Team-BHP - Maruti Vitara Brezza : Official Review

Question to existing owners -

Under south of 8 Lakhs, Does the upcoming petrol brezza makes sense or its an aged platform now. I am torn between upcoming brezza and competitors to the core and unable to think through clearly. My Primary requirement is safety given the pathetic & dangerous Indian roads & I believe brezza does sound solid with its 4 star rating and solid build contrary to other products of MSIL.

I am waiting for petrol one since past 3 months and would wait another 2 or 3 but just wanted to be sure that it's worth it. Please help.

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Originally Posted by .sushilkumar (Post 4703278)

Under south of 8 Lakhs, Does the uncoming petrol brezza makes sense or its a aged platofrm now.

Brezza is based on Suzuki C Platform and it's not an aged platform. Although Suzuki is shifting to heartect now which has its own nuances, it's bigger ones like Vitara and S-Cross are C platform based.

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My Primary requirement is safety given the pathetic & dangerous indian roads & I believe Brezza does sound solid with it;s 4 star rating and solid build contrary to other products of MSIL.

You can pick up a Ford Ecosport with 6 airbags or the XUV3OO. I guess even Venue has a 6 airbag variant.

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I am waiting for petrol one since past 3 months and would wait another 2 or 3 but just wanted to be sure that it's worth it. Pls help.

Since petrol is speculated and not yet in market, no one can be sure about answer to this question.

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Originally Posted by .sushilkumar (Post 4703278)

I am waiting for petrol one since past 3 months and would wait another 2 or 3 but just wanted to be sure that it's worth it. Pls help.

Going back to "when to buy petrol" I think new Brezza, Nexon and perhaps Ecosport are three good vehicles in compact SUV segment in my opinion if the run is about 12000 km per year. I personally prefer nonturbo engines and Brezza/ecosport could be the best choice here. Nexon could be an exception since there are some very cool aspects such as suspension, space and VFM factor. If you can wait just hold for a few more months and check on these three cars once Brezza is launched. Please check online videos, do multiple TDs and then go for the car. I make a table of what I want from car and rate each of them. Since it is a complex choice to make put some weight against each item in table and finally sum it up to make a choice. (I may sound too technical here but there is no easy way out in compact SUV market :))

Yet ,another model from Msil India will reach 5 lakh Unit sale Milestone, Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza was launched in early 2016 and the deliveries began in March 2016. Vitara Brezza is close to reaching the 5 Lakh sale figure by Dec 2019 or by Jan 2020. Msil managed to sell around 12,033 units of Vitara Brezza in the month of Nov 2019.

Currently, Msil India has managed to sell 4,95,071 units of Vitara Brezza in 44 months i.e up to Nov 2019,it requires 4929 units to reach the milestone of 5 Lakh unit sales. Such has been the dominance of the Csuv that it has only been dethroned from No.1 position twice in 44 months It was only this year that Hyundai Venue ,in the month of July and August took the No.1 briefly. Only with discounts and offers,a diesel-only variant Vitara Brezza has managed to take on Hyundai Venue which has multiple drivetrains partly because of Maruti network and price.

Considering a Diesel only model and Ags was offered only in mid-2018 and coupled with Csuv craze, Msil India has managed to sell brezza very well. Now, With Bs6 shift Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza will have a petrol variant it's expected to get a 1.5-litre petrol Shvs by early January 2020. If I was in charge of marketing team I would stop at 5 lakh unit sales as a tribute to the Fiat 1.3 Ddis engine. It will not be easy for Vitara Brezza to maintain this position post-Fiat 1.3 Ddis phase.

(Credits : Sale Figures sourced from Autopunditz.com )

Good evening, fellow Bhpians! Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge on cars and bikes. I am new to the forum and do not know if this is the right forum to talk about my issue. Nevertheless, here it goes.
After much deliberations, test drives, and contemplations regarding the perfect C-SUV, we decided to go ahead with Brezza. Since the obvious pros and cons are already detailed in this thread, I will not go in that direction. We recieved the vehicle last Sunday ( I did follow the teambhp PDI checklist before taking delivery). The purchase has been smooth. However, I have a problem while reversing. The reverse gear refuses to engage at times. This does not happen all the time, but ocassionally. The vehicle has clocked only 100 kms and still in its running-in period, and I think its a bit premature to say that the fault could be in the transmission system. However, I am unable to understand if this is normal during running in. Should I ask the service center to check the vehicle? Please advise. Thank you.

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Originally Posted by Chinmay (Post 4726874)

we decided to go ahead with Brezza.

Congratulations.

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However, I have a problem while reversing. The reverse gear refuses to engage at times.

Can you elaborate on it, is there any sound while engaging reverse? Have you installed any noodle mats or any mat that is interfering with fully depressing the clutch?

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Originally Posted by Chinmay (Post 4726874)

we decided to go ahead with Brezza. Since the obvious pros and cons are already detailed in this thread, I will not go in that direction. We recieved the vehicle last Sunday ( I did follow the teambhp PDI checklist before taking delivery). The purchase has been smooth. However, I have a problem while reversing. The reverse gear refuses to engage at times.

Hi Chinmay, first of all - welcome to TBHP. Second of all - congratulations on owning the Brezza. Wish you many safe & happy miles with it. See you around on the forum mate.

As for the reverse not engaging - I assume this happens when you are in some forward gear, then shift to neutral & then to reverse? If thats right - I assume you are granny-shifting. I.e. - the clutch is still depressed when you make the Forward -> Neutral -> reverse shift?

If yes, this is fairly common since the reverse gear is on a sliding mesh & not synchro mesh together with the forward gears. So the teeth don't engage directly. Try this - after shifting to neutral, release the clutch pedal fully. Then depress it again. Then shift to reverse. With time, make it a habit to double-clutch when shifting to reverse from a forward gear. Let me know if this helps :).

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Originally Posted by Chinmay (Post 4726874)

However, I have a problem while reversing. The reverse gear refuses to engage at times. This does not happen all the time, but ocassionally.

Another way is to fully press the clutch and put 4th gear. Then try to put reverse gear. This works 99.99%. Remaining 0.01% of time put to 1st gear and move ahead a few centimetres and then stop and put to reverse. Please make sure you press the clutch fully in each case. Happy ownership.clap: