I had a matiz and swift petrol earlier. After 5 years of driving siwft petrol and seeing the rising costs of petrol, I decided to buy a diesel car. I wanted to move on from hatchback to a Sedan and shortlisted 3 cars. Ford Fiesta, Swift Dzire and Tata Manza. Checked the on road price of Fiesta and felt it was too high for my budget and felt the ROI is not that great. Somehow could not come to terms in buying Manza because of the reliability issues I heard about Indica and Indigo after 60 K kms. Finally had to choose Swift Dzire. Looked at the variants and booked a Ldi variant. The reason I went for Ldi was:
My budget was around 7-8 Lakhs
Did not like the stock tires in Dzire and wanted to change to alloys with wider tires
Did not like the factory fitted audio system, wanted to customize
So, I bought the Ldi variant for 6.9 L on road in Bangalore. Spent around Rs. 80, 000 on accesories which included, alloy wheels(AVA), 195/70 R 15 Yokhama tires, power windows, remote central lock, Kenwood, head unit, Hertz Component, Polk Oval speakers and JVC amplifier, reverse camera with LCD unit, PU leather seat covers.
Finally, I had a customized Dzire Ldi for the price of Vdi variant.
I have driven close to 7, 000 KM and am pleased as a punch whenever I drive this car