Q. How is auto gear car and how about maintenance?

Extracting the engine’s performance through the AMT is a bit of an issue though. The Celerio comes with drive-by-wire technology so gearshifts change according to the way you drive. But the rubber-band effect is amply evident, especially in the lower gears. The lag as the engine changes speeds is just a bit too much for comfort in a continuous gear changing environment when you tend to feather the throttle. It isn’t easy to predict a gear change and so you tend to focus on the revs as you begin to map these changes. It gets jerky at low revs while the gearbox decides to downshift or not. Power available on tap becomes a bit unpredictable because of the dim-witted gearbox and slotting into gaps in traffic requires some planning as a result. A simple solution is to drive in manual mode where you pull the gear lever for an upshift and push it for a downshift. It makes the car more predictable as you can hold it to the redline and extract more performance out of the motor. It will affect its economy though. But set yourself into an easy driving rhythm and the Celerio AMT will sip fuel with the utmost restraint. The on-board mileage indicator gave us a reading of 17kmpl in a mix of city and highway traffic and it has an ARAI certified economy of 23.1kmpl. That’s very impressive. Moreover, for the maintenance, we would suggest you get in touch with the nearest authorized service centre of Maruti in your city as they may assist you better with the maintenance cost and other details.