2022 Maruti Baleno AGS: 5 observations after a 1900 km roadtrip

Overall mileage was 20kmpl. What helped was driving between 90 - 100km/hr and using cruise control mostly.

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ODO Reading: 3,800km

Observations post 1900kms drive to Pune and back to Bangalore

• Overall mileage was 20kmpl. What helped was driving between 90 - 100km/hr and using cruise control mostly. I did burst to 121km/hr on some stretches where the rpm rose to 3200 and the beeper would go off. They could have at least used a polyphonic alert on their premium offering

• I tried the manual mode, it helped certainly but it defeats the purpose of buying an automatic. Coming from a Celerio AGS, the AGS on the Baleno is still bad and leaves a lot to desire at highway speeds. The response and feedback to acceleration input is very very slow. What I like is it still holds the higher gear and the engine does a great job to pull through. A manual gear shift would have been remarkable here, I guess hence the manual option . Yet, the gearbox must be competent enough to handle such mundane situation

• Alnac 4G is noisy on most road surfaces except the really smooth ones. Cannot comment on the grip as it didn't let up at those normal speeds. The suspension is soft and after long driving hours you feel a bit of dizziness once you get off the car. Strange, never felt this way in any car.

• The seating is comfortable and you just need the right setting to suit your elbows and ankles to drive without pain. I've observed a bad seating position first affects these 2 areas and then the back and neck

• AC worked flawlessly however it takes longer to cool the cabin especially when the car is parked under the afternoon sun. This despite having garware sunfilm on front and back windshield.

Overall It's a premium city car that I knew very well at the time of purchase and I have no complaints driving it within the city

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