Comments on: Maruti Suzuki Swift: Anticipation is high from the Consumers

By: Sudhir

Sudhir — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:25:56 +0000

I recently bought a Swift ZXi at Trivandrum. The car is good for the money. It comes decently kitted with airbags, ABS, climate control and electric windows all around. The climate control is excellent with a solar sensor and it keeps the interior temperature comfortable automatically at all times. It even cycles between fresh air and recirculate automatically to keep the air quality good.
The paint finish of the car is also very good. Well done Maruti.
The Swift drives well and is easy to drive with good driving position. It handles well too. However, there is no left footrest to keep the left foot on long highway drives. Although this is not so much of a problem due to the high driving position as one can rest the left foot on the floorboard. (I found this a bad problem in my previuos car, a 1998 Zen, which has sporty low driving position, but no left footrest!)
Coming to the all important mileage issue, I got around 10 kpl in the city with climate control on, all the time. Bear in mind that one hardly ever gets past the 3rd gear in the bumper to bumper extremely potholed traffic at Trivandrum. I did take it for a long trip as well, but unfortunately there were road works all the way on my trip, so that didnt help either, I clocked about 12kpl on this trip.
The downsides: A built in stereo and electrically adjustable ORVMs as standard would have been good. The interior plastic quality could have been better. There is also a lac of cubby holes on the dashboard to stick those essential gadgets like mobile phones. The rubber beading around the outside of the windows also looked patched up!
And the service received from dealer wasnt brilliant. The sales executives didnt know anything about the car at all! Maruti really needs to address this isuue. They would be loosing valuable customers otherwise!
Overall, I think it is a good car. I paid 5.5 lakhs on the road for this car in TVM, and for the money it gives good amount of safety and comfort and I believe it is a good buy. No other car around that price range offers what the Swift ZXi offers. (The VDi would have been a good car, had it offered ABS, airbabs and alloy wheels, at least as options).
Well done Maruti, for now, but I am sure the competition is catching up, so keep improving. Remember Maruti, the Indian consumer expects the best now!

By: Dr santosh kumar B

Dr santosh kumar B — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:03:36 +0000

dear sir, i am desperately waitning for my car, i have made full payment for vxi bright red. waiting for your car delivery, i booked on 26th sept. i have marriage and lot of functions ahead. please deliver the vechile at the earlies. with kind regards. from santosh mobile no 09847063566

By: romeo midhun

romeo midhun — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 13:22:28 +0000

swift is a really different car from mul. somebody told it is a vintage model car. yes, the looks are very different. but the 87 bhp engine will be too powerful for average indian car users. it should have the 996 cc 60 bhp fuel efficient zen engine also.

By: dr amlendu

dr amlendu — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 07:09:46 +0000

the looks are great. but with rising oil prices what about the fuel consumption in our narrow city roads. can the car really swift economically for users like us. self drive about 1500 to 2000km per month
amlendu

By: Manish Adil

Manish Adil — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:53:03 +0000

I think the Swift is the most beautiful car in India.Looking at this car no one can believe that it is from the stables of Maruti Suzuki. Not only its looks but its performance,suspension and features are too good.This car is definately the best in India.

By: Manish Adil

Manish Adil — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:52:25 +0000

By: saeesh007

saeesh007 — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 07:45:33 +0000

i have booked maruti swift vxi model without abs
can anyone tell me the exact milege it willgive on indian roads
iam having maruti 800 which provides 17 milege wanted a power punbch so booked swift

By: rahul pandey

rahul pandey — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 06:11:05 +0000

I don buy some of the comments being given by some individuals,reason being i my self have tested it i don find any probs in the boot,if u compare hundai gets or even for that matter ford fusion,i don think they have that huge or large boot space,compared to other mid segements,ll i am a big (mul) fan i my self is mul customer(esteem)So people wait for some time this car is gona rok.

all the best team (mul)
rahul.

By: NaqqashulHaq

NaqqashulHaq — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 04:01:57 +0000

Its a great car,great looks on the outside, but budgeting on the plastics especially on the side panels and the wipers really suck. And there’s this big void , there’s no music system!!!!!That was hardly expected of a car with these features. I booked the ZXI as soon as the news came out and i expected a music system with surround matching the other features. The after sales is bad too, backed up with Maruti’s strict injunction against any offers!!! To summarise i feels its great engineering levelled by really bad management.Needless to say that would drive a lot of the crowd its intended for, away.

By: Varun Gariney

Varun Gariney — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:05:15 +0000

If you want to buy a Swift, I think its the worst option.. yesterday I went to the showroom to have a test drive. The looks were awesome, but I am a person who doesn’t go on looks, I have managed to take a test ride from Begumpet to rajbhavan road onto necklace road and then back to begumpet, I’ve observed there is no pickup inspite of maruti claiming it has 87 bhp power, The vehicle is not at all stable, at jus 80 kmph I didn’t feel secured, The vehicle has absolutely no balance.. Generally the test ride is given only for 2-3 kilometers and Im sure without driving atleast 10-12 kilometers with variations, one cannot come to a conclusion. I myself drove it for over 10-12 kilometers insisting to the company executive. It doesn’t have pickup in even second gear when needed. I would suggest people to wait atleast for 6 months and buy it after carefully reviewing it.