I have purchased a maruti esteem LXi in Dec2005. It is my first car so I am not in a position to compare it with other cars. It gives me good pick up. I have driven maruti wagon R of my friend a couple of times. Compared to that esteem felt much better. However I feel that I could have gone for Vxi instead of Lxi.
While travelling in city it has been giving me a mileage of 10.3 and on highway I got an average of 18.9. When my calculation reflected an average of 18.9 I could not believe my calculation and checked for mistake again and again. In fact I stopped the car after getting the tank full again to see if the tank was really full. But the average was really 18.9. I am really shocked . A big car with the mileage of small car.
the running cost is really very less it means. the car has not completed 3000 kms so may be it gives me more after that.