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BS Motoring Car of the Year 2010 : Maruti Suzuki Ritz
Presenting the Business Standard Motoring Awards 2010
By : BSM Team | Published : December 26, 2009 | Photos : Aneesh Shivanekar
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  Posted by Raju Nath at 6th September,2011
I have a Maruti Ritz Zxi car but i am facing a big problem with breaking system. Initially rear break is not working properly but now a day front break also not working properly. Any can help me what to do... I have already brought down to service center but they are not able to solve the problem. Somany peoples are facing the same problem with Maruti Ritz car with same problem.
  Posted by Santhosh nair at 3rd February,2011
Ritz is undoubtedly the best in its class. Style at a steal.
  Posted by Ashish Roychoudhury at 11th January,2011
I own Ritz ZXi ABS since July 2010. Superb Car in all respect, fully loaded, need not add anything, real Top end car for its price and fuel economy, it’s a great buy. It really deserved Car of the Year 2010. Thank god Nano didn't get it. It’s a total all-round failure. Everyone knows now. Familiar Tata story! Isn't it? Never good in first go. No comparison to Maruti Stables of Cars. Hats off Maruti! You have done it again. Keep it up.
  Posted by avinash bihani at 4th January,2011
I just cant tolerate those who simply say the rear looks is not good. Well, initially when Swift came to India, it didnt move well, it was a frog leaping forward kinda look, but slowly people accepted and Swift is still a hit now. But Swift has more dents and scratches than any other compact car which I have ever noticed in my city - Coimbatore. Also Wagon R mostly Keralites prefer a lot. I can see few Ritz in Coimbatore running. Proud owner of Ritz VXI (Petrol) and bought it on 21/10/2009 Racing Green color and use always with the AC on. Its really superbly silent engine, amazing performance. Its got lot of room, compared to all the compact small cars or hatchbacks in Suzuki stable in India, Ritz only got more legroom, headroom and space and roominess for the driver seat so as to stretch during traffic jams and or long RED light countdown timers at a signal. I am 6 feet tall, and I sat down in all the vehicles by pushing the front seats fully to the behind and also went back to have
  Posted by Thomas at 29th December,2010
Figo is far better than SWIFT / RITZ
  Posted by Avichal Chutani at 23rd December,2010
I am proud owner of BS Motoring Car of the Year 2010, the RITZ-LDi Its a wonderful car to own. No dilemmas, you can go for it. the no tension car.
  Posted by vvvv[[[ at 18th November,2010
good lucking car
  Posted by pankaj garg at 4th November,2010
hi guys ,. which is best ,either ritz or figo?
  Posted by goutham at 2nd August,2010
hi guys ,. which is best ,either ritz or i10?
  Posted by Abdullah at 16th July,2010
I am confused which car should i go for in a budget of 6 lac.. please help
  Posted by Nandita B at 15th July,2010
Hey Guyzs ! Go for Ritz -- if you want Style, Performance, Comfort & Value for you money. Ritz ROCKS....
  Posted by Bhupinder singh at 10th July,2010
I love to drive RITZ vdi . It is dream come true for me
  Posted by Rupesh naik at 1st June,2010
Guys if you trust in suzuki,than go for RITZ...I know it looks weired..take a test ride, trust me you will like it..
  Posted by saurav at 7th May,2010
I am planning to buy Ritz having a budget of Rs.425000-450000,should i go for RITZ or should I go for i10?
  Posted by Yokohaam Ham-aguhi at 31st March,2010
Bye to Swift ....... Ritz rocks... our indians wont TD this car until their frnd or uncle suggest them .. so lame dude... Suzuki Splash rocks in terms of stability than Swift
  Posted by Arvind at 11th March,2010
this is unfair bcoz ritz ds\'t have any quality to having no. 1 sab bakwas hai boss
  Posted by arvind kumar at 10th March,2010
I am not agree at all bcz ritz dosn\'t have any quality to win this award...
  Posted by sanjith chandran at 16th February,2010
Welldone. You proved that my decision is not wrong. Recently i realised that RITZ is very safe car in its league. Totally value for money car. Spare parts also not costly.Andit is totally maintainess free car.In Delhi you will get wonderful service from Maruti dealers.
  Posted by soren at 7th February,2010
This is rediculously chosen award .Ritz has no quality what so ever be that the petrol engine vigourous mid range shakes the pistons, handling is very bad so is the weird shape are you guys nuts for awarding this car we have better built Vista ,punto on road
  Posted by Jayaraj.D at 2nd February,2010
The mater stated above is really true. I feel this every movement when I travel in my RITZ
  Posted by sangeethkumar at 1st February,2010
@Vikas Aditya,just go for ritz lxi.its a good choice.I have taken Maruti Ritz two month back the performance of the the vehicle is very nice. Space inside is very good and vehicle is very comfortable for the small family. I am getting mileage of 14 to 15 and have done only first servicing. Nice and power full vehicle...
  Posted by Vikas Aditya at 24th January,2010
I am puzzled what to buy? a WagaonR VXI (due in March), Estilo VXI or Ritz LXI? any help? thanks
  Posted by Yatrik at 21st January,2010
I am proud owner of Ritz (LDI) bought on Sept 09, Indeed it is Car of The Year (Or shall we say dacade?) It has given me a mixed milage of 19.5 KMPL with AC on, and you know How I calculated over all average? My audometer shows 5174 Kms and total fuel I poured in is 265 liters (I have all bills with KM reading). Driving is excellent, wether its highway, hill or crowded traffic in small lanes of Ahmedabad.How ever there are still scopes of improvements but still love it. Hates off to Maruti..
  Posted by Sourav at 14th January,2010
Hi Vivek,to answer to your query,I would just like to know that how come one,who has not bought a car,can fully know and speak about it? A test drive is just not enough to give any comment about any new car.It is the users only, who use the product on a regular basis,and face real-life situations while driving and thus give some valuable comment.Thats happening in case of Ritz also.It has recently got the award for highest customer satisfaction & a huge bunch of satisfied customers,and they'ld definitely appreciate this decision of COTY award to Ritz! btw,Ritz might be an upgrade of Wagon R (in international mkt)but its just on papers,if you have seen it properly,its a huge leap forward over Wagon-R,u need to drive and see it propeorly to know that.The engine of Ritz is a gem and the best petrol engine of 2009. Nano is definitely an engineering marvel and it should get credit for that,but doesn't mean that any other good product of this year should be underestimated/ignored while de
  Posted by Sourav at 14th January,2010
Hi Rajeev, I am getting a mileage of 15-16 kmpl in city driving (with 20% AC,being on the roads of Kolkata) and on two/three of my highway drives,the mileage was around 18-19 kmpl (mostly without AC).
  Posted by Ramnarayan Natarajan at 14th January,2010
I just cant tolerate those who simply say the rear looks is not good. Well, initially when Swift came to India, it didnt move well, it was a frog leaping forward kinda look, but slowly people accepted and Swift is still a hit now. But Swift has more dents and scratches than any other compact car which I have ever noticed in my city - Coimbatore. Also Wagon R mostly Keralites prefer a lot. I can see few Ritz in Coimbatore running. Proud owner of Ritz VXI (Petrol) and bought it on 21/10/2009 Racing Green color and use always with the AC on. Its really superbly silent engine, amazing performance. Its got lot of room, compared to all the compact small cars or hatchbacks in Suzuki stable in India, Ritz only got more legroom, headroom and space and roominess for the driver seat so as to stretch during traffic jams and or long RED light countdown timers at a signal. I am 6 feet tall, and I sat down in all the vehicles by pushing the front seats fully to the behind and also went back to have
  Posted by Joy Kishore Das at 12th January,2010
i had bought a RITZ VXi (Petrol) last Oct after selling my Maruti 800. I had both SWIFT and RITZ in my mind. But the New K Series engine and the tall boy look of the car made feel a LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT for this car.The rear of the car gives afresh look to RITZ and it stands alone in the road with this look. Now as i drive this car it gives me immense pleasure with all comforts . I think it is the best decision to give the COTY 2010 to RITZ . hats off Maruti!!
  Posted by Vijendra Kumar at 12th January,2010
I fully support & appreciate the decision of BSM in choosing Maruti Ritz as COTY-2010. I am using Ritz Vxi (Petrol Version) since Aug'2009 & I am totally sold on this beautiful car. Driving comfort is phenomenal. I recently drove it from Jabalpur to Nagpur (310 km) and back the same day and you know the average it gave -- fantastic 22.8 kmpl !!! Congrats to Maruti.
  Posted by Sourav at 11th January,2010
Ritz aptly deserves this award! I am owning this car (Ritz VXi) for the last two months and extremely saitisfied with my decision.It has got superb drive-quality,stability,comfort and mileage,all clubbed together in one single package and way ahead all its segemenr-competitors. Although Nano is an engineering marvel,but that doesn't mean that it can take away the credit that a car like Ritz deserves,because Ritz would also be entitled for this award in this year only!In the similar manner that Swift,i10,and other cars were given their due credit for being best car of in their respective years,Ritz is also given the honour that it fully deserves. Congrats BS Motoring...
  Posted by Rajeev at 12th January,2010
  Dear Sourav What mileage do u get from ur vehicle
  Posted by Vivek at 11th January,2010
Surprising that its only the owners of Ritz who say that its worth the COTY award. Why does no one who hasnt bought the car say so? Ritz may be a true european concept or better, but the jury clearly missed the point that they need to use this platform to reward exceptional efforts. Ritz is just an upgrade of Wagon R and any which way you look at it, its just that(except the back which no one knows what it looks like). What is so ingenuine about this effort from Maruti (they copied the gear integrated with centre console from COTY 2008 - i10). To me Tata Nano is the clear winner with genuine appreciation for ingenuine design and effort to manage ultra low design - World respects this efforts today - not BSM. Surprise! and even disappointing.
  Posted by Sagar at 10th January,2010
I guess the choice is just not rationale enough. The Ritz is simply an ugly car and no matter how good the engine or performance may be, the design of the car simply lets it down big time. The sale figures of the car also nothing great to mention,needless to say that when ever u visit a maruti dealer, every other salesman is trying to push Ritz to a level that one gets irritated after sometime. People are still more swifts than Ritz. For me, Nano would have been without doubts the obvious choice because its revolutionary to say the least. Else, Linea is also a close contender as the features that it offers as compared to the price tag is simply unbeatable. Ritz as COTY is simply disappointment for me.
  Posted by Sathissh.S at 10th January,2010
I have booked RITZ VDI and i am really happy with my choice.Most of ma collegues say it has got d worst design at the rear.But it's d rear design which i luv d most.Its a Europen styling n as we Indians are not used to this dey jst dont accept it.Now With RITZ winning the car of the year award i feel really proud and its a gr8 punch for ma collegues comments.It has got trendy looks,gr8 fuel economy,nice interiors and the most important factor fantastic price tag.On the whole the car is a complete package.
  Posted by ragu at 9th January,2010
i bought a new Ritz . it's excellent and I feel great for my choice. It gives 19 km/pl on high way and 16/pl in city with AC. The smoothness of the engine is better than the punto or others in the class. With full load the performance of the engine is excellent, the shift from 2-3 is much better than other car. The high seating position gives you great comfort while driving. The car is very spacious and excellent for elders to feel comfortable..ritz is a great choice compared with punto,i20
  Posted by kaustubh at 30th December,2009
You werent a part of ICOTY?
  Posted by Car-isma at 26th December,2009
While the Ritz is a good car, but good cars come and go every year..I think the BSM jury clearly missed the fact that an achievement like the Nano only comes once in a lifetime...sad for a knowledgeable jury to be so shallow in judgement...anyways, your award, your call...
  Posted by Tejalinga at 26th December,2009
Shocked ,the TATA NANO is winner for us...but..ok ritz is good,but you wasted the opportunuity to crown the Excellence of Indian Automobile Engineering....sad..the jury award seems like consolation for us.
  Posted by Tejus at 26th December,2009
Not at all surprising to see the Ritz as the winner of BSM's jury. However, I agree with Car-isma, the Nano it is for me. There will never be another Nano in our lifetime but there will be lots of cars like the Ritz after the Auto Expo next year. Sounds emotional but true.
  Posted by HVJ at 26th December,2009
I own a Ritz but would agree COY goes to Ritz. Nano is not COY it is Car of The Millennium. But only one advice to Tata Motors improve your after sales service a 1000 times.
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