I was planning to buy a "3 Box car" since I already have a Zen (Old one). But none of the cars suited my budget of around 6.5 lakhs and the cars available in that budget did not attract me. I had only choice of either Ford Ikon, Logan or Tata. I am a regular reader of Autocar magazine and they had posted some pictures of swift sedan and the looks of thet did not attract me either. So when they launched Swift Dzire I had been to the showroom at 10.30 AM eager to see the new car but in vain as the showroom guys told me that they would be launching the car at 12.30 PM.
But when I went back to the showroom at 1 PM, I was really attracted by the car as the design had come out pretty decent and was totally different than what I saw in the magazine. Of course the way the front was blended with the boot was a little out of proportion but the overall look is good.
I immediately booked the car(Diesel VDi) even though I had not test driven and never knew the on road price or the exshowroom price.
I had to wait a couple of days to test drive it and I thought that I never did a mistake of booking this car after I test drove it.
I could barely hear the engine noise in the cabin and the steering was perfect and the pickup after 2000 rpm was awesome. Even though the rear is a little less in legroom it would suit me as all my family members are just above the indian average height :-). To end with its a good car to go for.