Wanted to buy a diesel car for self. After a lot of research, TD and consultation I was finally confused between Verna 1.4 CRDI, new maruti SX4 1.3 DDSI and the Vento 1.6 Diesel.
I have finaly gone a head with the new SX4 Zdi over vento and Verna. Verna though a very good car but very low seating and 1.4 CRDI has no major features, the rest of verna diesel models are out of my budget.
I found SX4 to be a better value for money product with lots of features and at the price of Verna and Vento diesel base variant.
Got the delievry of my car and completed close to 500 kms run, found it to be a very good balance of power and performance - strong built and amazing road dynamics. Initial average of 16 kms per ltr.
The engine is so silent that u don’t here the diesel machine inside the cabin. I got 2 airbags, alloywheels, electric foldable mirors, CD player with 4 speakers and 2 tweeters, stearing audio control, ABS, front and rear fog lamps...all under 10 lakh.
Downside - limited choice of colours, dashboard could have been better, bluetooth not present, cabin richness and gears little hard.
I initially had doubts on the 1.3 ltr dsl engine as vento had much powerful 1.6 and 1.4 in Verna. But believe me the 1.3 same as used in Dzire does a fantastic job in the SX4 with the new turbo charger. So performane wise its and amazing sedan, The height and Grnd Clearance is amazin all msot like an SUV.
Happy Driving...