Karthikeyan asks for my thoughts on the Chevy Cruze.
Karthikeyan the Cruze is an excellent car by GMDAT. It looks good, drives well and has a mad powerplant. The car is a good buy for anyone looking for fun on the highways, however city driving can be a bit tiring due to the high amount of turbo lag. Overall the Cruze is a better buy then the Civic and Corolla for people who look for value and features for the money they part with.
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Vijay Kumar wrote – I am planning to buy a new car in the range of 5-6 lakhs. I have a small family of 3 (including me). Even my usage will be around 20 km per day. I have shortlisted Swift Dzire VXI/i10 Magna. Which one would be better out of these two in terms of mileage, maintenance costs etc. You are free to suggest anything other than these two also.
Vijay, I would suggest you look at a diesel vehicle if mileage is your concern. The Swift VDi gives good return on each drop of fuel and is a sensible choice. However if you can manage to stretch a bit, than the recently launched Indigo Manza is also a good car to buy. However since you are concerned about maintenance costs, I would suggest you get a petrol car. But the higher running costs very well rub out the savings in service costs. Either way, the best option from both perspective is the Swift diesel.
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Toyota considers Hyundai the biggest threat whereas the home of a dozen international car makers thinks otherwise. Hyundai Motor which happens to have grabbed the 4th spot in world car sales has decided to withdraw from Japan after it managed to sell only 18,000 cars in almost 7 years. Either the Japanese are too patriotic or Hyundai’s portfolio in Japan, is well crap.
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Hyundai’s Indian division has dragged Mahindra and Renault to Delhi high court over the name of the small car from the company. The Logan’s younger sibling, Sandero is destined for our shores soon but Hyundai has a problem. Santro and Sandero sound similar and Hyundai thinks Renault is cashing on this. Wait a second, this comes from a company which would have been in court rooms all day if other manufacturers started suing them for copying designs. The Sandero name was born more than two years back, what was Hyundai doing then? Hyundai wake up and smell the coffee.
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Round 4 of Q & A has various questions from different segments including a bike advice query!!
I would like to buy a small car/sedan.
Requirements are as follows : -
- Budget within 5,00,000
- Good decent mileage
- Very low maintenance
- Preferably Diesel engined
I had shortlisted Swift, i20, Indigo Manza and Estilo. But I would very much like to know any other car that would suit my need - Subhankar
Subhankar, looking at your needs, I would suggest you get the Maruti Swift. It will just about fit in your budget (LDi) and will give you excellent mileage. However if you can stretch your budget the Indigo Manza is a very good car to buy. It has alot of space and uses the same diesel engine as the Swift with slightly more power. BTW, you should checkout the Grande Punto too. Very good car but undervalued by people.
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Hyundai is famous for copying designs. Some say Hyundai doesn’t even have a design team and they just Google up car names randomly for deciding upon the look of their car. However its seems Mercedes-Benz (the future of the copying) has taken over Hyundai in this aspect with the new W212 E-Class. The ninth generation E-Class has been awarded the most beautiful car in the world title but don’t you think the rear is nothing but a Hyundai Sonata? I mean when you have such a appealing front, why have a rear so photocopied?
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Mahindra will not really win prizes for its design. First the Xylo (which is still tolerable) and now the Gio. Mahindra, if you are not ready with the vehicle you don’t need to hurry up and launch anything. The Gio maybe India’s first compact truck, it may even be reasonably priced at Rs. 1.65 lakhs and deliver 27km/l of fuel but it looks crap. I mean just look at it, or rather don’t. Have you seen anything more hideous than this thing? Please don’t reply the Premier Rio (thats entirely a different story for another day altogether).
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GM India will never improve. NEVER! They did the same mistake with the all their Opel vehicles, followed it with the Optra, Aveo, Spark and now they continue to do so with the Captiva. They have reduced the prices of the Captive by close to 10%, that is Rs. 2 lakhs or so. And why so? Because Toyota launched the Fortuner and they (GM) panicked. Now this news may be very good for potential Captiva customers but such price reduction strategies only kills the resale of Chevrolet cars in India. Thats the reason why very few GM owners would be returning customers. Infact on many forums people say wait and buy Cruze as there will be massive discounts in a few months time. GM needs to decide on a price and stick on it like Toyota and Honda do. Otherwise their success in India is very short live.
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Round 3 of Q & A sees just a simple modification query by Bharani.
I have a maruti 800 . I want to increase the luggage space. I have seen covered roof top luggage carriers for Innova. Can that be fitted with 800. How safe is it? Will the handling be a problem?
Bharani, it is safe to add a roof top carrier to your vehicle. However if you corner hard and drive fast it could be a issue both for the cargo and you. Handling will deteriorate slightly. Any type of carrier can be put on the Maruti 800. Just ensure its fitted properly and your ready to go.
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Round 2 of Q & A sees two more questions being answered for CarAdvice readers. Vijay Mutadak wants to know about fuel efficiency and performance of the Hyundai i20 Petrol (Magna). Vijay, the i20 is a fantastic car for normal driving (not fast driving) and I am not sure which version are you referring here as the car has two different petrol engines on offer. I am assuming its the 1.2 Kappa version. The i20 Kappa gives decent mileage. Around 11-12kmpl in the city to be precise which extends to 14kmpl on the highway. Performance is not breath taking but again its decent and good enough for day to day driving. If you are looking for performance, the diesel variant is the one to buy.
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