New SX4 launched

Nipun,

What about the bumpy ride in the rear on bad roads in an SX4 or a Swift? Comapred to them, the ride is much smoother in the rear in a Verna and an i20.

Stop justifying your i20 here buddy. Now you re the one taking this to no where.

@ Nipun Bharti, who said any car is perfect? Even the S class has chinks in it's aromour. Yes, different people look at cars differently. I can't accept a 2000 odd kms run SX4 to start rattling when my 70,000 kms run Palio runs as quiet as it did when it was brand new. To add insult to injury, the Palio cost 5 lakhs and the SX4 a shade over 8 lakhs. My point is people are ready to defend rattles in a Maruti but not in any other brand. That is the bone of contention.

Thanks fro bringing up your old Alto which even after two years isnt rattling. Our family had a carb Maruti 800 in 1990's. This was in a small town in Gujarat where we had to constantly use first , second and third gears to drive thorugh the city. Even after 50,000kms the clutch functioned as good as new and there were no rattles. Unfortunately those days are gone. I didn't want to bring this up but we are supplying engine parts to Maruti and have seen the change in Maruti's attitude over the years.

Yes, the Jazz incident is one off. Again, do you think you would have said that if the car in question was a Aveo, Fiesta, Indica or Punto? I hope you get my point. Again, it's not about you. It's about perceptions and attitudes we have towards some manufacturer.

As for EPS, I said I have driven 2 SX4's, 2 Wagon R's and 1 Zen Estilo - all of them darted left or right as soon as the steering was left. The Wagon R guy's never noticed this maybe because they are first time car owners they were just delighted at the light power steering in the car. The Estilo guy said, "Yeh to Maruti hai. Even my Zen in Delhi had this problem. I also complained and got alignment done. Ultimately nothing happened. Just accept it."

When you list down your SX4 likes you dont say anything about steering feedback , NVH or suspension - biggest chinks in the car's armour. Maybe you are magnimous to overlook these things because of ground clearence and better seats. Fact is the suspension of the SX4 is crude and rudimentary - that's why Maruti claims to have re-worked it in the new SX4.

Its a comparision, not justification for my i20.

Dude okay your car is the ultimate! IT has good GC, good FE, good build, Good handling, good whateever man. Then why is the swift selling in such numbers?

Boss, don't try to put words in my mouth. I never said the i20 is ultimate. I have already pointed out and accepted the points and areas where the Swift is superior than i20. Is that too hard to understand? Having owned both a Swift and an i20,  i can judge better in which areas the Swift is better than the i20 and vice versa.

Swift sure is popular than the i20, but it is no where as luxurious or as "feel good" or as feature packed as the i20. I can go on comparing, but this is not the time or place. I loved my Swift ZXi and had a great time with it. Eventhough I tried very hard to lets say  blind eye  the problems, it became too much for me. In our family, I was the one who took the car to the service station regularly for servicing, spend the whole day at the service staiton looking from a distance as the car got serviced,  I was the one who washed the car, I was the one tried defending it inspite of the problems. In the end, even I gave up.

FYI, even Hyundai was surprised at the local demand for the i20. The waiting period for i20 (petrol) is one month and diesel goes upto 2 months. So that in itself tells a lot.

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