Maruti Suzuki S-Cross [2014-2017] User Reviews

Exterior

An average look from the front, but from the rear it looks SUVish. Roomy windows, proportionately designed

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

Immense space, elite comfort, System sounds adequate, quite cabin at higher speeds, plastics are of a better quality & presently S-Cross is the costliets car from Suzuki in INDIA.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

You can say it has the NATIONAL diesel engine..haha..1.3DDIS. Super fuel economy. Play the foot peddles & the gear in proportion & you will get a good mileage. My cluster shows 26.1KMPL (Believe me). I have driven it at surely not more than 100KMPL though. GearBox & Suspension seems like MS have done a PhD on.

Ride Quality & Handling

Suspension being on the stiffer side gives you a confident ride both in city & on highway. Steering wheel gives you good amount of feedback. Clutch & Steering wheel are very light & a breeze to handle in any situation. TurboLag is there but after 1750RPM...it shoots like a bullet

Final Words

S-Cross & Baleno come from the house of NEXA & mind my words these products are only made by Suzuki only. Presenlty, NEXA sells only Suzuki-made vehicle. So you surely have better quality cars in all contexts

Areas of improvement  

Better ground clearance & the fron lamps (Only the Head lamps) can probably be worked on to make it look more aggressive. People today are more smitten by cosmetic appeal. The ones like us who tested the core chose to own one.

Exterior

 Looks like a hatchback but has length of a sedan and feel of a SUV. Complete Car. Too big and represents mini Innova. Maruti has got their class into roads now. 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

 Rich interiors never ever seen before in India. 3 big people can sit with ease in rear. Best texture inside. Low engine noise.Full black interiors. Posh feel inside the car. Smooth steering which is very light weight.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 19+ mileage in city with AC on is the best thing. Better than any other over-hyped SUVs for real. Gears are smooth and small shifts are provided. Engine is 1250 CC which has to be either 1400 CC for a better feel. But mileage would be the key player. 20+ mileage in highways and 19+ in city makes this the best SUV in India.

Ride Quality & Handling

 Enjoyable but turbo lag is there till 2000 rpm. Otherwise its a rocket.

Final Words

 Best SUV in India. Only thing is price has to be reduced.

Areas of improvement  

 Price to be reduced and facelift is required to get SUV feel. Alloy wheels are not stylish but may be safer.

Exterior Exterior is fine, Styling could have been better especially those alloys.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Excellent quality matrials are used. It's spacious, more than enough leg rooms & boot. Love the features - especially the smart-paly system. Good practicality - space for large bottles etc., good internal lights, goggle holders etc.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Excellent power (120ps) and torque (320NM), good acceleration, very effortless to overtake, especially on highways, High-speed stability is excellent, Visibility is great. I get fuel economy around 17-18 in city(without AC) and 21 on highways (With AC, but speed below 100 - and get around 17-18  with speed around 140)

Ride Quality & Handling Excellent handling, even being 4.3 meters long, drives like small hatch. Ride quality is fine.

Final Words If you need poweful & safe car with good fuel economy, then S-Cross DDIS320 is for you!

Areas of improvement Would love to see new attactive alloys & rear-AC vents in next facelift.

It has been about 2 months driving my new S-Cross Delta 1.3. I and my firends highly impressed by its performance.

Exterior Stylish but Engineers could have worked to make it more aggressive and stylish, Marks its presence on Roads. Perfect Crossover.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Big Space: Good Leg and head room available for all passengers (rear and front). Boot space is more than we require generally.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Best Mileage: I drove 2000 Km (from Delhi to Gorakhpur, up and down) with average Mileage of  24 KMPL with  AC used as per requirement . My SCROSS gives 20-23 KMPL while driving to my office from Delhi to Gurgaon.

Ride Quality & Handling Good Handling and Stay Grounded on Road. Gives SUV like feeling while driving on most rough roads across INDIA I have ever seen

Final Words It is best buy in its price range. 

Areas of improvement Rear AC vents required for such a big car.

Exterior 

Personally i like the exterior with its led headlamps,split rear tail lamp etc but they could have done better in styiling the front because its a little bland for a cross and the alloys too should have been offered with an option of diamond cut alloys.rest of it i really like it like the door mounted aerodynamic side mirrors and the roof rails. it is a user friendly exterior.No one will really be wowed by the exterior but some will like it. the ground clearence too is good.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

The interiors are the best thing i like in this car.Even though they are typical maruti all black interiors they have a premium feel to it with things like soft touch plastics and all.the seats are great supporters they are coverd with plush black leather whitch is standard.It is the most spacious cross in india and the comfy one too.Ride quality is great if you use the tyre pressure recommended by the company. a touch screen with sat nav and all the goodies is easy to use but apple car play would have livened it morebut you dont feel the lack of it with blutooth. you get auto ac wich is very useful and cruise control which we barely use but is very good in a maruti.the steering wheelis covered in leather(also the gear knob)which are really good additionsthe folding mirrors etc also come in handy.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 This is the part i really like to talk about.the 1.6 engine is a gem of a motor it is so quick and refined u wont feel it riding. it hits 100 ina whoooooosh.anyone willl enjoy driving this engine.along with this you get a super slick 6 speed gearbox which works well.but thre is one problem with this engine, turbo lag . in first gear when u take off there is a turbo lag witch makes it a little commbusum to drive around traffic. but once you get past that 2000 rpm you will forget all the problems.fantastic high speed stabillty and it goes like a rocket when overtaking and no one feel tired driving this car for a long journey as the seating is spot on and sporty.

Ride Quality & Handling

 ride is a little bumpy in slow city speeds when it is just brought but if you stick to the tire pressure it gets a lot smoother and highways are the best region in ride in this car.the suspension is spot on.stability is good considering the light weight body.when it comes to handling also the scross impresses with light feedback on city speeds and well weighting in high speeds. it may not be as crisp as the swift but it is good enough.

 FINAL WORD

The car is a great performer in every manner  offers great space and you do get the premium feel of an cuv.i think the people are not opting because if the price of the car.

Areas of improvement  

 Not much but they could look at the price and looks one more.

I bought the car in the month of November 2105 & drive 7500KM. I am just sharing the experience.

According to the length & weight of the Car the engine of 1248CC is very small. it feels underpower/owerloaded in the first gear. it shows like you are pushing the car.it doesnt give the feel of any SUV/Crossover or any big car. In this segment all the cars like Duster/Eco having quite big Engines which is the need of such quite big cars.

As I believe Maruti dont have any new engines they place the same engine in every car like swift, Baleno, Ciaz & now in s cross.

I dont know why maruti have launched 1.3 in India whereas ROW 1.6 is available only. Apart from the Engine, car is quite spacious and comfertable for sitting, milage is good approx 20lmpl with AC. 1.6 is ok as per the size of the car. This is the major area of Improvement.

Exterior Its great, with new design  with sporty look, alloy wheel design and front, head light design will be a bit -ve thing.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Interior is great with black finish every where, lack of rear ac vent is a prob, rest all it's great especially leg room for rear passengers its awesome.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine looks a bit under power, over all can't see much difference in city traffic. great fuel economy i got 26kmpl in highways and city is around 17 kmpl.

Ride Quality & Handling Ride Quality is great it takes bumps very cool, ground clearance has improved ride quality, handling is great

Final Words Must go for it vechile if you are seeing for space, style and mileage as a majour priority

Areas of improvement Rear ac went and few features can be added, dimond cut alloys can be introduced. wecant sutdown the touch screen system completely which is useful some times.