Maruti Suzuki Celerio AMT Review, Images, Price and Specs: Geared Well!

Space and packaging

The interior trim of Celerio across all the variants remains predominantly two-toned. However, take a closer look and the dash actually has multiple textures and finishes to it. Large grain, fine grain, piano finish elements as well as brushed silver inserts, they are all used cleverly to elevate the premium feel of the interiors. The 3 spoke Urethane steering wheel feels good to hold and the Hyundai i-10 like placement of the gear shifter/selector falls within easy reach while driving and scores high on ergonomics.

The front seats of the car are single units with integrated headrests. This constructions helps to free up the vital knee room at the rear, however these seats could do with a bit more padding. Surprisingly, even with the front seat adjusted for a 6-footer, the rear seat legroom is enough for an average Indian adult. The rear seats provide good support to the back, but the small headrests do not help much. At 1600mm width, there isn’t enough space for 3 passengers to be seated comfortably, like many other hatchbacks and the rear is best for 2 occupants.

All the variants, except the base LXi, get the 60:40 split rear seats, which proves useful when moving extra luggage incase the appreciable 235 liter decently sized boot can’t accommodate. The car gets two cup holders at the front, space for bottles on rear doors and a bottle holder behind the handbrake in the central console and is a good addition. The glove box is average sized and we would have preferred if it was placed a bit higher since it fouls with the knees every time one accesses it.

The Celerio pleased us with the multiple cubby holes and storage recesses around. On the right hand side of the driver, there is another recess which can hold a wallet/toll bills. Below the central HVAC controls lies another recess perfect for mobile phones etc., while the twin central bottle holders ahead of the handbrake lever are quite deep. In our assumption, the rear door bottle holders can only hold 500ml pet bottles, which is still a good add on considering not all hatchbacks carry this feature. Surprisingly, the VXi AMT does not come with electrically operated ORVMs or factory fitted Audio player with the works.

One can only buy the Celerio with all the bells and whistles in the ZXi(O) trim which comes with manual transmission. The ZXi(O) also comes with fog lamps which the LXi and VXi trims skip. The ZXi(O) however, misses out on leather wrapped steering and gear knobs. An important thing that we would have liked on the AMT and couldn’t quite find was a dead pedal. Even though only the ZXi(O) receives driver side seat height adjuster; that said the seat itself is sufficiently tall and shorter drivers will not have a reason to complain.

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