Ford Figo or Maruti Ritz

When I first saw the baby ford really was impressed by the looks, style, low profile of the car. After taking a long test drive almost @ 50kms I came to some of the following conclusions. Since I have to choose either figo or ritz petrol ...

Interior: The features are worth mentioning. good leg-room, good drivers view, comfartable seating for 4 (5th is accomodated somehow), good suspensions, good co provided music player with bluetooth for phone (is really useful), plastic parts at interior would have been still better. More importantly the drivers seating position & controlling the vehicle is very good. Rear window doesn't come down fully therefore no power-window provided for the same but then its ok since nowadays everybody is driving with AC on.

Exterior: Looks really good from all the angles, nice quality colors, but when you open the bonnet you will be surprised to see the heavy use of plastic material & its really worrying in the long run because there is absolutely no protection to engine in case of unfortunate frontal collision even with two wheelers. Sales person promptly replied its due to cost cutting measures but I personally felt its very risky. Open the dicky & you will be surprised to see the luggage space it offers, really good.

Engine performance: Petrol Engine is a big let down, very under-power. If you are sitting in 4-5 persons with AC on then you will really curse the engine, absolutely below par performance. Eventually I happen to take the test drive of ritz petrol same day I could make out the difference immediately. I am no technician but I felt compared to ritz K12 engine figo petrol is nowhere. Very harsh, low pick-up etc.

For me it turned out to be sweet & soar expectations from figo. But for me I would prefer ritz vxi becuase in-eggress is good, good interior, smooth gears &b its positioning,above all very good petrol engine performance & good road presence too. My advice to all dear friends if you are looking for petrol go for maruti ritz & if looking for diesel then certainly figo is worth a buy. But BIG NO to petrol version of figo.

Overall good package but petrol engine performance is big let down & to me engine performance matters most. what you say ......