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Excellent car if you have little extra to spare

A Review by Vishal on Chevrolet Optra SRV 1.6
15 November, 2007


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Pros : Style, Comfortable ride and seats, Spacious, Pickup in gear 2 and 3, Speakers, Strong body
Cons : Average interiors, Average fuel economy, Slightly heavy steering
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I own this car for 4 months. I was debating between City, Fiesta and SRV before I decided on this car. Basically in most of the paramaters, these cars are somewhat similar. City and Fiesta are slightly easier to drive and are more fuel efficient. But in terms of style and rare-factor, SRV is a head turner. Seats are very comfortable and inside it is very quiet. For concerns regarding social status, it is an Optra derivative hatchback rather than Aveo. For parking problems, SRV is easy to reverse with no boot, but still enough space at back. Rear wiper, adjustible head lights, fog lamps, two way adjustible driver's seat height, bucket seats add to safety, ease and comfort. 4 speaker system with tweeters are amazing. Interior in grey is not too exciting. Turn indicator is on the left of steering, but I got used to it in a couple of days. Gear shifting requires little practice. Excellent shockers. People too concerned about mileage should find running it expensive (I drive approx 1000km a month, which comes out to be Rs10,000 extra for petrol a year! Not a strong reason for me reject this car). And by the way, this car HAS tubeless tyres. Carwale and other websites need to correct their description. City driving in heavy traffic can be tiring. Very good for long and high speed drives on highways. A stable and solid car.


Two biggest reasons for low sales of this car are: 1. People genrally prefer 3 box car at Rs 7 lakh plus; 2. GM has not advertised it, which is why many people do not know about this car.




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  1. on 19 Nov, 2007 at 11:41 AM Alok Singhal (New Delhi)

    I have almost decided to have this car. apprehensions are same, it does not have much client back - up. But still it appeals. can i have your phone no. and if u do not mind i can have a 5 minute conversation with you.

  2. on 27 Nov, 2007 at 07:20 PM Siddharth (Pune)

    hey.. this is amazing car. I have option pack version since March 2007. Mileage i am getting around 11.5. Incredibly spacious and comfortable.. not to mention about great torque.

  3. on 06 Dec, 2007 at 07:28 PM Bonemaker_2001

    SANJEEVI agree entirely with vishal.I am also a proud owner of SRV now 4 months down the line-excellent driving characteristics-feel and stability of a bigger segment car(just compare it to city 1.3 and one will realize the difference)sporty feel and look-excellent suspension and speakers-mileage i get arond 10 -happy with it-just take it on the highway and soak in the experience-anyone is welcome to speak to me-i have a red colour on and it a absolute HEAD TURNER..SANJEEV

  4. on 06 Dec, 2007 at 07:29 PM Bonemaker_2001

    SANJEEVI agree entirely with vishal.I am also a proud owner of SRV now 4 months down the line-excellent driving characteristics-feel and stability of a bigger segment car(just compare it to city 1.3 and one will realize the difference)sporty feel and look-excellent suspension and speakers-mileage i get arond 10 -happy with it-just take it on the highway and soak in the experience-anyone is welcome to speak to me-i have a red colour on and it a absolute HEAD TURNER..SANJEEV DELHI

  5. on 06 Dec, 2007 at 07:29 PM Bonemaker_2001

    SANJEEVI agree entirely with vishal.I am also a proud owner of SRV now 4 months down the line-excellent driving characteristics-feel and stability of a bigger segment car(just compare it to city 1.3 and one will realize the difference)sporty feel and look-excellent suspension and speakers-mileage i get arond 10 -happy with it-just take it on the highway and soak in the experience-anyone is welcome to speak to me-i have a red colour on and it a absolute HEAD TURNER..SANJEEV DELHI

  6. on 13 Dec, 2007 at 03:53 PM Rajiv Duggal

    Hi everyone, I am looking at this car as my second car , i have a Merc C 200 but after I test drove this sporty beauty, i am hooked on to it. Its just amazing how GM has managed to put it all together, why they do not advertise this car is supprising. I am waiting for the SRV to be delivered to me in the next few days. Also I just loved the Platinum colour. Rajiv Delhi

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