Palio Stile MJD SDX or swift vdi

Mileage of Diesel versions of Palio, Swift & Dzire is more or less at par - in the range of 16/18 in city & 20/22 on highway (depending upon driving conditions & style). 

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@ achuta , have you talked with prerana or the manipal motors regardong the offers they might able to give u , i am sure they will give you 4500 rs accesories or so , just ask with alll the 3 dealers in banglore alos the concorde motors

but though the leg space of the rear seat is bit cramped , i dont feel any harm as faar as the car(swift vdi )  is excellent ,( personnaly dint sit at rear , as i usually drive ) , and i also feel the palio MJD was priced a bit high in which fiat will struggle again and then they are sure to cut the price or give good discount in later months , but at this price i feel the Swift VDi or VDi Abs is true worth


Cheers,
Sri

Palio isn't overpriced - infact, it's real VFM car for its built, space/comfort, better ride-quality/suspensions. 


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Sri,

I beg to differ. Palio is definately a better car when compared to Swift - Space, Palio is better. Ride Quality, Palio is better. Build Quality - Palio Again. Engine - Same (Would say Similar as Binoy has rightly enlighened all of us that the ECM is different). Features - Pretty similar, give or take a few features here and there. So, what makes you feel that the Palio (which by the way is priced lesser than Swift) is over priced?? I would rather say that it is under priced for the car that it is - it is definately worth more than the Swift but is priced less (by a good 40K if you compare VDi and SLE) than Swift.

Cheers,

K Prasad

actually i too am reserching a quite a lot about these cars for my friend , he wnats to buy between swift Diesel or the Dzire diesel or palio diesel

Soo , i think you could sort this out for mee , as its getting more hectic and rather too  busy these days , and the test drive Palio diesel isnt yet there here in mangalore

His main considerations are initial cost + fuel cost - aprox resale value of it after 3 yrs ,

ihis running is 45k kms for 3 yrs

i feel Swift LDi - 5.35 + 1lakh ( running cost ) - 3.70 ( aprox resale value after 3 yrs  )  =  2.60

Swift VDi  5.70 + 1L - 3.95 = 2.75

Palio SDe - 5.35 + 1L  - 3.55 =  2.80

well not very sure of the resale value of present palio diesel , i thought palio SDe would have been the best choice for him , but due to the tatas servicing and the poor resale value of earlier fiatpalio diesel , i am scared to suggest him it .

anyways do u have any idea of the aprox resale value of Palio SDe afetr 3 yrs and 45k kms ( just roughly aprox )

Cheers,
Sri

Hi Sri

Palio SDE compares with a Swift VDI featurewise.

The smartest thing to do is to go for the Palio, then invest the 35K (5.70 for Swift VDi - 5.35 for Palio Diesel) in fixed deposits / NSE certificates. After 3 years the return on these would easily be 15 - 20K more.

So, with a Palio Diesel, you end up saving an extra 10K when compared to the Swift VDi.

Another thing is that your friend is going to have a more spacious, stronger, better car in hand.

Please make a note that if your friend is looking to sell the car in 3 years, then Palio is not the one to go for because, it is not that type of a car - it is more of a car for long term investment - For short term purposes, it is better to go for Swift and then sell it off.

Cheers,

hey btw how would the Swift dzire LDi , compare !

yeh thats why was worried abt the resale value , coz his main concern is that , he doesnot care for initial payment , but overall it shudbe well within his requirements

The Swift Dzire LDi - 6.10 + 1L - 4.20 =  2.90

i feel the Dzire Ldi would be a better choice for  him , as he would get an extra boot space ! what say?

Cheers,
Sri

Hi Sri,

The question then would be - would he actually need a boot? Between Dzire and Swift, there is hardly any difference in terms of the legroom factor - additionally there is a wait period of a good 6 months on the Dzire - Believe Swift diesel will be a better option if he doesn't need a boot. All in all, the question one needs to ask is over his requirements of boot space. Performance-wise as well, it is pretty much similar.

Looking at the way the things are turning out, I can sincerely advise him to rather try out Swift and Palio - if he along with his family are fitting into a Swift, he can pretty much be happy with it. If not, even Dzire is no better - rather it is worse than the Swift as sitting in Dzire is a bit more uncomfortable - the back rest on Dzire is more inclined compared to the Swift - resulting in people tending to slip forward whereas in Swift the position is more upright.

So, ask him to pack the Swift with his family - if he comfortable in that - then nothing like it - esle the Palio.

Swift is for short-term ownership - the car is designed to last for about 10-12 years. Palio is for long term ownership and it is designed to last more - say about 14 or 15 years before it is done and dusted.

Cheers,

K Prasad

well Prasad ,

yeh , samething even i thought , and he is going in for the swift LDi

Cheers,
Sri

It is a great car Sri - I would say it is a good selection.

Cheers,

K Prasad