Surprisingly - Nothing has gone wrong...
Everything works the way it is supposed to work - i.e. BEAUTIFULLY!!
Baleno is quiet on the inside, very very quiet.
Road manners are excellent. I recently drove it through 800 kilometres in two days all alone, and that included about 300 kms on hilly tracks.
Multiple plus points - At speeds of 140-160kmph it was simply driving at 3000rpm with lots of reserve power to overtake.
The car was quiet at high speeds with literally no wind howl, and very little road noise (even with the original tyres, I am sure with Higher Aspect ratio tyres, the grip and NVH and braking will improve).
On hilly tracks, I was doing as much as 90 kmph without a missed heartbeat, courtesy of the excellent ride, handling, suspension, brakes, etc. etc. Absolutely impressive.
All through the AC would chill, and I had to mix with hot air, just to keep the windows closed and not have the wind screaming over my ear drums to slow down!!!
The seats are the BEST IN CLASS.. Most comfortable and imagine driving at breakneck speed for 400 kilometres at a stretch in a day - single handedly at high speeds, and through dust storms and torrential rains - and reaching home without aching bones...
AC is best in class.
Road grip is phenomenal...
Average fuel consumption that I got for the 800km trip with more than 250kms on hilly terrain, with two passengers, and luggage and AC used 75% of the time, and driving at break neck speed - 12 kilometres per litre.
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I was searching the features to support my decision to buy Baleno VXi. Here I found my last investigation satisfied. Thanks for the support information. It is really exiting. Kumar A.
I am considering buying Baleno VXI 2006 Model. IS there someway I can get information about the differences between Baleno VXI 2005 and 2006 models?
Renjith Kumar.
renjitkumar@gmail.com
I've been using a Maruthi Baleno LXi car for last 4 months. I would like to place on record that my selection was excellent. I have driven the car for 4000km on the highway as well as in the city. The performance of the car is excellent, and I can recommend this to anyone who is planning to buy a car in this class. I am getting a 10km /l mileage on an average. I am happy with the performance and also the price I paid.
I had made a survey of all cars in this segment and all others were costing much more. I would recommend Maruthi to increase the ground clearence a little so that it will clear all bumps.
I have been using this car for the past 8-9 months and in my honest opinion the car's performance is good as expected. We were first looking for Accent before going to the Maruti dealer, but we changed our mind and thought that the Baleno is a very good looking car as well. When we went there and had a test drive, we were surprised by its performance. As compared to Accent, Baleno is way ahead and in the mileage as well. It's the car which keeps its promises.
I bought a used baleno 2005 model with 22000km, the mileage I got is 14 average without A. C and 18.5 on highway (without a.c) with speed 60 to 80kmph, that is execelent mileage,except the low body and seats for elders difficult to get in and out all other features are OK.
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