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And everyone likes Ford Ecosport and Tata Nexon here. There are so many Isuzu D-max, Toyota Hilux, Mahindra Scorpio PikUp and Nissan Navara here because they are listed as commercial vehicles and attract a tax of only 110%. Isuzu D-max is just 25 lacs INR here while V-Cross is 45 lacs INR and Toyota Hilux 52-55 lacs INR. For the middle class Nepalese, if one car holds aspirational value, its Creta. Mitsubishi Pajero and Toyota Prado are most talked because they are the cars of choice for politicians bought by taxpayers' money. They are more Hyundai Verna and Skoda Rapid on road than Honda City. I've recently been seeing a fair number of Kia Sportage on roads too. | |
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The Celerio actually sells pretty well in India and is a great car for city drives. I see an equal number of men and women drive it here. I myself love this car for city drives. Perfect in every sense wrt proportion, driveability, tall stance, nice engine, frugal, can seat 4 in comfort and what not. |
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| ![]() We test drove the Spresso yesterday and Booked a granite grey AMT. A small car purchase was pending for a while as our alto is 13 years old and an upgrade was much needed. Our car is mainly used by my wife for daily commuting as i am more of a motorcycle guy. One of the main reasons to look for a new car was an AMT gear box for the notorious Bangalore traffic apart from the fact that old Alto has lived it life and is in run-down shape. We saw many cars from spresso to tiago to i10 sports to kwid to ignis, but budget was an important factor hence the choice narrowed down to Kwid and Spresso. We really loved the looks of Kwid, but the Spresso engine felt livelier and the familiarity with maruti tilted the decision in favour of Spresso. Wife was more inclined towards Kwid and it was me who sort of brainwashed her with some auto-jargons and convinced to go with spresso. Its a funny looking car for sure, but practical in many ways, and felt like a decent upgrade to the 2007 alto. As per Pratham motors, we should be getting the delivery in about a weeks time. I had a few questions for the members here, do share your thoughts: * The car comes with DRL LED lights as accessories, but it does not come ON with ignition. There is a separate button and everytime we have press it hard twice to illuminate it. Is there a way where the lights could be connected to ignition where it stays on with the ignition on, like a typical DRLs. * we were thinking about alloys wheels just to try and elevate the aesthetics on which the car is short charged. Do alloys make sense for a small car? what are the basis brands i can check? Any particular place/shop in Bangalore to check? how much do they approximately cost? MGA has only one design and is asking 7k per alloys. * Basic accessories like rain shade for the door, door protectors, false plastic skid plates, and a lot of other such accessories are offered by MGI. Does it make sense to go for some of them, or will it be economical to get aftermarket brands from outside? If yes, where in Bangalore can i look for Spresso accessories? * we were also thinking of a seat cover, but all maruti has is too busy designs and only monochrome tones. Any places outside to look for basic plain but decent quality seat covers? * Any other pointers, which we should keep in mind? TIA. |
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This particular SPresso accessory indeed is a basic one with switch. Its custom made with shape for the SPresso bumper cut-out. Using a switch really is silly for the price point though. I'm not sure if it has the auto-dim/third wire capability. I hope it doesn't stay ON in full intensity even when headlamps are turned on. | |
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| ![]() Saw 3 Spresso yesterday on road (surprising but whatever). One had some deep side swipe scratches which was a topic of a long discussion with my co passenger on whether parking/handling smaller cars inspires false confidence. Some other observations: 1. Looks like a Brezza with some type of growth defect. I felt it looks bad in general and co passenger settled on quirky. The orange shade is definitely the best look. Black had a grey interior tone and made the car look smaller (if that's possible) 2. Had a small conversation with the owner who had bought this for his wife (he said that a couple of times to make sure that I wouldn't assume otherwise). His reasoning was price and the "adequate" engine for city. Complained that there was no CNG option. 3. Personally, I will just buy the K10 before I think of this. |
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I would concur with that (considering I own the Alto K10!). It seems quite a few would have had similar calculations according to Maruti business managers. So the Alto K10 has been discontinued. If one wants the K10 engine, SPresso, Celerio & WagonR are the options now. |
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| ![]() Went to the dealership last week for booking an Alto K10 automatic for wife, but was told no more of that. Test drove the S-Presso AMT on the busy Bannerghatta road and was impressed with the crawl mode in the bumper-to-bumper traffic. Braking was good and so was the turning radius as I had to do a sharp U-turn. The biggest selling point for her was the bonnet which was clearly visible from the driver/passenger seat. The driver seat though not adjustable is at a good height for short drivers, so the road visibility was impressive. We were debating between Kwid and S-Presso, but since the criteria for her (who is the first time driver) was the road visibility, we dropped Kwid. Booked the Sizzle Orange VXI+ AMT, the color choice is her's entirely so stop giving me that look ![]() Any suggestions/recommendations on the insurance ? As expected they are pushing for the Maruti insurance which is close to 20K per year, I am more keen on taking it elsewhere. |
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| ![]() One more doubt for the experts here. The horn button round plate on the spresso is placed in the center of the steering wheel, where it becomes difficult to reach, especially if one is coming from old Alto where the horn is easily accessible with thumb while holding the steering. On Spresso, like most modern car, one has to almost remove one hand from the steering wheel to press horn button. Is there solution to this issue? Anything available in market to make the horm button more accessible/closer to thumb while naturally holding the steering? Any DIY/jugaad? Wonder why these basic ergonomics are not taken care of. |
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My Honda City Insurance for a new car was around 23K, so its irrational for Spresso insurance to be that high. Obtain your insurance from outside from Policybazaar etc, and you will be pleasantly surprised at the neat packet you stand to save. |
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| ![]() A review from South Africa - a target market of S-Presso: https://www.timeslive.co.za/motoring...-a-cheap-shot/ "Visually the newcomer has a polarising effect — you’ll either find it cute or not so charming. ... The little motor breathes freely and with a curb weight of 750kg it doesn't struggle to carry its weight. The S-Presso moves with respectable enthusiasm. Seating for the front occupants can feel slightly awkward. Given the lack of height adjustment, a propped-up, lifted effect is the default. The upside of this set-up is ample room for rear occupants. Even taller folk will appreciate the space. Driving the vehicle in India, where road conditions and other obstacles act as natural speed limits, we were able to push the S-Presso over the 100km/h threshold and it remained composed throughout. With two airbags, anti-lock brakes and electronic brake-force distribution, the bare essentials are covered. But since a crash-test evaluation is yet to be conducted, this is one aspect of the S-Presso that hangs in the air." BTW, in the image: cow and cash cow ![]() ![]() Last edited by romeomidhun : 12th February 2020 at 13:40. |
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