Hi all,
I had spent almost 2 months reading about various options to buy a car, I have a santro and this time I wanted to try my hand on diesel.There are three option depending on my budget Palio SDX, Swift VDi,Indica Vista.
I tried the test drive on all three.
I finally zeroed on Palio , My experince with the car are:
1) Better driving experince: Lot of peaple say that swift gives better driving experince, but i felt other wise.In swift the negotiating with pot holes was different experince, in palio you will hear only a thud of biggest pot holes.Indica i couldnt drive on such road so cant say much.In Palio (although the dash is of older version ) the control are driver centric (i liked the idea) however this thing is completely missed out in Indica (only god know why they have put the cluster in the middle of the dash).
Lot of review say that Palios dash is a completely let down and a from older generation , but for me it should be functional , although its design is older but it provides better ergonomics then its competetors.
However there are 4 different colours of plastic used in the interiors and this was a surprize for me.
2) Airconditioning: the airconditioning is goods and chilling to the core, and switching on the AC doesnt effect the engine performance.
3)Performance: totally satisfied with the performance. There is no lag and once the turbo kicks in there is no looking back, the car cruises to 80-100 effortelessly and still looked hungry for more.The response to the trottle is goods and I had experinced this in all three cars however i felt that in swift there was some lag initially and vista felt a bit bulky.
4)Mileage: I got 17 kpml mileage and 60% of that was city driving, and AC was on most of the time,
5)Comfort: the seats are comfortable , the feels of the car and the suspension are of top class , I high speed also the sense of studiness is there.
The car is a good car.Palio is a top selling model of FIAL worldwide and is rated on of the best in the class.
There is lot of concern regarding the after sale service ,I feel that after tie up with TATA this would improve.
In one review somebody has said that the chassis is 8 years old and it should be reworked .Come on cant you same thing to maruti, the classis case is esteem chassis.
I took inputs from the Palio owner and apart from the after sales service pain point everbody said that its a great car.
I had taken trest drive of all 3 and then I listened to my heart & took PALIO.
After clocking 500 I can only say that its a goods car.
