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Old 18th July 2016, 17:30   #1696
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Re: Maruti Ciaz : Official Review

Completed first long drive of 300kms with my Ciaz ZXi+ Automatic. AFE was 19.6 kmpl for the trip. In fact, AFE was 20.7 kmpl for the first leg of the journey! Came as a pleasant surprise for an automatic. Long live Maruti!

Overall drive configuration: ~250kms highway driving & balance within city, 2 adults & their weekend luggage, Air con set at 24 and always ON, Max speed never exceeding 3-digits (I'm a sedate driver; overall range was mostly 40-90).
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Completed first long drive of 300kms with my Ciaz ZXi+ Automatic. AFE was 19.6 kmpl for the trip. In fact, AFE was 20.7 kmpl for the first leg of the journey! Came as a pleasant surprise for an automatic. Long live ).
20.7 kmpl for an automatic petrol is awesome. We diesel owners are used to 26kmpl without much of an effort. I thought petrol might run to 15 max per litre for the AT. Comes as a surprise indeed

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Completed first long drive of 300kms with my Ciaz ZXi+ Automatic. AFE was 19.6 kmpl for the trip. Max speed never exceeding 3-digits (I'm a sedate driver; overall range was mostly 40-90).

Am planning to buy a ZXi+ automatic myself. Would like to hear more of your experiences
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Could you please confirm the car's FE in city. I am planning a Ciaz but confused between a ZDI+ or a VXI+ AT. My need at this point of time is an Automatic+Diesel Combination but unfortunately i am not getting any good options <10L on Road in Delhi. I tried a Ciaz AT from Zoomcar for a day and loved the automatic and the tiredness it saved me in the Daily Delhi to Gurgaon Traffic that i travel. But since my distance is 37kms one side i am also inclined towards a fuel efficient car.
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Ciaz Automatic Owners

Could you please confirm the car's FE in city. I am planning a Ciaz but confused between a ZDI+ or a VXI+ AT. My need at this point of time is an Automatic+Diesel Combination but unfortunately i am not getting any good options <10L on Road in Delhi. I tried a Ciaz AT from Zoomcar for a day and loved the automatic and the tiredness it saved me in the Daily Delhi to Gurgaon Traffic that i travel. But since my distance is 37kms one side i am also inclined towards a fuel efficient car.
You can also try Zest AMT out. My father drives one and man its good.
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You can also try Zest AMT out. My father drives one and man its good.
No doubt Zest AMT is a wonderful alternative, but comparing it with Ciaz petrol AT, Ciaz wins hands down.

I say this because while buying a new car, the two final contenders were Ciaz ZDI and Zest XT diesel. The latter being 3 lakhs cheaper than the former, zest should have been my logical choice. But back to back test drives made me realise Ciaz was a better car in all possible ways.

Think about it, Ciaz feels a couple segments superior, rides way better, and owning the segment best seller versus owning a Tata car that is a dud. Owning a car with a terrific A.S.S versus a car with a terrible A.S.S, owning a car with brilliant resale value versus owning one with disastrous resale value.

Going by the trend in fuel prices(difference between petroland diesel being just 8rs) , cost per km for Ciaz petrol AT will be lesser than that of Zest diesel AMT.

PS: My Ciaz has completed 20000km in 11 months. Very very happy with this fuel sipping, spacious, comfortable and big footed Maruti
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Hello All,

Have any of our members own/drive a Black Ciaz petrol RS? I am really interested in the RS version in black but have not seen one in flesh yet. Any pics and experience with them are most welcome
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Have any of our members own/drive a Black Ciaz petrol RS? I am really interested in the RS version in black but have not seen one in flesh yet. Any pics and experience with them are most welcome
I've seen one in Maruti showroom, not test driven. To me the all black interiors may be easier to maintain, but it does take away the spaciousness with a lighter interior.

Perhaps another reason is my current car is one with grey/black interiors (Beat) and I want a change
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Have any of our members own/drive a Black Ciaz petrol RS? I am really interested in the RS version in black but have not seen one in flesh yet. Any pics and experience with them are most welcome
Hey Rover,

There are no mechanical changes to the Ciaz RS. It is the same car, just with all black interiors (like the export models) and a body kit.

How I wish they would offer the Ciaz RS with an automatic! I would love it. I love all black interiors. Far easier to maintain than the beige we have in almost every mid size sedan and hatchback. The S-Cross is great too with all black interiors and so is the Baleno.

Looks like slowly all black interiors are coming back!

I also wish they would offer a better MID and the sliding arm rest in the Ciaz. The current arm rest is almost useless for shorter drivers. It is more an elbow rest
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Hey Rover,

There are no mechanical changes to the Ciaz RS. It is the same car, just with all black interiors (like the export models) and a body kit.

How I wish they would offer the Ciaz RS with an automatic! I would love it. I love all black interiors. Far easier to maintain than the beige we have in almost every mid size sedan and hatchback. The S-Cross is great too with all black interiors and so is the Baleno.

Looks like slowly all black interiors are coming back!

I also wish they would offer a better MID and the sliding arm rest in the Ciaz. The current arm rest is almost useless for shorter drivers. It is more an elbow rest
Thank you for the inputs Sir. Yes I learnt with an heart ache that there are no mechanical changes except the body kit and black interiors! Nevertheless I am going for it! more of heart over head decision, just like I did for the Punto evo sport specifically for the black interiors.
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Dear diesel owners, what was your 5th service (20000km) bill? I feel Maruti is becoming expensive with service. I just paid 11k rupees for the service.
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Just got the pedals fitted today!!
How are these pedals holding up? Any issues? I'm considering them for an S-Cross as well. Already have the MGA ones on the Ciaz.
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Dear diesel owners, what was your 5th service (20000km) bill? I feel Maruti is becoming expensive with service. I just paid 11k rupees for the service.

I am in the same boat buddy. Apparently scross and ciaz lie in the same category as per the paid service cost. I paid 9.2K for my scross 20K service. I was amazed and shocked at the same time. My vento's 15K and 30K service bill has not gone above 9-9.5K. I guess "maruti is cheap to own and maintain" is only a myth.
But then the quality of Scross is not just any other maruti like, so I swallowed the bitter pill slowly and steadily thinking it is okay when I'm getting a well made product, a little higher maintenance cost will accompany.
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Dear diesel owners, what was your 5th service (20000km) bill? I feel Maruti is becoming expensive with service. I just paid 11k rupees for the service.

What is that Service Kit and why was all those 'cleaning' done? Were they mentioned in the service voucher? If not, one must refuse it point blank.

It is bad of Maruti or its service centers to do things not asked by the customer and charge an arm and leg for them.
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Dear diesel owners, what was your 5th service (20000km) bill? I feel Maruti is becoming expensive with service. I just paid 11k rupees for the service.
You could have knocked off a cool 2500-3000/- from the current bill. Intercooler cleaning, blower cleaning, alignment & balancing, engine flushing etc are not required at 20K kms.

With all these, there are taxes added to the bill too, so try and avoid such things. All the cars with synthetic oil is supposed to be a lot more expensive (around 2500/- over mineral oil), so give it some space.

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What is that Service Kit and why was all those 'cleaning' done? Were they mentioned in the service voucher? If not, one must refuse it point blank...
Service kit includes all the filters (air, oil, fuel) - that's normal.

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...It is bad of Maruti or its service centers to do things not asked by the customer and charge an arm and leg for them.
It's a business and they'll try to upsell everything. It's upto the customers to check / verify / sign off / strike out what is required / not required. This is a discussion which is very prevalent in any TD threads and I am not sure how people miss it. They wait till they burn the fingers and then look for the pain areas while there are some intelligent souls who seek the data prior, which is the way to go.

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