I was planning to buy a car for long then finally narrowed down my choices to Swift Vxi and Brio SMT, Below points made me opt Brio:
Swift was costing me 5.95 say 6 ( In Bangalore) on road Brio costed me 5.10 ( with reverse parking scensor, carpets and other goodies) ,
Maruti guys were taking us for granted like if you want to buy on our terms then buy otherwise go away. In short we dont care attitude,
Same power as Swift ( Actually more Brio has 88PS@6000RPM Swift has 87, Power weight ratio is 94.57 for Brio and 89.58 for Swift ; ); ,
Swift dosent even have an audio system, Brio has an intergrated high end audio system with FM, MP3, USB, AUX-in and more over Steering- mounted Audio control Switch. Turst me you wont even get this in many others : ) and it feels gud when people say ohhh. u even have this as well in your car. my car sucks. I could have bought Brio. ( I wish I have recorded this when I heard it from not one but many)
Far better and quality interiors, I drove many cars, when you drive in Punto, Swift or Figo you feel like its actually congusted but in Brio you will actually feel space inside and better visibility. Honda havnt compromised quality, you can compare its interiors with high end Honda cars like Civic and Honda ( Do keep Interior/Cost ratio is for sure highest in Brio) .
Brio looks small from outside but when you jump in you will feel in space, I really wonder how they got this hell lot of space with in.
The fastest: Got below data from team bhp side:
20-80kph timings in 3rd gear:
Ford Figo: 16.84 sec
Suzuki Swift: 16.28 sec
Honda Jazz: 15.96 sec
Honda Brio: 14.51 sec
Hyundai i20: 16.57 sec
Toyota Liva: 15.81 sec
VW Polo: 16.83 sec
Fiat Punto: 15.98 sec
- Finally we have to understand Honda has putted in all its expertise to get hold of market in small car segment and as far as I can think they did justice, well done Honda.
Now post buying experince:
I have drove more then 1000 Kms till date, I wanted to hold my horses for quite some time in order to give a fair enough review about the car now I guess I have the Expectation Vs Realtity rato:
Milage: I am getting 14.2 with A/C in city and I went twice on a long drive on highway, once just to test the Milage ( And the inbuit milage displayer) I got 17 and 17.3 with A/C, first service is still due, I hope/wish it will increase.
Feels like its a luxury car, A head turner for sure, keeps you out of crowd.
Driving its just effortless, Its Steering. Man thts freaking smooth! Better then most of the cars I have driven and trust me I have driven many.
When going through the reviews earlier I have read that it has less boot space, I wonder why people say that Its 175 L, its less broad but its very deep, for me its perfect, its more then what I have expected. Swift has 210 L but ever mind.
5. Everything promised was delivered, Honda didnt disappointed me in any way. And yes, It really loves you back!
Cheers.!
