Sensible Car of the lot

Ritz ZXI 300 KM – Runing experience Engine – The car is super silent and extra smooth. You can’t really make out whether the car is started or not in idling. Absolutely no vibration and no sound. Gear shifts are absolute pleasure and I’m enjoying each time I change gears. Clutch is bit tight but now I’m adjusted to it and found it very effective. Brakes with ABS, didn’t get a chance to test it really, but definitely confident aspiring. Drivability - is too good in city conditions and steering is very responsive. Seating position is just perfect and very commanding even I didn’t have to adjust the height. A-Piller is bit thick and blocking vision especially on tight right turns. I found it difficult in one night in a cut road with no street light. Ride quality is better than many cars in the same segment. Suspension is also better, even the rear suspension. Horn is good and effective. I drove the car on highways for some time, took it to max 80 KM/hr speed and found very confident aspiring, took some U turns with some speed, found body roll is minimum considering the height. Music system - is better than I expected and sound quality is reasonable enough to keep the system intact. AC- is too good and the best part is, after switching on AC on level1, immediately the rear passengers are getting the cold air, due to good (high) positioning of the AC vents in the center. I never had to put the AC to level 2. (Thanks to Bangalore weather too) Interiors/Exterior - I’m loving the shape of the car and I feel the looks especially the rear has a character. I’m enjoying the onlookers smile and frown. Interior is good and I feel Ritz has one of the best interiors among Maruti cars. The dashboard is big and gives a feel of a big car. The instrument cluster with big white dial looks beautiful especially with the small warning icons around the dial. The pop out tachometer is just superb and looks very sporty. Even the tachometer is easier to read once get used to it. Only minus is clock, which is inside the instrument, readable only to the driver. The electronic fuel indicator looks small but not infective. The car is very roomy and the tall head room gives the car an absolute easiness for ingress and egress, both front and rear. I feel the rear seating also have adequate space and not that cramped. Boot space is good and more useful due to height factor. Overall one feels much spacious inside. Blue colour seats matches with some body colours especially with the blue, but a big turnoff with other colour like Bakers chocolate and Red. Seats feel more spongy which add a bit to the comfort level. Overall I’m very much satisfied with the new car and now the only thing to test and find out is the FE. I’m doing a tank to tank method and waiting for the next topup. Fuel Update at 800 KM running. First 360 KM - 70% city with AC always, it returned 14.2KM/L. Last weekend i had a trip to Mysore which covered 376 KM, returned 18.3 KM/L. I'm using Shell regular petrol. Hope this figures will improve after first serviceGood Fule economy, spacious and good interior, Super silent engineMisplaced clock, AC controls positioning, behind gear lever