I purchased an Azure Gray Swift VXi in January 2006 from Mandovi motors in Bangalore. Needless to say, its been swift acceptance all along.
I love the car for its looks - the contemporary styling, the front curves, and dashboard, the front lights, and many other small details. The driving experience is excellent - as good as it can get for this price range with bangalore roads! The driver seating and legroom is great - its one of the things I hated about the Hyundai stable. Also, it purrs along really well at low speeds - which makes the first gear driving experience of Bangalore quite tolerable.
Another feature I love is the sound insulation. I can pretty much take office calls from inside my car.
One gripe is that Maruti doesnt sell the music system along with the car - which makes it a bit harrowing to do that selection later if you are one of those folks like me who get a bit overwhelmed by the options available in the car audio market! If anyone has done a good comparison of car audio systems for their Swifts do ping me and feel free to share any inputs :)
Last, be careful of one thing while driving. The left front side of the car juts out a bit in traffic so if you have lots of pesky bikers and truck drivers driving around your left, be careful in your turns. I already have one dent over the left front wheel and the day I got that I felt so heart wrenched I almost couldnt remember the last time I felt that way. Needless to say, the Swift has been a great addition to my life and I stand by the decision to not go for comparable smaller cars or bulky bigger cars.
Swiftly speaking, a very good choice!
-Amit