Good plastic car.

Exterior Car looks tiny from outside, but reasonably spacious when inside. Wider than WagonR & Alto and can easily seat 3 adults.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Spacious and many utility options and holders. However, quality of plastics and metal parts is very poor.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Driven 400kms till now. Engine is quite until 3500RPM. Overall engine performance is satisfactory enough. Lag in 2nd gear performance is noticeable. Without AC car gives 15-16kmpl in bumper-to-bumper city traffic. Yet to see real mileage after 2 services. Auto Gear Shift is really good when driving in bumper-to-bumper traffic. AGS takes its own time to shift gears when you want quick acceleration. However, driving in manual mode is quick and very responsive.

Ride Quality & Handling Excellent ride for this budget, handles well at corners, precise steering. Big tires of 14 inch. Good highway stability.

Final Words Worth buying if you are not obsessed with acceleration and with looks. Very suitable for women & first time drivers.

Areas of improvement: Ugly front seats with integrated headrests. Rear body without mud-flaps is ugly, even fitting a maruti genuine mud-flaps does not integrate to the body very well. Mud flaps come-off after few days of driving. Maruti to deal with the over use of plastics, car body can be easily dented. Not even comparable to similar segment cars from hyundai. Missing minimum accessories like Audio system. No option of ABS & Airbags in AGS models.

Don't expect this car to be safer even with airbags, because unlike European celerio, Indian celerio is not built with TECT technology (high strength steel), so if you meet with any accident at speeds greater than 65, then you can imagine the rest.

Absolutely pathetic dealer experience from GEM Motos, Kondapur, Hyderabad. These idiots robbed me by all means.

Price:

Celerio VXI AGS on-road cost = 5.7 with accessories as on 26-Dec-2014

Here is the breakup:

Ex-Showroom price   461,939

3rd & 4th Warranty   4500

Zero-Dep. Insurance   15500

Road-tax           55500

Handling charges   6100

Miscellaneous   1000

 

Mud flaps(Front & Rear)500

Seat Covers           6000

Security System   6000

Rear Parking Sensor   3500

Perfume   305

Carpets           500

Music System             9500

Antenna  250

 

Total On-Road  571,094

Note - Try to opt for extended 3 & 4 year warranty if buying Automatic model, because this technology is still new and yet to be proved on reliability. If something go wrong extended warranty would save you money, otherwise getting spares could be expensive.

 

Extremely easy to drive, parkOver-use of plastics, Easy to dent body panels, Lag in 2nd gear