I bought a new car for my Mother few days back. I am sharing the experience and some pictures with you.
My mother wanted a hatchback, so my options where limited, as PaKSuzuki was never an option. And coure .. well its just too small.. So the options where Vitz, Joy/Spark, santro. I saw dozens of vitz at different show rooms but a good car (low KM) was near 9 lac, that was too much for a 3-4 year old 1000cc car. More importantly my mother was expecting a brand new car, and I wanted warranty and stuff.
I really liked Joy, a friend of mine has it, and I like the drive minus the fact that it does not have air bags. For 6.89 lac its good value for money. So I took my parents to Chevrolet show room, but there they liked Spark much more than the Joy, So I ended up paying 7.59 lac + 10K freight +28K insurance + registration, which in total is abt 8.1 lac. To be honest a felt like an idot paying that much for a 800 cc car. But 50,000 Km or 2 years warranty was heartening. After driving the car for few days now I think it’s a very good decision.
A little review of the car
from my side
Pros
--- Very good Drive as compared to local made cars. Drive is smooth and noiseless. Even when I was driving above 100, I dident felt fast.
--- Good suspension, better than my Honda city infact.
--- Very good acceleration and handling for an 800 cc car, it is nimble and agile
--- Best part… Brakes. Thanks to disk brakes this car stops when it should unlike most local assembled cars.
--- Build quality is good. It does not feel cheap, somehow the plastic in this car feels much better than local cars.
--- AC is good.
Cons
--- No air bags… VERY VERY big negative in my book.
--- Side view mirrors and door handles are not body colored.