Last few months I was looking for a three box car to replace my old maruti. I travel around 2000 kms every month in city so for me car mileage was a major consideration with my budget constrain 0f 6 lakhs to max of 7.
first I thought of diesel cars but have all my life driven petrol and realy don’t want to go for diesel
as you can always convert your car from petrol to cng which will be cheaper than diesel in terms of fuel, maintenance and will only add 40 k max to your budget for the kit and your warranty also stays.
In my middle class car buget I have ford, sx4 , aveoAnd esteem.
Ford and esteem are out going models so scraped the idea there itself.
SX4 zxi is good with all the gizmos but has a long waiting period and low on mileage.
then I got to see the aveo limited edition. and was swept from my feet.
got a good deal from shiva motors in sahibabad.
My experience with the car is as under
the movement you open the door you are spellbound.with the rich interiors.
Leather Seats
Double din MP3 cd player steals the show(realy a good one with six speakers)
Alloys wheels with tube less (stepney dosen’t have a alloy)
Keyless entry with anti theft .
Gear lock
Engine is very quite noise dose not come inside the cabin but when you press it it roars and you love every bit of it.
Suspension is superb.
Driver seat height adjustment comes handy. body A pillars are thick and block your view in hill driving.
Gear-shift has been improved a lot .(know due to my friends who owns this car gave me this feed back)
Boot is large,
Mileage - 12 - 14 kmpl in city driving conditions, with A/C on
*the only difference with SX4 was the abs and airbag , but u get better mileage .and no waiting period.
*Have driven the car for 1700 kms and realy satisfied with the car...
will keep updating ....
Completed around 3500 kms and getting a constant average of 13-13.5 with 20% ac.
went to agra for a day and milage I got was 15.5 for the entire trip .
Its a while now and completed 14000kms on odometer . the car is rocking ..
i am still able to get a mileage of 12-13 with AC in delhi ( I only use speed petrol for my car).
the best part is my service cost is around 700-800 per servise which is realy very cool.
by guys will keep updating .
cheers