First love-baleno

First love-baleno

Booked baleno alpha on 29 July and got delta model on 24 august, felt sad, but I'm very much happy for my first car. when I saw baleno at showroom I completely fell in love with it. This premium hatchback car is positioned above the Swift in the Maruti Suzuki range. Exterior The Baleno uses Suzuki?s new liquid flow design philosophy to emphasise its exterior. The front of the car gets V-shaped grille, whose lines are extended all the way to the rear, first through the sweptback headlamps and then through the shoulder line. alpha and zeta models has DRL's and projector headlamps which aare just incredible "beast eyes" The side view is relatively simple. It gets a sloping rear but it does not make the car look sporty. The rear profile looks pretty with LED tail lamps and extra chrome. Overall, as intended the Baleno appears to be bigger and premium compared to the other cars in similar price bracket. Interior The cabin looks refreshing with the new dashboard layout. The all-black interior is sporty and there are silver inserts for the dashboard and door trims. There is plenty of space in the cabin for five passengers, also the boot is large at 339 litres.Maruti is offering plenty of features with the Baleno. The top-end model gets touch-screen music system with navigation, rear parking camera and sensors, climate control, engine start-stop button and a detailed instrument cluster with a TFT screen. but i've been got only a music system instead of touch screen. Also the safety features like ABS-EBD and the front airbags are standard across all variants. i had searched these things in quite of many cars but sadly they all are charging me some extra pennies. Engine and Performance . The diesel engine is the same 1.3-litre multijet from the Swift producing 75bhp and 190Nm of torque. It uses the five-speed manual gearbox and has a claimed fuel efficiency of 27.39kmpl. I am driving baleno on a usual basis in city traffic and getting a fuel economy of 21-23 on the highway these figures changes to 24-26. the car cabins handles the engine vibrations very well, sometimes can't even recognise that the car is on or off. i like this thing very much. Ride Quality & Handling Suspension quality could have been better, especially at high speeds and speed breakers. But again, due to the light weight of the vehicle, you may get the feeling of jumpings. its one of the major pros of this car The Baleno is based on an all-new platform and despite being bigger than the Swift in dimensions, the car is actually close to 100kg lighter. all in all this car is loaded with feature and gives the great performance with great fuel economy. so its a great deal for me too