2022 Maruti Brezza MT: Test drive impressions by a Honda City owner

Clutch is light without rough point of abrupt engagement. Coupled with a smooth gearbox, the combination is effortless to drive.

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Took a test drive of the Brezza manual, here are a few points :

• Engine is muted as far as performance goes. Its more like a 1.2 than a 1.5. My 2015 Swift petrol was more enthusiastic than the K15C in Brezza. But at less than 2000 rpm, its very silent. Rev it more and you will find a lot of noise with slow progress. At 8-9 lakh rupees it could be OK, but at a million rupees and above, this is disappointment.

• My 2014 City petrol is in a different league. There were three adults in Brezza and I was not happy, if someone if planning a holiday with full load, please stay relaxed, nothing can help you. But I guess for majority this will serve the purpose. Flooring the throttle at 70 kmph in top gear resulted into very slow progress, this is too safe a tune I think. Single lane highways will see Brezza struggling to overtake quick cars.
• Bottom end grunt is fantastic though. Nice car for that agonizing, slow urban crawl after a long day at office. Clutch is light without rough point of abrupt engagement. Coupled with a smooth gearbox, the combination is effortless to drive.

• Impressive suspension set up. Roads in my city are broken now due to monsoon, and the Brezza offered very nice ride quality, wasn't stiff and is silent in operation. Stands out to add to comfort, never knew Maruti can get this so good.
• Cabin insulation from outside noise is again not something you would expect out of Maruti. Leaps ahead of what Maruti offers even today in case like Swift, nice effort.
• Hood is heavy, but I don't like the hood extending over lights. That is a place for dust to gather up. Panel gaps are uneven at places. The plastic cladding across running board is something to watch out for. Its should have been more rounded plus not sticking out so much. If that is dirty, as it was in the car I test drove, one has to careful while ingress or egress.
• Steering is too light, good for urban roaming, but tad more weight at speed would be better. It was butter smooth and feather light as compared to my 2012 Innova and lighter than my City.

Overall, nice effort from Maurti, things are better than before but prices have shot up to an extent of calling Maruti product not that strong at value proposition. Now that's something we don't usually come across.

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