Baleno Petrol Delta- Disgusting Rear Suspension

Exterior Great styling, looks good.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Spacious Interiors, Decent boot space, excellent leg room.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine performance good-though noted some bad/irregular welding near the exhaust manifold, Fuel economy has dropped after the 2nd service from 14-15 kmpl in the city to 11-13 now, both readings with the AC on & almost equivalent city driving conditions. Highway mileage 16kmpl. Gear Box good, no trubles so far in about 8 months of using.

Ride Quality & Handling Ride quality is atrocious, especially for rear seat passengers, all the jerks on the road transfer to the back of the rear seat passenger. A 100+ km journey on the highway means that the rear passenger will have a back ache and require a pain killer. Observed it in 3 different outings on 3 different highways. Even in local driving the smallest of speed breakers/ pothole can be felt by the rear seat passengers.

Complained about it to maruti through their service center MSM,Okhla & also by way of email. But the complaint has fallen on deaf years. One maruti service engineer (Avik Jindal) calls me to advise me to reduce the speed to 1okmph when approaching a pothole (even on the highway) after that one call he vanishes into thin air leaving me facing all jerks on the roads.

Final Words Good car but atrocious suspension & even more atrocious reply from the maruti engineer.

Areas of improvement SUSPENSION, SUSPENSION< QUALITY OF SERVICE, ENGINEERS EMPLOYED.

Good Style, Interior space, ACRear Suspension, Marutis response to complaints