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Chevrolet Beat vs Maruti Ritz - Small Change
The Beat is ambitious. The Ritz is established. Will things remain the same?
By : Srinivas Krishnan | Published : February 27, 2010 | Photos : Aneesh Shivanekar
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Chevrolet Beat vs Maruti Ritz
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Beat there vs done that

 

If you wake me up from my sleep and suddenly ask me ‘Quick, which is more fun to drive, the Beat or the Ritz?’, I would without missing a, er, beat say ‘Ritz’ and go back to sleep. As far as the FTD factor goes, the Ritz is comprehensively better. The reasons are more than just the sparkling K-series motor. One, the Ritz steering provides excellent feedback, it has the right amount of feel. And two, the handling of the car belies its height. The effervescent platform of the Swift is so good that even the tall Ritz is fun to throw around corners. It is an eminently chuckable car and the wide stance keeps it well planted too. The Beat’s steering wheel is again an improvement over the other Chevys in terms of feel, and the shape is also sporty and cool. The Beat is not as fun to chuck as its underpinnings and weight balance is not as good as the Ritz’s. Besides it is hampered by narrow tyres, ostensibly to improve fuel efficiency – even 165/70 R 14s in the LT version would be nice, in terms of grip, handling and looks.

Where the Beat outclasses the Ritz is in ride quality – it’s way superior compared to the bouncy Ritz and does a great job of keeping the rough stuff away from your rear-end. The ride quality of the Beat is surprisingly brilliant for a car of its size. But other than that, when it comes to dynamics and driving pleasure, the Ritz is the winner.

DYNAMICS

Chevrolet Beat: 3 out of 5 stars

Maruti Suzuki Ritz: 4 out of 5 stars

Value and looks vs driving pleasure

Okay, I am well over the word count, so I’ll make it quick. The Beat is fabulous value by itself, and when compared to the Ritz, even more so. At Rs 4.57 lakh for the LT version with the ABS and airbags options ticked, it is cheaper than the Ritz ZXi by half a lakh of rupees. That apart, the reasons I would go for the Ritz is its funky concept car looks, the interiors (barring the tacky plastic sections), ride quality and rear comfort. The Ritz would be the car I would go for its engine, driving pleasure, handling and overall driver comfort. And there is your answer too; I would go for the Ritz for myself, but I would have no hesitation in recommending the Beat to others.
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  Posted by nicks at 4th February,2012
main attraction of a car is its outer figure,beat challenges all those ranged cars especialy ritz.more over hatchback are prefered for city drive and for a fast drive for youngs.beat satisfies these two with a attractive milege.i love my small chevy........
  Posted by sri ram at 1st January,2012
ritz has a powerful engine than beat,so ritz wins
  Posted by SNS at 22nd March,2012
  Engine is just a part of the car. One should take so many other things into account to declare winner!!
  Posted by anand at 12th November,2011
beat disel car ultimate blindly the best ever car
  Posted by madhav s h at 26th September,2011
ritz up ahead v/s beat in styling interiors head space comfort
  Posted by kapil at 16th March,2011
beat has no engine immobliser..no steering mounted audio controls...as ritz have all these qualities ...high seating position ..more spaciuos ...more powerful engine ..ritz rocks
  Posted by ajay at 21st January,2011
all ritz buyer...check this... beat wheel base (mm): 2375 ritz wheel bas (mm): 2360...thanks.
  Posted by Ganesh at 3rd December,2010
I would still prefer a Ritz. Though GM tries hard with all their offers, their service sucks. Beat is one car that is still comes out of Daewoo sick plant in Korea
  Posted by JJ at 21st October,2010
I was doing a research of my own on all cars in 4 to 5 lac range. One test drive of Ritz and all doubts were cleared. I have been a proud owner of Ritz for the past 6 months and recommend it highly.
  Posted by banner at 18th October,2010
Beat with a tyre upgrade is an excellent car
  Posted by meher lakshmi at 13th August,2010
beat is the best car......i bought it a month ago....n beat rocks...its performance,mileage everything s the best..the best car one can buy it blindly
  Posted by sdada at 30th March,2012
  ritz is the best
  Posted by Kunal at 29th June,2010
I have bought Ritz Zxi and it is ulitmate in its category. While planning to buy a car I tried various cars being made by various manufacturers in India. But a look and test drive of Ritz was enough to cancel out all others. In may case, the reason for being obsessed with Ritz is its tall boy look and comfort as I myself stand at 6'2''. Notwithstanding this, I can recommend Ritz to a person of whatever height because of its look, comfort and fuel efficiency.
  Posted by Rahul at 25th June,2010
Maruti Ritz is giving me a consistent mileage of 18 kmpl. It is a highly stable car even at higher speeds of 140 kmpl. Ritz is best for city driving as the steering is light and the car is compact enough for parking in tight spaces. Ritz, is a best car :) for your family.
  Posted by Kavin at 15th June,2010
Ritz gives a better mileage of 17 kmpl and the reliability of Maruti products is more. The spares are cheap and service is excellent. I love maruti Ritz, its a great hatchback car!
  Posted by ranvir at 30th May,2010
Ya its fact ritz space and engine is better than beat.But BEAT is next generation car in INDIA in style and looks i think its mini sport car we have.
  Posted by mohit kohli at 18th May,2010
i think ritz is a fantabulas car and beat stands no where near ritz .its small and hopeless engine too
  Posted by Rustam Sharma at 18th May,2010
You guys are all meant to confuse public by supporting both the cars... go for ritz balah balahbalah... go for beat balah balah balah... simple thing is both the cars are being sold at higher price than they deserver... keeping beat at lower price but then providing a poorer engine and other litle stuff and keeping ritz at higher price with little better engine and poor looks.. it is like a concpiracy against the Indian customers.. whereby not giving them anything what they are paying for.. it seems that all the car manufacturesrs decide amongst each other that one will give looks and the other will give little more efficiency so that they all can loot Indian buyers... and you buggers will keep siding both so that evry onecar seller remains happy... no words..
  Posted by Rustam Sharma at 18th May,2010
Actualy both the cars are overpriced, save your money buy the cheaper one and throw them off when newer better cars arrive.. why WW launched an under powered engine, why ford launched an under powered engine.. they all know Indian market is hot and selling cheap stuff at higher price will fetch profits...
  Posted by Rustam Sharma at 18th May,2010
Cervo was supposed to be launched by now at a price around 1.5 Lacs to 2 lacs.. but it has been delayed to reap benefits of selling cars like ritz, wagon r and all.. then cervo will be launched at a higher price definitely above 3 lacs to sell it at a higher price in india compared to other countries as india is the place to earn profit at this time.. it is being sold with 700 cc engine and a 54 bhp power in japan at a cheaper rate but to fool indians it will be powered by a 1000 cc engine which wont cost much but the car will be launched at double the price in india...
  Posted by Vipra at 15th May,2010
chevy beat is awesome but i am quiet confused about the mileage of the car. and the interior is fabulous!!
  Posted by Yogesh Shukla at 10th May,2010
I want to buy chevy beat or hundaii20, differnce between them is space and price, basicaly I like chevy beat but some opinion I was read that cheverolet used poor quality metireal, and less durable engine . it is right or not I am confused, please tell me right advice please
  Posted by BSM Forums at 27th April,2010
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  Posted by vijay at 14th April,2010
Ritz is too good in its performance and its look
  Posted by bhuvan at 11th April,2010
and there are discounts of 30k going around on the ritz, at which price it is a no-brainer.
  Posted by Nitin Verma at 7th April,2010
A true next generation car
  Posted by kulwinder at 14th March,2010
good & frank
  Posted by NoRocketScience at 6th March,2010
Oh for the love of God! sick of \'small underpowered engine no.10000\' review ..BSmotoring lead the way for a high powered revolution.This country needs small zippy snappy throw-me-around-make-yourself-happy fun to drive cars here!!! some bigger TSI\'s some turbos some tcrds..
  Posted by akshittaneja at 5th March,2010
the looks of beare better than the ritz and the interiors are very good and are better than the ritx ,but engine performance in ritz is much better than te beat and power also .i totallty agree with your article .!!
  Posted by Sourav at 5th March,2010
Very nice and unbiased review..Ritz is a winner,for just 50k more it provides more space,driving pleasure,overall road-presence and above all the excellent performance of K-series engine..all these added with the excellent service network and satisfaction of owning a Maruti product!
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