Actually this review is for Tata Zest as it is discontinued. I own Tata Zest XT Revotron from the past 6 years and have completed my trip in Zest to Leh, Ladakh, Zanskar, Pengong lake, manali for more than 7 times. and many hill stations. The car build is so strong that it never cheated me on any of the trip even after 6 years of driving into many hill stations.
I have changed its clutch plates, I think it's worth to change after driving 70000 kms with no other repairs done till now except routine services, I have achieved the mileage of 21.3 km on highway (not hill station) and local it gives 14.3 km/l , Comfort is awesome in this car in such a segment.
Maruti is selling Engine in just a Tin box ,No security in Maruti cars, I bet if Dzire will hit zest ,Dzire will be damaged into 3 parts but zest will be found in a single piece ,only. Average and pickup is not everything in a Car, it's build quality, Safety also matters, Zest has 4 star NCAP rating where as no maruti cars in this segment have more than 2.5 star NCAP rating , Now tell me which is better, Zest or Maruti car ?