मारुति सुज़ुकी sx4 यूज़र रिव्यूज़

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Wanted to change from a Wagon R to a Diesel Sedan. After research and TDshortlisted the fludic Verna 1.4 CRDI, new SX4 1.3 ZDI  and the Vento.

I have finaly gone a head with the new SX4 Zdi over verna and vento.

Verna 1.4 is with very low seating and no major features, Vento again out of my buget.I found SX4 to be a better value for money product with lots of features and at the price of Vento diesel base verna  variant.

Got the delievry of my car and completed close to 500 kms run, found it to be a very good balance of power and performance with with strong built and amazing road dynamics. Initial average of 16 kms per ltr.

The engine is so silent that u don't here the diesel machine inside the cabin. I got 2 airbags, alloywheels, ele foldable mirors, CD player with 4 speakers and 2 tweeters, ABS front and rear fog lamps...all under 10 lakh.

Downside - limited choice of colours, dashboard could have been better, bluetooth not present, cabin richness and gears little hard.

I initially had doubts on the 1.3 ltr dsl engine as vento had much powerful 1.6 . But believe me the 1.3 same as used in Dzire does a fantastic job in the SX4 with the new turbo charger. So performane wise its and amazing sedan, The height and Grnd Clearance is amazin all msot like an SUV.

Strong built quality, ground clearance, lots of feqatures, high seats and driving position,Gear shit, dashboard, bluetooth not present,

Exterior Attentions will surely fall on an moving sx4 for its exterior, where things are rightly placed, and majesticaly lifted where it needed, good family car, very less engine noise inside which is my consern comparing with nissan, hyundai, and etios, the cross bar in the front is a cause of consern during uphill as it makes a blind spot on a deep curve towards the right while driving.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Great space inspite of little crunchy back seat legroom, good plastic, nice comfort, harder steering pains the hands sometimes, but regular service and cleaning makes it free, audio quality is appriciative, only missing bluetooth for a hastle free driving for a busy day to answer.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Jumps and tores the wind in 2nd and 3rd gear.

Ride Quality & Handling Ride quality is good, steering wheel handling is prety hard, like the gear rod as well.

Comfortable driver seat, pickup is adventurous and amazing, tyre grips the road and roars the roadGears & steerinsmoothness is overlooked in making, seats need hugging effect for comfort long rides

Exterior A-pillar trapped me to buy this car!

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Good value for money. We can get better platics,gadgets in other cars. But I presume we need to spend more for that.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Awesome pick up!! Though costly to maintain a petrol car, I dont like diesel engine sounds and hence wont complain low mileage :-) My car still gives me ~11-12 kmpl in its 3+ age and 33.4K distance covered!!

Ride Quality & Handling While driving, my car says "humps/potholes, what are those? :-)" Just we{me and my car} both don't care.

Having said that, one have to be careful if you have "sport kit installed" for a very steep and bigger humps. I installed it at the time of purchase.

It will reduce overall groundclearance

Final Words Its definitely a car for fun!!

Caution: NOT for new drivers, as A-pillar will always throws you surprises if not vigilant enough. All SX4 drivers will agree with me.

Areas of improvement Flat bed for rear seat {may be its resolved in recent sx4 edition. i did not checked that yet}

Style, Ground Clearancemissing flat bed.