At Last Bought the RITZ

I own a Santro Xing XP and done app 1.25L & gone upto Rohtang Pass with 4-person on board and full of luggage, I m a fan of Santro as it was my first car and performance is amazing. Since last 6-months I was planning to change my car (Hatchback) & started R&D on the cars. I satrted with Swift VDI as my family want either Swift or Dzire, I started taking the TD of all the cars- Indica, Punto, Figo, Polo, I-20, I-10, Beat, Swift and in Sedan Manza, D-zire. But after taking the TD of RITZ-VDI I just blown away. Just 6-month back I used to say that how people buy this car (due to rear looks), now its my time, when I declare in the family that RITZ is amazing they just told me pl. buy whatever car u want but don't go for this. I was confused and started taking feed back from friends & relatives ( maximum of them said the same as my family) and searching Net and spent appx. 50 hrs to check the details, reviews, videos etc. and at last I found a video which helped me to zero down my decision (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuZ7F8T86Y4). Then I asked my son (just completed 1st year in auto. engg.) to take the TD of all the cars and we will make a list of pros & cons for all of them & then we will take the decision, we satrted the process and completed in 5- days, he also came to the same decision. We took 5 TD of RITZ-VDI and ultimately we bought It from Rohan Motors, NOIDA on 17.06.2011 as a birthday(22-June) gift from my family, Thank You for such a lovely gift.

Installed following -

Music system - JVC 2-Din (w/o touch), with USB,AUX,CD,FM & Blue Tooth.

Speaker - Boston 6" componant with tweeter on Dash board, speaker  in front doors, for back speaker 12"X6" sony-X plod, fitted in metal tray.

Arm rest (just go for it ritz owners, feel like sitting on sofa)

Tyre - Michlin 185/70 R14 , XM1 energy (replaced from 165/85 R14 JK)

Exterior SUBJECTIVE

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Good Leg room, head room, u feel like sitting in SUV, very comfortable on bad roads also, fantastic Techometer & Speedometer, stable at high speed (140kmph+), good utility inside pockets.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox  Very Good responsive engine, just take charge of the road as u cross 2000rpm in 2nd gear, touch 140+ just in seconds, FE has be confirmed till date it has done 300kms in 1/2 tank, gearbox is good and positioned very vell.

Ride Quality & Handling Best part is the ride quality and handling, just take a TD on highway.

Final Words If exterior looks suits you and u r looking for a Hatchback just go for it.

Areas of improvement ZDI version to be introduced, DAY NIGHT REAR VIEW MIRROR IS NOT THERE EVEN IT IS NOT AVL IN THE MARKET, MGA DON'T HV VARIETY OF ACCESSORIES.

 Following is my experiance of various TD:-

INDICA- Good car with lot of space and FE is good, but "TATA BRAND" and used mainly in Taxi segment, in and out side the city you can be stopped by any of the police man and u hv to answer the simple question "ARE U OWNER OR DRIVER OF THE INDICA, R U USING IT FOR PERSONAL OR AS A TAXI" (personal experience).

PUNTO- Good car with lot of features at a very good price, nice pickup and handling, but fiat... big question mark for spare & future (as JV with TATA).

FIGO- Nice car, good music system, good boot, good features, low on height and performance, quality of interior is not to the mark.

POLO- Fantastic design, good interior, good boot, performance??? TD vehicle was top end and just done 3500Kms, we shocked to see there was no pickup in 2nd & 3rd gear ( compare with RITZ & Swift). A news I want to share, I just asked the price of Alloy for POLO it is 18K  for a ...... pc, 72K for a set of 4. VW you r in India not in Germany.

I-20- Very goog vehicle, every thing is good except Low height, view of the road is problem, high price tag.

SWIFT- Very-Very Good vehicle, but ride quality and handling is not better than ritz, both car on same platform but due to ritz height and interior space the feel is entirly diffrent in ritz.

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Dear All,

It is now more than a year when I purchased The Ritz-VDI, now I can share my 1-year experience about the vehicle.

It is one of the best car in the segment. In last 12-month I hv done 25000+Km & traveled to (From Noida) Dehradun & Rishikesh more than 25 times, Jaipur, Manali, Shimla, Badrinath,Chandigarh etc. A few remarks- From Noida I reach Rishikesh (225Kms) in 4hrs (avr time-5+hrs), Dehradun (260Kms) in 5hrs(avr time-6.5+), Badrinath(550Kms which include 320Kms sharp hills) 11hrs(avr time-16+hrs) etc. (all timings are from our home to final destination, which include all the local traffic).

The speed & pick-up of Ritz is amazing, 140kmph is very smooth and I don't feel riding on such high speed, maximum speed which I could achieve 165kmph. Very smooth.

During the 25000kms, only 1 car over took it (on highway) and that was Laura (at 180kmps).When I travel on highway no car is beyond its reach, after 80kmph it really take charge of the road. Many friends may annoy or feel bad but during the period I raced (which is not a good practice) with Scorpio, Safari, Fortuner, Endevor, innova, xylo, Volvo bus,I-20,vista,Desire,New Swift, Fludic even honda city (not to mentioned santro,wagon-R,indica,beat,I-10,Figo,punto etc) and no one was there even in the cabin rear view mirror, I don't know why all those good vehicle could not over took it (may b there driver not interested). Comfort wise, after traveling 500+kms you don't feel tired. I would say that this car is meant only for Highways, in local traffic I don't feel so comfortable.

My next mission is to go to Varodara-Gujrat (1000kms) from Noida in a single day and next to Leh (Noida-Srinagar-Kargil-Drass-Leh-Manali-Noida).

I hv posted a Video on You-tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR8hCoUL1jw , pl. check.

FE-17+, A/C-Damm good.

Problem - Front left & right blank spots, Breaks are not so effective and does not match the kind of speed it takes.

THANKS FOR READING, WILL WAIT FOR YR COMMENTS.

Space,Comfort,Driver Sitting Height,Feel of SUV, Pick-UP, Stability at high speed,A/CNo ZDI,Boot,Day Night Rear view mirror.