Swift Dzire - Short test drive and some pictures

MaserQ · 21st March 2008, 12:56

Great job Eddy. Certainly not a bungled butt is it?! The potential buyer would certainly pick the Dzire over the Indigo and the more so the Logan. Tata might have found a new price point with the CS, but it might be raining discounts at the M&M showroom very soon...

sids911 · 21st March 2008, 13:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by iraghava

Hey look it's got a Bangle-butt!!

Good work Eddy!

hehe, now we got our own Bangle lurking in Maruti!!

But where are the concave surfacing??

shebin · 21st March 2008, 13:48

The rear looks good and dont feel like an extension of the hatch.But they should have made some changes to front also.Hope the pricing comes right.....Then the indigo and logan will have a tough time.

phamilyman · 21st March 2008, 14:00

naishhhhhhhhhh. superb jod Edd!

mobike008 · 21st March 2008, 14:17

Looks nice from the back. I kind of didn't like the front, especially the headlights, since we are used to seeing them on swifts, it looks quite odd on a sedan.

IMO, they should have atleast changed the front headlights to a different design and it would have looked cool.

sudhirlp · 21st March 2008, 14:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by piyushjain

Eddy....Any idea if they had kept the length of car less than 4 meters like TATA did for IndigoCS

I remember reading somewhere that the length is 4132mm or so. Certainly not less than 4m.

trrk · 21st March 2008, 17:46

Hi,

> Yes, the tyres were definitely 185s but who knows, these might come only
> with ZXI and ZDI. The lower versions might not get them. But I dont think
> thats gonna happen.

The lower models come with 165/80R14.

Wolffe · 21st March 2008, 18:01

Very ugly looking backside ! Interiors look good though ! Alloys are tasteless !

21st March 2008, 19:06

are the rear lamps same as on the swift hatch?

abhibh · 21st March 2008, 19:31

Wow! Eddy great work man. Car looks good in flesh. Not a looker but overall an average looks for a sedan.

Ok now can someone tell me when is TopSpeed aired on Star

Ram_NP · 21st March 2008, 19:50

Nice work Eddy. Maruti guy's have done a good work.

With Mauti's aggresive pricing, it will give serious comptition to all the cars in it's segment, may be to Swift hatch it self.

Wolffe · 21st March 2008, 19:57

Tata did an awesome job with chopping the boot on the Indigo CS to bring the car under 4 mtrs.

The car looks quite cute from the 3/4th rear angle..IMHO.

Ram · 21st March 2008, 20:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by mail4ajo

I guess all critics have been silenced now. No PS images here, real car in the flesh.

The critics have not been silenced.
Picture abhi baki hai.

The real car (slated to replace the graceful Esteem) has turned out to be every bit as ugly as the PS images predicted. The rear is as ugly if not uglier than the Bangle BMWs.

Steeroid · 21st March 2008, 20:46

If the original Indigo (not the CS) looked like a boot had been hastily attached to a hatch, the Dzire (cant they come up with something more original for a name?) looks like sedan that had a hatch's nose stuck on. Still, a very good job of adding a boot. If they bring this out with the unrestricted, 90bhp version of the diesel engine I guess nobody would really mind the stubby nose.

liberal · 21st March 2008, 20:54

Well its in the segment of Logan & Indigo & by the looks of it Maruti has come out with a sedan modification (Dzire) on a successful existing product (Swift) with segment re-defining features at a competetive price (as per estimates) with both engine variants.

I find , it is a fitting replacement of esteem and likely to be worth the hard earned money.

In the bigger picture critics do not matter. What matters that the car appeals to the real buyers of the segment.

21st March 2008, 12:56	#46
MaserQ Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,196 Thanked: 166 Times	Great job Eddy. Certainly not a bungled butt is it?! The potential buyer would certainly pick the Dzire over the Indigo and the more so the Logan. Tata might have found a new price point with the CS, but it might be raining discounts at the M&M showroom very soon...
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21st March 2008, 13:48	#48
shebin BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: cochin/bangalore Posts: 150 Thanked: 65 Times	The rear looks good and dont feel like an extension of the hatch.But they should have made some changes to front also.Hope the pricing comes right.....Then the indigo and logan will have a tough time.
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21st March 2008, 14:00	#49
phamilyman Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 5,976 Thanked: 4,670 Times	naishhhhhhhhhh. superb jod Edd!
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21st March 2008, 14:17	#50
mobike008 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 11,930 Thanked: 16,521 Times View My Garage	Looks nice from the back. I kind of didn't like the front, especially the headlights, since we are used to seeing them on swifts, it looks quite odd on a sedan. IMO, they should have atleast changed the front headlights to a different design and it would have looked cool.
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21st March 2008, 17:46	#52
trrk Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Alleppey, Kerala Posts: 2,114 Thanked: 34 Times View My Garage	Hi, > Yes, the tyres were definitely 185s but who knows, these might come only > with ZXI and ZDI. The lower versions might not get them. But I dont think > thats gonna happen. The lower models come with 165/80R14.
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21st March 2008, 18:01	#53
Wolffe BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Motorcity Madras Posts: 170 Thanked: 5 Times View My Garage	Very ugly looking backside ! Interiors look good though ! Alloys are tasteless !
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21st March 2008, 19:06	#54
himanshurulz Posts: n/a	are the rear lamps same as on the swift hatch?
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21st March 2008, 19:31	#55
abhibh Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Back in the HOOD near you! Posts: 2,769 Thanked: 39 Times	Wow! Eddy great work man. Car looks good in flesh. Not a looker but overall an average looks for a sedan. Ok now can someone tell me when is TopSpeed aired on Star
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21st March 2008, 19:50	#56
Ram_NP BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kolkata Posts: 354 Thanked: 23 Times	Nice work Eddy. Maruti guy's have done a good work. With Mauti's aggresive pricing, it will give serious comptition to all the cars in it's segment, may be to Swift hatch it self.
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21st March 2008, 19:57	#57
Wolffe BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Motorcity Madras Posts: 170 Thanked: 5 Times View My Garage	Tata did an awesome job with chopping the boot on the Indigo CS to bring the car under 4 mtrs.The car looks quite cute from the 3/4th rear angle..IMHO.
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21st March 2008, 20:46	#59
Steeroid Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: N.A Posts: 7,046 Thanked: 2,756 Times	If the original Indigo (not the CS) looked like a boot had been hastily attached to a hatch, the Dzire (cant they come up with something more original for a name?) looks like sedan that had a hatch's nose stuck on. Still, a very good job of adding a boot. If they bring this out with the unrestricted, 90bhp version of the diesel engine I guess nobody would really mind the stubby nose.
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21st March 2008, 20:54	#60
liberal BHPian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 145 Thanked: 13 Times View My Garage	Well its in the segment of Logan & Indigo & by the looks of it Maruti has come out with a sedan modification (Dzire) on a successful existing product (Swift) with segment re-defining features at a competetive price (as per estimates) with both engine variants. I find , it is a fitting replacement of esteem and likely to be worth the hard earned money. In the bigger picture critics do not matter. What matters that the car appeals to the real buyers of the segment.
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