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Great car for Small Family – an assessment by Autoportal.com

Author: Satish Kumar
by Satish Kumar
Posted: Aug 24, 2015

The selection of a car for the entire family is a tricky affair. For a small family, cars like hatchbacks, compact sedans or small crossovers are ideal.The main considerations while choosing the vehicle should be the safety and comfort of the passengers, the price tag, the maintenance costs, the availability of service networks and the mileages given by the car. Most of the Indian families will go for a car which can be used for city travel and also for the weekend outings.

The cars available in the Indian market which can be used as family cars are aplenty like the hatchbacks the Maruti Swift, the Maruti Celerio, the Hyundai Grandi10, the Volkswagen Polo and the Tata Bolt and the compact sedans like the Maruti Swift Dzire, the Ford Figo Aspire and the Honda Amaze. With due consideration to the external and internal features, the prices, the mileages and the maintenance costs the compact sedan Swift Dzire can be chosen as the best car for a small family. Check out more cars on AutoPortal.

The Maruti Swift Dzire is the bestselling car in India with sales figures of 23086 units for the month of July 2015. The Dzire launched in 2012 has received facelift in February 2015. The car comes in 5 petrol and 3 diesel variants priced Rupees 5.07 to 7.81 lakh with the VXI AT variant having automatic transmission.

The good looks of the Swift Dzire will be liked by the whole family. The car comes in colours of pacific blue, cave black, magma grey, sagna red, Alp blue and silky silver. The new single chrome slat grille, the frontal fog lamps with chrome inserts, body coloured bumpers and body coloured electrically operable ORVMs with turn indicators give the Dzire a sporty look.

The spacious cabin of the Dzire has many comfort features like an automatic AC, start/stop buttons, central locking facility, power and tilt adjustable steering, rear defogger and a 2 Din music system with Bluetooth connectivity for the top variants. For the safety of the passengers the features provided are 2 air bags, ABS, EBD, an engine immobiliser, rear parking sensors, rear 3-point seat belt and child lock facility.

The Swift Dzire diesel is the most fuel efficient sedan with mileages of 26.59 kmpl with 1.3 litre engines. The petrol variants give mileages of 18.5 to 20.85 kmpl with 1.2 litre engines. The compact Dzire has 3995 mm length, 2430 mm wheel base and 170 mm ground clearance with a boot of 320 litres.

The Suzuki brand name, top mileages, abundant safety and comfort features, competitive prices and good after sales services make the Dzire an ideal car for a small family. To know more about latest car models visit : Auto Portal

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