Suzuki Alto Car Reviews

hi guys. i was often driving coure as our company gives it to all manager. i was purchase 2005 model alto because i confuse about the interior of coure. while in comparison with alto it interior is little better to coure. but unfortunately i book alto without driving test. you can believe when first time i drive this car for show room to home. i feel that i am baldy fool of the world.

following are the main difference.

1- gear liver has too much play.
2- pickup is very bad
3- stearing is to hard
4- space is very bad specially in front sets. if your height is more than 5feet 6inch, driving of alto is damp.
5- ac is not much efficient.
6- rood grip is not good.

overall it is the bad car in Pakistan.

I have owned the Alto VXR 2005 for the last six years. Soon after buying it i had the tyres renewed to dunlop. changed the upholstry, installed central locking and power windows, changed the music system. Since then i have been using the car for all of my driving needs including 5 round road trips from karachi to lahore and islamabad. having driven it for 80,000 km in six years still it sounds and runs like new. Points to consider are routine maintenance like changing the oil for sump and gear. cleaning of radiator vanes and ac filters. AC service every year. battery renewal every two years. tappet adjustment every 3000 km. stuff like that. The road grip is excellent at very high speeds, the turning radius is marvellous and the comfort level is pleasent for a hatchback. I would suggest alto for every person who wants value for money.

I have had purchased an Alto CNG VXR in August 2005. Changed the Rims to 13" with new Tyres. Even then it had the worst braking and road grip. Slightly better than Mehran in comfort, but NOT value for money. Two of people I know, having Alto, faced accidents, pretty bad, due to braking and road grip. Fuel economy is Good. It consumes slightly more than Mehran, still very good for a 970 cc engine. Engine is old and gets very noisy when u drive it for more than 25000 km. Parts are also very expensive, you can ask your dealer about it, as compared to Mehran. I DONT SUGGEST BUYING IT.

i was finding 2nd car which is economical and low maintenance cost, so i got Suzuki Alto , ill go with pros and cons of car(as up till now with my experience of car)

Pros:
Spare Parts are really cheap
Maintenance cost is almost same as of Mehran
Excellent Road Grip (Got 13" Alloy Rims with Dunlop Tyres)
Brakes are Excellent
Preety Chill A/C,
Quality of Car is really Good(interior and exterior)

Cons:
I am getting low Mileage on CNG(might bi i m new to it and driving in city) avg 120-130kms/cylinder
Engine is very Noisy
Very sensitive Electronic System
Suspension is pretty Hard (1st and 2nd gear) rest are very smooth

Over All really very good Car , i think that Alto should be preferred over Core , Sentro , Mehran
, you can say its 2nd Mehran with really improvements :D

This car shows how Japanese manufacturers are taking advantage of our nation's technical ignorance. Despite being a very rich country, they are delivering this car in their country with very smart engine, its average on petrol is 4.2 L / 100km. And in Pakistan they are delivering it with 80's potohar carburetor engine with average 6 L /100 km on petrol. In city it becomes worse as 10L/100km. Thats why Japanese manufacturers never mention fuel consumption in their specs. However, we are thankful to them at-least they are providing us cars that run on our bumpy roads for years.
This car would be my first choice to buy if provided with Suzuki's latest K6A 660cc engine. So that I can happily drive it on petrol in CNG shortage periods. And will be good replacement for my old Mehran.

Hi,

I have purchased a zero meter Alto in September 2010 and it was my very new experience as my all family members has CULTUS and we have had a pretty good experience of Cultus over all.

Untill than I drove 11,000 KMs on ALTO, it gave me excellent CNG consumption even on AC, with around 210 kms in one cylinder of CNG, my experience is its over all good family car which you can rely. I installed Dunlop tires and its grip is good enough now, car's MP 3 player is good but have only two speakers in the front which is not enough for the good sound, I found two major cons in the car.

1. The gears are very tough to shift at the start, even after I changed the gear oil on first 1,000 km, still they are not hard.

2. Car's engine noise, its more than what I was expecting, but I would like to tell you the reason that it is because of the POTOHAR's engine that ALTO has replaced with his new body, but with more noise, I also felt that car's engine is more stronger than cultus's previous 3 cylinder engine mainly if you compare it when you drove it on mountains.

Over all, it was a very good experience, AC is chilling and it does not go to heated up if you regularly (Once in a week) check the radiator water and do not fill the bottle up to the mark that is MAX, try to use coolent instead of water in the radiator, my opinion is that car is expensive and we can get a cultus in that cost but on the other hand, you can see the over all cost of 1000cc or even 850cc cuore's cost has increased so much so purchasing ALTO is just to complete the need of a new car which you can easily rely on, and my findings are that when my car will start giving out work after 2 or 3 years, I will sale it out :)

Good part of ALTO is excellent consumption after I adjusted tappets on completion of 1000 kms, comfort and its cuts and shapes.

Other than that, one should not expect to get a Honda city's performance in that price which is already very high.

I have owned and driven cultus, santro and alto. Find below the comparison

1. Cultus: Suspension (Excellent), Road Grip (Excellent), Brakes (Satisfactory), A/C (Good) Seating Space (Excellent), Mileage on CNG (Excellent), Overall Quality of Car (Satisfactory)

2. Santro Club GV: Supension (Below Average), Road Grip (Below Average), Brakes (Good), A/C (Excellent), Seating Space (Below Average), Comfort (Below Average), Mileage on CNG (Excellent), Overall Quality of Car (Below Average), Steering is very hard not recommended for ladies, Shocks (Below Average)

3. Alto VXR: Suspension (Good), Road Grip (Good), Brakes (Excellent), A/C (Good), Seating Space (Average), Mileage on CNG (Good), Overall Quality of Car (Good)

I strongly Recommend every one to go for cultus and alto instead of Hyundai Santro.

i have driven alto for three years now and it seems to be as good as new even though it has been driven for 32000km. i personally believe that alto is the best car among the other cars that paksuzuki produces, in terms of reliability, stability, low cost of maintenance, fuel economy and at last but not the least comfort for its price tag.

only one minor concern that i would like to share is the somewhat noisy passenger cabin. i dont know whether it is because the low profile soundproofing arrangement or because of its engine's extra noise.

man its amazing for its fuel economy it gives me regularly 22 - 23 km/kg of cng on highway. sometime it exceeds even this, as when i last went to karachi from multan it gave me an amazing millage of 25 km/kg of cng.

currently i am planning to replace it with honda civic but guys truly when i think about this i become sad with this thought that i am not gonna have an alto anymore.

Alto really rocks...........