

The performance is very good. Swift is very stable even at high speed @around 140 kmph. The engine is silent & responsive, Initially i had to look at my tachometer to ensure the engine is on. Very good pick up. Only drawback i fid is the gears: Maruti cars have inherent problems of stiff gears.

Mileage:

Before my first service i was getting an avg of around 10kmpl. That was my biggest concern after buying it. On speaking to dealers they told that your mileage will gradually increase & that too after your first service is done. The engine gets fine tuned after the first servce & it started giving me 13kmpl in city & 15 kmpl on highways with Ac on. Now my third free service is also over & my average has been improved to around 14.5kmpl in cities & around 16 to 17kmpl on highways. So mileage is very much dependent on how you train your engine on your very new purchase.

Interiors:

Interiors are decent but could be more contemporary. I find the quality of plastics used for doors & dashboard to be low in quality. Maruti should focus on quality of interiors too. The dashboard comes with an empty block for clock which I feel should be a part of accessories. The block for music system is also double din. There should be an option for company fitted music system to occupy that double din block.

Overall:

Its a very good car with stylish looks & decent performance. I have also test driven swift diesel which has an amazing engine & the pick up is awesome. It has more compression ratio than Petrol versions. Hope Maruti will keep on ehancing the Petrol variants & should bring Direct Injection in Petrol version too. 😳

Very Stylish & Sporty looks, low maintainencelow quality plastic interiors, shock absorbers