One of the best diesel hatch at this price, ride and build quality

Hi! I drove this car recently. Frankly I drove this diesel just after driving an Innova. I must say, I was taken aback by the response of this engine. I kept on saying to the sales guy with me during the test drive "What an engine!". After my analysis of engine, I started to think about other things (though it was difficult to think, because, the engine time and again kept on giving you a feeling, are you actually drving a diesel car???). The interiors are same old and dated. The car is specious and it comes with certain additional feature in a like to like model incomparison with Swift. Such as, it has de-fogger and rear wiper and washer! I must say, this is a good feature, as you really require them (at least the rear wiper and washer) during monsoons! In my opionion it's must! The ride and handling of the car is superb as always it has been for FIAT. The seats are fresh and nice, but the dash board is nothing great! The car has a superb a/c which cools in no time! I drove at 130kmph with no vibration of this greatly built hatch on the highway. The car responds superbly in 1st, 3rd and 5th gear! The gear shift could have been better. It accelerates superbly! It will make all the other lightly built petrol hathes to shame for sure! The external look is also twicked with fresh grille and new FIAT logo. The multijet logo also looks damn good at the back! There must have been a allow wheel with ABS option. And are we not missing the trademark rear spoiler in the Palio? Overall, its about Rs. 20,000 cheaper (for the similar model of Swift), better built, great ride and handling but definitely and shade lower in interiors when you compare this with swift (both share the same engine which is a FIAT engine and won the prestigious "Engine of the year" award in 2005 in Europe.)

My verdict, it's a MUST EAVLUATE hatch even for Petrol car buyers and great buy with its cost and fuel efficiency. Well, Maruti still scores with its service network, but Tatas know about that for sure!

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