If you think Maruti Suzuki and toyota a making a play a game a spot the differences with
the Glanza that you may be right or you may, not We bring you five things you need to know
About the Toyota Glanza.
So for a lot of viewers there, that's a very familiar shape but how did tell you Glanza
from a Baleno well apart from the obvious Toyota logo on the front this grill is new
with these two large croom slats and on the bottled.
There's a Glanza that badge A Toyota badge and a V or G. badge for the variants apart
from that the car looks identical to the Baleno right down to the alloy design as well.
So on the inside, there's a nice big Toyota badge on the steering wheel and when you switch
the car on you get it Toyota welcome screen as well on the infotainment system so the
Glanza that comes in two variants the V and G the V correspond to with the alphabet variants.
Of the Maruti Banelo and it matches that feature to feature and we have with us today in the
G variants to the Glanza and that corresponds with the Zeta variants of the Maruti Baleno
feature to feature and the reason we have G variants is because it's only the G variants
with a manual transmission that gets the new smart hybrid equipped 1.2 liters dual jet
VVT engine.
So when it comes to the fit and finish of all the materials the plastics the gaps in
the panels the buttons the feels everything is exactly the same as what will get in the
Maruti Suzuki Baleno.
So When it comes to the Toyota is lineup it's a case step up and luxury over cars like the
liva and the Etios but not quite up to the levels that you'd expect from say and altos
or even the yaris for that matter.
Stepping into the rear we come to what is always be one of the Baleno and now the Glanza
strong points and that is and legroom in the Rear and I'm five ten and I can laterly stretch
my legs out and I still have room here headroom will fairly adequate as well and there's just
now room here just recently in a pinch but there are some features we'd like to have
seen added to the Glanza up like a drop down armrest and AC wents right and these are features
that are missing in the Baleno as well.
So what do you get that?
The list of features identical to the list on the Baleno Zeta variant includes touch
screen infotainment with android auto and Apple CarPlay smartphone-based navigation.
Six speaker sound set up.
Climate controlled auto folding ORVM push-button start keyless entry and sixteen-inch alloys
when compared to the V. variant the G. misses out on a few features so there's no leather-wrapped
steering no vanity mirror and the lamp on the driver's side no reverse parking camera
no auto headlamps no UV protect courting on the windows.
And you don't get the DRLs but you do get similar position laps and there's also no
follow me home headlamps.
And two that's a new engine it's a variant into the K series engine and a ninety horsepower
and its make seven more horsepower then the variants they came before it also makes the
same torque a hundred and thirty Newton meters but two hundred RPM higher than before this
is pad
with an integrated starter generator with a lithium-ion battery or what Maruti called
the smart hybrid system it's the same mild hybrid system we have experiences in other
Maruti cars like the S Cross and the Ciaz and in the Glanza this is G. Variants in the
manual transmission is the only car that gets it, what's more, it's priced very attractively
but we will get into that later before that let's take a spin in it.
So we're on the move now and that's BS six tune engines it is nice and a fine so it's
quiet in the cabin and there's no vibration creeping in as well power delivering is also
nice and linear and there's a nice infographic on the driver's information display that tells
you when the electric motors kicking in.
It's a very mild assistance though and mostly kicks in on in lower situations say like climbing
up a slight slope or climbing up a flyover and it recharges when you get off the pattle.
That is Engine is quite responsive to but it's not really exciting to drive and that's
down with this the gearbox it's got very widely spaced toll ratios and that means there's
not that much driving you get on the gas pedal so you need to stay in low gears say second
in the city and third and fourth of the highway for overtakes.
But the flip side of that tall gearing.
Which combines with the mild hybrid system and the BS six tuning is incredible mileage
and in our tests, we managed 24 kilometers per liter on the highway and 17 kilometers
per liters in the city yes it's petrol but she don't tell it I don't think it knows that
yet.
So the Galnza really in the city slicker the steering is nice and light as is the clutch
and the gears slot in quite nicely if you don't rush them too much but where it really
excels is in its right quality.
So it comes to handling bad roads both the movement in the cabin and the noise from the
suspension is nicely controlled.
When you start to push the pace and the Glanza it's not quite so exciting.
Body rolls start to creep into the equation and when you're braking hard and if you're
not in a straight line the tail starts to feels just a little like it's just a feeling
though but it doesn't quite inspire the enthusiast drive within a sedate manner though And you
have no complaints at all.
So number four that's answer a few FAQ's Is the quality any different well no both the
Toyota Glanza and the Maruti Suzuki Baleno all are exactly the same.
Can I get my Toyota Glanza so its the Maruti suzuki service center well unfortunately not
no your Toyota Glanza has to be serviced only in a Toyota service and a Maruti Suzuki Baleno
can only be serviced in Maruti Suzuki service centers
And lastly will I get the same warranty I would as with the Maruti Suzuki Baleno well
that one's a little different so that Toyota Glanza here you get at three years one lakh
kilometer warranty out of the box whereas the Maruti only cover you for two years and
forty thousand kilometers so that's quite a big difference there.
both companies though will allow you to extend that out to five years but Maruti will only
cover one lakh kilometers after that whereas Toyota will still cover you for 2.2 lakh kilometers
on the clocks.
And so now on to the price and this G. Variants manual is priced at rupees 7.22 Lakh and in
contrast to the rest of the varinats which are priced on power with similar Maruti Suzuki
variants it's actually cheaper by a whole sixty-five thousand rupees but this is an
introductory price and
so we expected revision fairly soon in addition to competing with its strim the Toyota Glanza
competes with the Hyundai I20 honda jazz Volkswagens polo and the upcoming Tata altroz
So the Glanza finally adds a premium hatched to Toyota line up it's nicely loaded to features
and the space on offer makes it a proper family car yes there are no diesel on offer but the
petrol I'm impressively efficient does all this mean they're basically you're
buying the same car the badge on the boot doesn't matter well not quite so Maruti badge
does have the strongest service network out there and the Baleno comes under the nexa
banner and as we know from experience that's a very good thing Toyota on the other hand
I'm no slouches when it comes to service either there's also the benefit of that longer warranty
period.
So they both have strong value propositions for either brand but if your budget lands
you on this the G variants and with a manual transmission then the Toyota Glanza which
is cheaper by sixty-five thousand to the corresponding Maruti baleno is clearly the smarter choice.