[thumpingheart]

I had visited Maruti showroom in Pune a few weeks back. Dealer said they now have started fitting sequential CNG kits on any of their petrol cars on order for Rs. 60,000. The dealer will fit it in factory and you will get all the standard warranty etc etc.

I think it is an amazing deal. I would suggest get a Dzire and get the CNG fitted from dealer. It will be a bigger car, very fuel efficient along with peace of mind of Maruti (A.S.S. as well as warranty etc). Plus even the Automatic option still remains.

Cheers!

[yogiii]

Originally Posted by GTO

Why spend 6 lakh rupees on a compromise? Presuming your primary running will be in the city, just get yourself a Beat Diesel. Advantage:

- Equally economical and the practicality of diesel

- Superb driveability

- Excellent ride quality

- Far easier to drive in the city

- Modern inside out. Feels very contemporary

Primary running is in city only but I want to buy a sedan. Yes Beat is a very practical car for city but personally I don't like the styling of Beat.
Aveo CNG is the cheapest sedan availble with factory fitted CNG at the moment. It will cost me around 5.7 On Road Delhi. Would have loved to go for the Swift D but 1 lakh more on loan would mean higher interest overall.
Would definitely buy a diesel hatch later on.

Originally Posted by thumpingheart

I had visited Maruti showroom in Pune a few weeks back. Dealer said they now have started fitting sequential CNG kits on any of their petrol cars on order for Rs. 60,000. The dealer will fit it in factory and you will get all the standard warranty etc etc.

I think it is an amazing deal. I would suggest get a Dzire and get the CNG fitted from dealer. It will be a bigger car, very fuel efficient along with peace of mind of Maruti (A.S.S. as well as warranty etc). Plus even the Automatic option still remains.

Cheers!

Dzire Vxi is 5.94 On Road Delhi plus 60,000 for the kit would bring it equal to Swift D and Swift any day looks better than Dzire to me.

[revintup]

How about a used Honda city. Petrols are a depreciation disaster nowadays and you should be getting one cheap.

I own one and were it not for the running costs, I would say its still the king of the segment. Its a very reliable machine and am sure it would run ok with a well installed CNG kit.

Your contact at GM will be able to help you source spares, but only 'IF' it is available in their inventory.

Please do not buy an Aveo. I know the deal is sweet and all but somewhere down the line you might regret it.

[amitpunjani]

Originally Posted by yogiii

Accent is dealer fit a sequential kit while Aveo is factory fit.
Accent was considered but Aveo is overall better build than Accent.

SX4 is available with CNG but On Road Price: Rs 8,37,282 way out of budget.



I personally know someone in GM so spares is not an issue, I hope it will be quite manageable.

As mentioned above SX4 is 8+ I would have loved to go for City but that would be 9+ definitely

Accent is available in CNG

Hi Yogii,

Massive discounts are being offered on the SX4 CNG version. Dealers are offering more than 50k discounts on the CNG version.

SX4 is one of the best cars to drive with proven VVT Engine. Just to let you know, Maruti would be rolling out a facelifted version of SX4 in Jan 2013.

BR

Amit

[Fillmore]

Originally Posted by itwasntme

I had an Aveo for 3 years and can vouch for the rich interiors and immaculate build quality - if you can forgive the mushy handling, please go for it with your eyes closed.

It is ideal for your unique requirements and the interiors will bring quiet satisfaction every time you ride it.

I would second that. I too own an Aveo which is 3yrs old. Except for the lack of power when you need that sudden burst of overtaking on the highway, Interiors (LT model) ,ride comfort and build are very good.

No doubt getting a new Diesel Beat would be better. However if you want to go with the Aveo the car as such is good.

If you plan to retain it for self use fine however if you plan to sell it off shortly, then re-sale might be a bit difficult given that the model is discontinued.

[yogiii]

Originally Posted by revintup

How about a used Honda city. Petrols are a depreciation disaster nowadays and you should be getting one cheap.

I own one and were it not for the running costs, I would say its still the king of the segment. Its a very reliable machine and am sure it would run ok with a well installed CNG kit.

Your contact at GM will be able to help you source spares, but only 'IF' it is available in their inventory.

Please do not buy an Aveo. I know the deal is sweet and all but somewhere down the line you might regret it.

As I have mentioned earlier I would have loved to go for the City but there are two things involved :

1. Finding a super clean just like new car which would be a difficult task. Even if I manage to find one the price would be close to new E/Corporate MT as preferably people buy S or V variants and value depreciation would be around that price range.

I went over to Honda recently
1.5 Corporate - 8.27 On Road Delhi
1.5 E MT - 8.90 On Road Delhi
1.5 S MT - 9.48 On Road Delhi
1.5 V MT - 10.07 On Road Delhi

2. To find a CNG installer who can do a perfect CNG sequential kit install just like a factory fit that too in a iVTEC would be even more difficult.

Yes maybe down the line there would be some issues about spares but by that time I would have enjoyed the Aveo to the full and also saved considerable amount of money

Originally Posted by amitpunjani

Hi Yogii,

Massive discounts are being offered on the SX4 CNG version. Dealers are offering more than 50k discounts on the CNG version.

SX4 is one of the best cars to drive with proven VVT Engine. Just to let you know, Maruti would be rolling out a facelifted version of SX4 in Jan 2013.

BR

Amit

SX4 is the best choice at the moment among CNG sedans but those discounts are more or less on paper

I went over to showroom
SX4 Vxi CNG - 8.67 On Road Delhi
They are providing 30,000 cash discount the rest 20-25,000 discount is exchange bonus and I don't have a car to exchange.

So, the actual price is 8.37 On Road way over my budget.

Originally Posted by Fillmore

I would second that. I too own an Aveo which is 3yrs old. Except for the lack of power when you need that sudden burst of overtaking on the highway, Interiors (LT model) ,ride comfort and build are very good.

No doubt getting a new Diesel Beat would be better. However if you want to go with the Aveo the car as such is good.

If you plan to retain it for self use fine however if you plan to sell it off shortly, then re-sale might be a bit difficult given that the model is discontinued.

I've driven the Aveo a few times and I know it's no race machine but yes as you said ride comfort and build are the positive points about Aveo plus CNG economy.

I plan to retain it, the plan is to use it to the full and extract maximum value till the time I plan to buy another car.

[yogiii]

Hi I have finally taken the plunge and bought the Aveo last week. Will soon start an ownership thread

[headbanger]

Originally Posted by yogiii

Hi I have finally taken the plunge and bought the Aveo last week. Will soon start an ownership thread

Congrats on New aveo. A seemingly bold decision against the popular view on this thread. Looking forward to ownership review of your car. Drive safe...

[pganapathy]

Congrats on the new car. Hope everything works out spares wise for you.

Wish you lots of happy motoring miles and cheap running

[rustamyadu]

Originally Posted by yogiii

Hi I have finally taken the plunge and bought the Aveo last week. Will soon start an ownership thread

Yogii,
Congrats on your new toy!! I am planning to buy the same car in december before which i would need a few queries answered
1) Is this model gonna be discontinued in the near future (Aveo per se)?
2) Since it's a bi-fuel sedan, what is the fuel capacity of the petrol tank and the fuel capacity of the CNG tank?
3) what is the FE on petrol and the FE on CNG?

note: Since it's bi-fuel you do not have to worry about long distance travelling as it's not a primary reason for your purchase.A full tank of CNG and a full tank of petrol should suffice and be more reasonable anyhow.

Looking to hear from you,
salut!

[yogiii]

Originally Posted by headbanger

Congrats on New aveo. A seemingly bold decision against the popular view on this thread. Looking forward to ownership review of your car. Drive safe...

Thanks !! It's been more than 2 months of ownership and I am enjoying it to the full.
Busy with work, will try to start a thread soon.

Originally Posted by pganapathy

Congrats on the new car. Hope everything works out spares wise for you.

Wish you lots of happy motoring miles and cheap running

Thank you! Car is running below Rs 2.5 per km

Originally Posted by rustamyadu

Yogii,
Congrats on your new toy!! I am planning to buy the same car in december before which i would need a few queries answered
1) Is this model gonna be discontinued in the near future (Aveo per se)?
2) Since it's a bi-fuel sedan, what is the fuel capacity of the petrol tank and the fuel capacity of the CNG tank?
3) what is the FE on petrol and the FE on CNG?

note: Since it's bi-fuel you do not have to worry about long distance travelling as it's not a primary reason for your purchase.A full tank of CNG and a full tank of petrol should suffice and be more reasonable anyhow.

Looking to hear from you,
salut!

Hey rustamyadu,

Sorry for the delay...
1.) Aveo is already discontinued, mine was the last Moonbeam White Aveo, a few odd colors were left in 2012 manufactured range which as of now are also sold.
2.) AFAIK petrol 43-45 Liters & CNG 12kg
3.) Need to check FE on petrol, for CNG its below Rs 2.5 per km in Delhi traffic


P.S. also had a little incident last week where in a lady driver all of sudden decided to stop in the middle of the road and my car was rear ended by Fortuner.
Visited Munna of Bright Motors Okhla and he did A1 quality work will share pictures

Cheers!

[yogiii]

10 years on, back when I started this thread never knew the car would be with me for so long in all ups and downs of life.

The car is still with me, going strong at 121,000 kms, on original clutch! It gives me great mileage till date and no mechanical issues. The car is always serviced at ASC, till date.

The interiors and exteriors have taken a beating overtime, which is expected in Delhi NCR. With dearth of good built, economical and, cheap to maintain sedans in today's time I find hard to let it go. I'm facing space issues for parking it but feel there are 5 more useable years still left in it. I got the car evaluated and felt for the amount I will get I can make better use for it for folks at my place by employing drivers on call.

I'm unable to decide if I should go ahead, spend some money on interiors, exteriors, sort few niggles and keep on using it till I can and finally scrap it or go ahead and sell it to Cars24/Olx Auto for a cheap price and pray to God that it gets transferred to an owner.

I would be more than happy to sell it to some kid starting out in college who needs a daily car with cheap running in Delhi NCR, who can have good memories with car the way I have had over all these years. This would also solve my one big worry of ownership transfer!

[Mechb63]

Originally Posted by yogiii

10 years on, back when I started this thread never knew the car would be with me for so long in all ups and downs of lifeAttachment 2411626

My family had one of these, a red 2011 Aveo 1.4 LS CNG.

I remember this being the car I perfected to learn to drive on and the only car I and my family genuinely miss after its sale. With Chevrolet leaving the country and my incorrect driving style causing problems with the clutch, we thought it would be wise to let it go. I guess we all were wrong.

Eventually, was replaced by a Grand i10, as we could not buy a proper sedan once her time came, in the price bracket we had brought the Aveo at. There is yet a hollow Aveo-shaped place left in our hearts.

Please stay on to it as long as you can in Delhi. Save yourself from an Aveo-shaped hole. If you do not mind, could you share the amount that was shared by the folks at Cars24, Spinny etc? I guess it will still be close to what we let ours go for back in 2016.