Honda Means Honda

I would rather start this review with a old statement--Nobody is perfect in this world ..With punchline used by ONIDA TV--- Neighbours Envy, Owners Pride.

Purchased Honda Brio SMT in May 2013 ( Already owning Maruti Wagon R LXi and Ex owner of Maruti 800 Std.)

In March 2013, started planning to have a second car , taking care of the budget , driving distances and City conditions. Went to Maruti dealer at Nagpur. The sales guy was busy with a customer --Alto 800. I asked for details of Ritz and Swift Lxi and VXi variants. He quotated me the onroad price for the said models, but was not ready to explain the features. On asking for a test drive --- Ritz , the sales guy showed his helplessness as the Test drive vehicle was unavailable with him. So finally went out of the showroom with some pain for maruti, regarding their careless attitude .

Moved to the adjacent car dealer of Honda. Their the sales guy explained me well about the features and benefits of Honda Brio, along with offers and discounts. He also offered me the test drive.

Now there is the difference--- Driving pleasure and comfort was the best ( Superb -- Power Steering , even though the test drive vehicle clocked more than 50000 KMs).

So finally made my choice to purchase Brio SMT after lot of comparisons and customer reviews on net.

Went to Jabalpur Dealer as the prices quotated by him was quite less, considering the taxes in MP. Also the Brio SMT model offered by the Jabalpur dealer was a upgraded one with rear defogger and height adjustable driver seat. So the deal was locked .

Now , I am writing this review after almost 18 Months of purchasing the car , with odometer showing more than 11000 KMs.

Lets compare it Point by Point:

1)- Price --Almost 0.15 Lacs cheaper than Ritz VXi

2)- Engine - Best in class Honda Ivtec 1200 cc engine with more BHPs as compared to Ritz.

3)- Features --- Everything except for CD player . Car comes with a Stereo - Radio, Pen drives and Aux with mind blowing speakers. Also power steering on Brio is far more effective than any other car in its class.

4)-Fuel Efficiency- In city driving, it gives 16.5 to 17.5 KMPL and on Highway ,  I got 23 KMPL( driving almost 400 KMs from Nagpur to Bilaspur). Now I am getting a fuel efficiency of 20.5 KMPl in Bilaspur for a to and fro driving of 37 KMs daily.  Above fuel efficiencies have been taken with AC on and with fuel refill - tank to tank.

5)- Service- Service charges of Honda are at par with any other cars.

6)- Boot Space - Even though it is quite less comparatively, but than how many we really use it.

Most importantly Honda is Honda.

Therefore, would suggest all the prospective buyers of this class, to just check this car at your nearest showroom, before buying.

Best Fuel Economy,Sitting comfort, space, Ivtec engineBoot Space--- Sometimes only