Alto VX (celebration model) is my first car and it is wonderful. Compared to its size, its 1.1L 62 bhp engine is quite powerful.
Acceleration is nice. Driving comfort is excellent. It has a tachometer on dashboard, which is rare, for medium priced Indian cars! Ride quality is superb. Seats (both front & rear) are very comfortable.
Front seats are adjustable. The AC is super cool. Power windows are fun.
The reason Maruti discontinued Alto VX is that more & more people were buying this rather than Wagon R. Nowadays, they want to sell more WagonRs so they make only Alto LX so that high end buyers tend to buy WagonR.
With same engine as of WagonR, Alto VX is lighter, shorter and so much more agile! People with short or medium height will feel much more comfortable in Alto rather than in WagonR or Santro. I get around 14 km/L in city, didn?t go to highway yet!
My only wish list in Alto VX is a smoother gear shift. True, the boot space is not something to boast about, but still it quite reasonable for fitting a skybag.