The Wagon R has been on sale for 25 years now, and Maruti is somehow still able to sell more than 13,000 units of the car every month. What makes the Wagon R so popular even after two and a half decades? Here are the top Maruti Wagon R pros and cons.
Owing to its tall boy design, the Wagon R has lots of space inside the cabin and even the taller passengers won't have much to complaint about. It has lots of storage spaces too, bumping up the practicality quotient.
Just like any other Maruti car in India, the Wagon R boasts of excellent fuel efficiency figures, delivering a mileage of over 20kmpl on highways and respectable figures in cities too. There's even the option of CNG variants that are even more pocket-friendly.
Another plus of wearing the Suzuki badge is the reliability factor that comes with it. Spares are cheap and easy to find, and the car also retains a good part of its value when it exchanges hands.
The seats on the Wagon R aren’t the best out there, lacking on under-thing support as well as falling short on comfort. There’s no adjustment for the headrests as well.
Some Wagon R competitors seem to offer more value for money. The top-spec Wagon R price in India sits at Rs 7.32 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). Add a bit more and you can get yourself the Nissan Magnite, which provides a much better package.
In absolute honesty, the design of the Wagon R seems to belong to the past, and it does not have the appeal that it once used to have. Moreover, car design in general has evolved and our hero looks dated in front of other cars on the road.