Honda Brio versus Maruti Swift – A combination of style and power

Honda has emerged with a range of plush car brands like Civic, City, Brio, Amaze etc; the Brio is a trendy hatch which falls into the 4 door B-segment hatch category. One glance at the car and customers will be taken aback by its elegant style quotient. On the front, the car appears stylish; the exclusive style statement is visible in front nose area. The headlights take on a unique ‘cat eye’ theme, and this makes the car stand out from the rest. The grille layout is uniquely creative and the sides are splashed with cutting-edge neat graphics. The Brio looks stylish from front, but what defines its amazing style quotient is the rear. The back portion of Brio is amazingly unique and is molded into a neat geometrical square like structure. The back measurement is wide and this feature is evident from you observe closely, at one point it appears to stick out. The lamp at back are stacked on sides, and sports a modern image.

Maruti Suzuki is a forerunner is delivering hatchbacks with the most unique style statement. There is a vast difference with the design cues of the company’s Swift and WagonR hatchbacks. The Swift is an attention grabbing piece, and looks quite fashionable. The glowing trendy effect is highlighted by the grille and headlight arrangement. The headlights are drawn into classy elongated sweptback structures and the grille is tailored into unique structures and complements the one of a kind headlight design theme. Swift looks simple and elegant from the sides and the wheel arch design is innovative.

The insides of Brio is draped in quality beige fabric, the VMT variant gets a dual colored beige theme. Honda has designed the Brio to cater to prospective Indian customers. The inner atmosphere is packed with interesting and exciting features; the dashboard takes on a contemporary retro style theme. The interior room is abundantly spacious for its size, and Honda has used an attention grabbing theme to describe the one of a kind interiors of Brio called ‘My love’s more than skin deep’. There is a world class music system with AM or FM, USB and Aux facilities, there are also audio controls on steering.

Swift is as attractive from the insides as the outside; it is draped in polished black fabric. The interior room is spacious and packed with thrilling features like world class music system, sun visor, night and day back view mirror, arm rests, center console, there are also ample storage spots.

The mileage offered by Brio is 16.5 kmpl emitted from automatic transmission gearbox and the manual car yields 19.4 kmpl. The fuel-economy delivered offered by Swift diesel is 22.9kmpl. Brio costs Rs 4.2 to 6.4 lakhs and Swift is priced at Rs 4.3 to 7.1 lakhs.

The two cars are equally appealing and filled with equal opulence and comfort. Brio overpowers the Swift in price department and Swift overshadows Brio with respect to mileage.