New member in family - Maruti Suzuki Celerio VXi AGS

This actually happened in Sept-2020, but I do have a backlog of things to share - tech or non-tech.

So Celerio is a small hatchback, with 1.0Ltr engine that produces 68BHP power and 90nm torque. It's modest and cheap enough to fit my budget. It cost me about 6Lac INR i.e. $8250. This variant I bought is a middle variant and it comes with AGS a.k.a. AMT. AGS which stands for automatic gear shift, and AMT which stands for Automatic Manual Transmission.

This particular automatic transmission is the cheapest automatic transmission, in that there's a simple sensor and actuator with a control unit to operate the actual manual transmission. And as such it's not performance oriented, quite slow to operate but does get rid of the clutch pedal and gives excellent economy.

So my reason for buying an automatic was simply the city traffic. Another point is a simpler car to mess with for my wife who is not comfortable with manual transmission. What other things does this car comes with then? Actually not much! There's ABS which is now compulsory, engine is BS-VI compliant since that's compulsory. I spend about INR8.5K extra to get passenger-side airbag while the driver-side is compulsory. There are parking sensors, all 4 power windows, AC and heater but only vents at the front and... nothing more. There's no infotainment, no automatic climate control, no DRL's even!

But that's okay, the seats are comfortable and ground clearance is very good. In fact I did a 1100km road trip just recently and it went perfect!! Cheers!!