Excellent car in the hatchback

 

Exterior Neat looks. Though initially it looks like a geometrical disaster yet the look gels in well in a while and you appreciate the features.

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Very spacious. the only car I have sat in till now in the mid-segment where a guy of 5'11" could sit directly behind a guy of 5"11' inches without any discomfort. Intelligent placement of  Dash and music system. Gives you a very roomy feeling and at no t ime do you feel claustrophobic. Sounding alarm if keys left in car and driver door opened and sounding alarm if Headlights are left on and driver door opened are two nice features.

 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Doesn't lag with the AC. Decent fuel economy(though only driven 720 kms). Good placement of gear box and a smooth gear change. The Reverse gear takes some time to be smooth but it evens out. 

 

Ride Quality & Handling Excellent ride quality, Was on a 800 before and had test driven Figo, i10, Alto and i20 but Ritz took the cake when it came to ride quality. All the mentioned cars were driven on the same stretch of a dusty , broken up and potholed road and Ritz was the best when it ame to overall ride quality. Exceptional performance on highways. Really smooth.

 

Final Words I am driving a ZXI version and it is a beauty. Great ride quality and excellent interior space. For people who are not concerned about ABS, airbags and Height adjustment on driver seat can also go for GENUS - which is a special design variant costing about 50K lesser. Genus comes only in one colour - Emerald blue but a really nice buy as well.

 

Areas of improvement Such a car deserves a higher high speed and maybe the engine can be worked upon to take it to 180kms. Colour combinations could be improved.

 

Interior space, Ride quality,Would have preffered to have more colours. Horn could have been better.