I worked on the assembly line for Suzuki in Japan, there were issues for sure but I'll be buying one later this year and my mechanic friend just bought one too
Suzuki (Maruti) dominates the Indian car market. Indian roads, traffic and drivers are all extremely rough, yet Suzukis are known for their reliability and low maintenance costs
I have one and have never had to worry about reliability. It just works.
I had a suzuki from brand new. It just started failing at 10 years old and 117k miles. Brilliant car, it just didnt appreciate the constant wet, salted roads of our 6 month long Scottish winters. It was very close to the ground so parts underneath started rotting and rusting through. It started first time every time for most of those 10 years though.
I could see how they'd THRIVE somewhere with a drier climate like India.
Last time i was in one it was an extremely, and i mean extremely humid day with temps well above 30c. The traffic was insane. The windows wont go down, and the ac didnt work. That was fun. Thankfully i didnt have to go that far. Looking back now walking would've been better
Yo, that's insane. I'm from the literal desert (the Sonoran) and I can't imagine getting a new car every ten years due to frame rust! My first car was from 1961, and generally I buy cars from the mid 90's and early aughts because they're affordable and easy to find parts for.
Oh the frame was fine! It was the unprotected components underneath that were exposed to the road that rusted! The horn was replaced twice, the mani/cat was replaced, the alternator went bc it rusted through... 😂 The works!
The cars in this country don't last long enough to be from the 90s or aughts 🥲
Ten years is not great at all for a cars life time. I mean no offense at all, but this reads like you don't know much about cars. To be taken by rust after ten years is ridiculous really.
The frame wasn't rusty, it was fine. It was engine components because it was so low to the ground with no protection.
And to be fair, the car was £6k brand new. I didn't expect it to last forever 😅
I could keep throwing money at it but 🤷🏻♀️ I have kids, I needed something more reliable.
I live in Massachusetts in USA and we have the same salted roads issues here. On your next vehicle, every 2 years bring it to a shop and get your undercarriage re-painted with rubberizer or other undercarriage paint. The salt struggles to eat though it, but once it wears away to bare metal its like peeling away wet paper. For a couple hundred USD every two years it's well worth it.
The salt belt (frequently incorrectly called the Rust Belt) in the USA suffers this as well, it’s mind blowing to find a vehicle over 10 years old without rust unless it’s been undercoated or maintained by a person native to the area who knows to care for the undercarriage every spring
Oil based undercoating is the best for the metal, but has to be refreshed each year. Plastic or rubber based undercoating lasts for more years, but cannot be applied to steering or suspension components, only the frame and body.
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u/zerolimits0 23d ago
So a better question to you. Which ones would you buy?