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Automatic hatchbacks in India: Which one to buy?
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With urban traffic getting worse by the day, an increasing number of people are switching to small cars with automatic gearboxes. We take a closer look at the options and how they stand out from each other
4. Maruti Suzuki Ritz VXi AT
The Ritz VXi AT is the latest entrant in the premium automatic hatchback segment. A recent face-lift includes 52 changes to make it more appealing.
Priced at Rs 6.15 lakh (ex-showroom New Delhi), it costs a massive Rs 1.27 lakh more than the manual VXi AT while being specced identically.
It’s spacious, economical and comfortable and in VXi trim gets power steering, power windows, tachometer, rear parcel tray, manually adjustable ORVMs, remote central locking, front and rear fog lamps and ABS.
It is powered by a 1.2-litre engine that develops 85PS of power and 113Nm of torque, mated to a four-speed torque converter auto box. According to ARAI, the Ritz AT delivers a fuel efficiency of 17.16 kmpl, which isn’t significantly low compared to the manual version that returns 18.5 kmpl.
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Arun Tom
I'm. Planning 2 buy a new automatic hatchback for my sister . We are deeply interested in Honda jazz , but heard that there's no launch of jazz soon. Should I wait for it? I have also short listed i20,polo,micra
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Akash
Automatic transmission is great in traffic conditions of India.Yes you do sacrifice a bit on the mileage. I have been driving a Hyundai i10 and i20 since 4 years and I will never change to manual.However I wish there was a diesel automatic in the same range as i10 or i20. Verna diesel automatic is just too expensive.any suggestions?
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siva
can you give a realistic mileage in city trafic. What i heard is that AT gives very low mileage in single digits.
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akshay
well this is completely wrong. as a matter of fact i have been driving a sedan, Honda City CVT for last few years and it consistently gives me an average between 11 to 13 kilometres.
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sheshadri
whenever the car is in the "D" mode(Drive mode), the car will always move at a steady pace(usually 20km/hr). This is not a problem but a feature of automatic gearboxes
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anurag
some user reviews say that there is problem with AT transmission cable3 reviews show that the cars didn't stop even after the foot was lifted from the accelerator paddle . I need more opinions from users because i am interested to purchase this car
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Kiran
You have to press brake or you can select P(Park) mode
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aa
there is always motion in automatic cars even if you put off your foot due to engagement of cluthches there. For the purpose to stop you have to always press the foot
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