Maruti Dzire

To offer a Sedan at an affordable price is always a dream for all automotive manufacturers in India. In India we have many users who are driving hatchbacks for years, some are looking for more boot space and few want status shift to next level at a cheaper price. Maruti stirred one more revolution by launching Dzire. Within 18 months of its launch, magical figure of 1 lakh was touched. This figure itself explains everything about the car. After surveying existing users I was amazed to see that most of them rate their car 5/5 on performance, specifications, features and everything. from Maruti.

The heart car is identical to Swift till B-Pillar. Maruti has smartly added boot to the smart car. Initially I hated the boot job done on swift, but now after seeing so-many Dzires on road I have started loving its shape. The chrome garnish on the boot-lid adds substance to overall design. I can not point out any glitches in the exterior looks even after watching it like a critic. Still I feel that Maruti could have done a better boot job.

Interiors are also similar to swift. All black interiors might give sporty feeling to some users while its shady interiors to others. Swift and dzire were the first cars to introduce features like Auto AC and Steering mounted audio controls in A2 and A3 segment. Later these features became so popular that now almost every car maker has to think twice before not offering these features.
The seats also offer nice comfort. The rear seat back angle is even more than swift to offer best in class comfort. Integrated audio looks good too, but I was not impressed by the sound quality. I guess that can be the only negative point in entire car.

Taking the car onto test track was amazing fun. In linear acceleration the car is even more stable than swift. (For users who have not driven swift: At 160kmph you will feel as if the engine can stretch even more. Thanks to its stability feel). On cornering, I feel a there was little under steer, but that is common feature in all sedans. Suspensions impressed me yet again by providing comfort to its occupants on potholed street. The only irritant was metal noise coming from B-pillar. The car is just average when it comes to NVH.
The tuning of Diesel engine is awesome. You hit the highway and you will surely be impressed by its performance. I was troubled by the evident turbolag on hills and had to opt for numerous gear shifts.

To summarize, it is one of the best option available in Indian Market. Dzire (Aptly named as such?) fulfils all the dzires of its target customers. The only request we can make to Maruti is to do something to reduce the waiting period of this car. Having won good accolades, it is sure worth a good buy!

Why Buy: Cost, Performance, Features, After sales cost, Brand

Why Deny: Waiting period