Buying My 1st Car Santro Vs Spark Vs Zen Estilo Vs I10 Vs WagonR

Hi Pankaj Prasad
Which one will be better buy  in Santro Xing GLS and Spark LT 1.0

Well, I have said that before (post 18); Santro is better.

 

Spark LT has additional features – those of Rear Wash Wiper, Defogger Rear & Front Fog Lights.  Overall, Spark LT is better in comfort & exterior features while Santro GLS is better in interior & safety features – have a look at the comparison.

 

Santro GLS has 1086CC engine while Spark LT has 995CC engine.  Both deliver same power (63ps) & torque (89/90ps) but Santro delivers torque at lower rpm (3K against 4.2K) – overall performance is better in Santro & so is the space/comfort.  

 

I think you have all the comparisons & links now.  Don’t be confused – set your preferences first & decide as per your budget.

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Hi Pradeep, please go through this [link]http://www.carwale.com/forums/ViewThread-3170.html [/link] Actually this was the valid reason for me to change my mind from i10 to Swift, when i found no reason from the hyundai dealer's no answer to it. No doubt i10 is a safe car, But i personally found this as a valid point. Rest is upto you.

i10 is as safe or unsafe as any other car in its segment.  Have a look at this test report.

 

@Pankaj, the above is brought out subsequently in the thread referred by you (in post 19 & 20).

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@ pradeep,

between santro & spark, spark is better.

 

spark has many additional features which are really useful ones. it has all 4 power windows which santro doesnt have than rear wash & wipe, fog lights & in exteriors also are much more stylish & than are more features too.

 

spark has better ride quality & suspensions & has very good build too. spark is more sturdier than the santro.

 

overall spark LT is much better & a car to go for.

 

& at present chevrolet is also providing 3yrs cashless ownership offer, which u can find it out with ur chevy dealer for its details.

I dont know what are the reasons why Pankaj is saying Santro is better than the Spark LT, Santro is definitely very old and dated now, Also leaves a side slight less RPM for torque (U dont really need peak torque in city, very rarely and you have power the power to push accelerator further to gain more power ), How can one leave behind the Comfort criteria? The mileage? Interiors? Exteriors? and Safety? Santro is more safer than Spark???? Okey few examples as far as safety is concern(Sorry but this is my habit to put my point strongly If am sure what I am saying is 100% correct).

Autocar India Verdict: For the car of this size, the cabin is roomy, comfortable & well insulated as well. The spark drives well too with better handling than its peers without sacrificing ride quality. It feels the safest on the highway, which is a big plus for those who travel regularly of out of town. The engine and gearbox aren't class leading but overall performance, refinement & mileage are more than adequate. What GM has on its hand is a potential winner and the first genuine alternative to the Santro. A car you can't go wrong with.

 

As far as this small engine is concern, I already provided the links Spark touching 150kmph & 175kmph. I touched 140 once and 130 so many times, Now I am not that much courageous to go over this speed limit ..am 35 now. And I used Santro earliar, still my partner is using and I use to sit/drive daily. Spark is definitely more comfortable and specially the a.c., if car is not running Santro's a.c. is not as good as Spark, definitely a strong point I am mentioning because one can feel this thing easily.

 

As far as Fog lamps, Rear defogger & Rear wash wiper is concern, If one belongs to north area or hilly areas, These Features should be Must. Even I bought Xeta GLG for Fog lamps and Rear Defogger mainly. Its november, and from next month its really very difficult to drive car without these features, very handy features.

 

Spark LT V/s i10: People use to say that engine of Spark is only 995cc, as far as my personal views are concern, car should have good pulling power, see even with 796cc engine 800 creates history. Power should be good for city use as well as for highways and Spark's littly sound less engine is having good enough power to perform in city as well as on highways. Now see this line of Carwale's road test of i10 .... As said earlier somewhere in the report, the Hyundai i10 ain’t a Ferrari at all, so I was not expecting tyre-smoking or power-sliding moments. But the i10 does rather well for a small-car. Accepted that it is not as fast in a straight line as say a Chevrolet Spark, but well-matched gear ratios make it a breeze to putter around in.

 

Now should I say this line is wrong? I will post further later, the reasons why I always use to say that if want to buy a Small City Car, the best car is Chevy Spark and Value For Money is Chevy Spark. Few reasons... later.

 

- Rajiv Parashar

 

People dont change when you tell them that there is a Better option... They change when they realise that there is No Other Option..

Dear all,
I had few doubts , if someone can answer then it will be helpful.
1-Does Spark  has tubeless tyres or not
2-Does any one have idea about comaprison of sales of Santro,Spark and I1- after launch of 110.
3-What is the Ground clearance of Santro and I-10 , I could not find this in Hyundai Site.

Rajiv has a point - you can prefer Spark ahead of Santro mainly because Santro is otherwise dated.  Between Spark & i10, the obvious choice should be i10 (model/version depends upon budget).

 

Regarding Ground Clearnace, Spark has 170mm, Santro 172mm, i10 1.1 & 1.2 both have 165mm (as per CarWale data) - you can check through the various links provided before.

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Definitely Spark is better car as compare to Santro but my point, its a better car with less price. On the other hand Hyundai i10 is definitely a better car than Chevrolet Spark but, its better car with More price.

 

Pradeep,

1. Spark is having Tubeless tyres.

2. Spark is selling in good no.'s (one can check Spark's production, only 2000 units earliar and new plant is working now and see, last month's sales figure shows 4390 units sold last month.), On the other hand Hyundai's sales is also going up because of Domestic & international sale of i10. Santro's sales is going down after the launch of i10.

3. Santro's ground clearance is 172mm & i10's ground clearance is 165mm.

 

People dont change when you tell them that there is a Better option... They change when they realise that there is No Other Option..

@Pankaj, I was sure that Chevy promise is other that Chevy Promise of cashless ownership offer but you mis-understands it and that why mentioned that total maintenance package is xyz+13k. But just to make sure I asked this thing by sending a mail to GM and as expected I got the reply, The reply is:

 

At the outset, we would like to confirm about "Chevy Promise", Chevrolet ( From General Motors India) has given a promise to its customers that if maintenance cost of your car exceeds beyond the prescribe limit within 3 years or 45,000 Kms then GMI will refund you the difference amount. This is valid for all the cars (except Tavera) sold 10th Aug' 2007 onwards.

 

So, 12999/- is upper limit of Spark's maintenance for next 3years or 45,000 kms, if maintenance cost exceeds beyond this limit, GMI will refund the difference amount.

 

Now, this is other thing that generally maintenance of other small cars are under this limit, but this promise can assure anyone that if someone is saying Maintenance of Spark is high, one can reply its not going to exceed 13k.... I heard the same from an executive of other car maker, Dont buy a Spark, GM's maintenance is very high sir!

No, its not was my reply!

People dont change when you tell them that there is a Better option... They change when they realise that there is No Other Option..