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varadha_r · 17th February 2006, 14:49

Hi

I am a swift aficianado and this being my first car, have tried to take good care of it. Just thought I would jump in and contribute my bit about the highs and lows of my experience thus far (3000km, 5 months, 11 kpl in city)

Positives :

- Good pick up and acceleration - 2nd gear is simply outstanding, stretches like an elastic and is a sure shot recipe to pass all other cars in traffic "holes"
- Good driver ergonomics - better than the getz
- Good handling, road grip and stability
- Feeling of solidity althought not in the league of a palio
- Good brakes

Negatives:

Overall while the initial quality seems better than maruti's usual standards, I must confess the car is aging faster than I would have expected:

- the seat fabric and the door trim is coming loose with lots of edges coming off - this is making the interior dusty with fine particles flying all over the place. Wonder if someone else has also faced this problem
- the paint on the lid of the 12v socket has peeled off without me having used it even once. Its disappointing :(
- I get strange noises when driving over broken tarmac, rough roads, both the front doors rattle plus there is a noise from the rear seat
- The paint job on the bumpers, if someone has noticed is very thin. Even small nicks peel off the entire paint layer. The other day when I was reversing, some shrub brushed against my rear bumper and there were tell tale surface scratches on the sides and the shrub was not even too sharp. I have seen palios and getz-es which do better
- Pick-up with AC on is a problem esp in the city when you have a narrow rev band to play around with. This problem is acute at 10-20 kmph since power comes on only after 2k revs.. so it is a real struggle in second gear between 1k and 2k revs - but the moment you touch 2k, the engine pulls real hard and leaves other cars for the dead.

Overall, may be I feel I ought to have waited till the production line stablized or perhaps till maruti launched a revamped edition - with hopefully clear tail lamps, beige interiors (like the primea wagon R) and these issues sorted out.

Overall, I would give it an 8/10 but it could have been much better if maruti had been able to get the quality intact from batch one. This actually is surprising since in its earlier years, the best cars always used to be from the earliest production line batches as they would come with a high imported content and a tighter quality control. I guess maruti got too carried away by the demand for the swift and probably do not mindd a bit of negative word of mouth publicity. Proof enough is that the swift continues to sell like hot cakes.

17th February 2006, 14:49	#57 (permalink)
varadha_r Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 5	Swift - Pesky beauty Hi I am a swift aficianado and this being my first car, have tried to take good care of it. Just thought I would jump in and contribute my bit about the highs and lows of my experience thus far (3000km, 5 months, 11 kpl in city) Positives : - Good pick up and acceleration - 2nd gear is simply outstanding, stretches like an elastic and is a sure shot recipe to pass all other cars in traffic "holes" - Good driver ergonomics - better than the getz - Good handling, road grip and stability - Feeling of solidity althought not in the league of a palio - Good brakes Negatives: Overall while the initial quality seems better than maruti's usual standards, I must confess the car is aging faster than I would have expected: - the seat fabric and the door trim is coming loose with lots of edges coming off - this is making the interior dusty with fine particles flying all over the place. Wonder if someone else has also faced this problem - the paint on the lid of the 12v socket has peeled off without me having used it even once. Its disappointing :( - I get strange noises when driving over broken tarmac, rough roads, both the front doors rattle plus there is a noise from the rear seat - The paint job on the bumpers, if someone has noticed is very thin. Even small nicks peel off the entire paint layer. The other day when I was reversing, some shrub brushed against my rear bumper and there were tell tale surface scratches on the sides and the shrub was not even too sharp. I have seen palios and getz-es which do better - Pick-up with AC on is a problem esp in the city when you have a narrow rev band to play around with. This problem is acute at 10-20 kmph since power comes on only after 2k revs.. so it is a real struggle in second gear between 1k and 2k revs - but the moment you touch 2k, the engine pulls real hard and leaves other cars for the dead. Overall, may be I feel I ought to have waited till the production line stablized or perhaps till maruti launched a revamped edition - with hopefully clear tail lamps, beige interiors (like the primea wagon R) and these issues sorted out. Overall, I would give it an 8/10 but it could have been much better if maruti had been able to get the quality intact from batch one. This actually is surprising since in its earlier years, the best cars always used to be from the earliest production line batches as they would come with a high imported content and a tighter quality control. I guess maruti got too carried away by the demand for the swift and probably do not mindd a bit of negative word of mouth publicity. Proof enough is that the swift continues to sell like hot cakes.