Maruti Suzuki Celerio Vs Tata Punch - Detailed Comparison

Indian society comprises various types of people with multiple opinions and choices. Keeping those choices in mind the automotive industry is stepping ahead and back to back launching competitive products in the market with competitive price tags, Tata cars earlier were not liked much but with the evolution of time and technology, Tata revamped its range with upgraded technology and features and made its presence in the market. However, Maruti Suzuki is already a known old player in the market which is always on top of the list. Here is a Maruti Suzuki Celerio Vs Tata Punch comparison for understanding the cars better. 

Maruti Suzuki Celerio Vs Tata Punch - Design 

Celerio has been in the Indian market for seven years now whereas Punch has just made its entry. Lets see how the carmakers have designed the cars. The all-new Celerio now comes in a completely new avatar. It features a 3D sculpted organic design. It comes with a Radiant front grille with chrome accents, animated sweeping headlamps, electrically-foldable ORVMs with turn indicators, droplet style tail lights, and 15-inch alloy wheels. The side profile of the car carries characteristic lines and the design from the side looks like a mix and match of Alto and S-Presso. Maruti Suzuki has not just made changes to its design language but has also introduced segment-first safety features and has also tweaked the interior of the car. We will discuss them further.

Tata Punch is a compact hatchback that carries a bold design language and looks like a mini-SUV on roads. The hatchback looks quite similar to Harrier and Safari. Tata with its new range is hitting the markets hard. The punch comes equipped with projector headlamps integrated with LED Daytime Running Lights, newly designed LED taillights, 16-inch diamond-cut alloy wheels, stylish roof rails, and 90-degree opening doors. 

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Tata has installed the signature humanity line that brings the design philosophy with style. To make the Punch look muscular and bold it comes with cladding on doors, sill cladding, and wheel arches. It's time to take a look at the interiors of both the cars. 

Maruti Suzuki Celerio Vs Tata Punch - Features

Tata Punch being a compact car offers an eye-catching interior with some extravagant features. It comes equipped with a d-cut steering wheel with steering mounted controls, body coloured air vents, premium upholstery, push start/stop button, automatic climate control, high seating with height-adjustable driver seat, leather-wrapped steering wheel and gear knob, auto-foldable ORVMs, cooled glove box, rear armrest, spacious boot space, rear wiper, around 25 utility spaces inside the cabin, tilt steering, and follow-me-home headlamps.

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Along with this Tata also offers advanced infotainment and connectivity as well. It offers a 7-inch floating touchscreen infotainment Harmann system compatible with AndroidAuto and Apple Carplay, 7-inch semi-digital drivers display, four speakers and two tweeters, personalized wallpapers, connected car safety which gives an alert on the mobile application like crash alert, diagnostic report, intrusion alert, and more.

The mobile application also comes with Tribe feature that allows you to chill with fellow Punch owners. Taking a look at the safety features, Punch offers automatic headlamps, rain-sensing wipers, front fog lamps with cornering assist, reverse parking sensors, dual airbags, fortified cabin which means the car is capable of absorbing a higher level of impact with its steel keeping the passengers safe inside, ABS with EBD with brake sway control, rear defogger, and also supports ISOFIX. 

On the other hand, the Maruti Suzuki Celerio comes with all-black premium interior with a contemporary dashboard design. It comes with a stereoscopic instrument cluster, push start/stop button, six bottle holders, manual ac controls, 7-inch touchscreen smartplay infotainment system compatible with AndroidAuto and Apple CarPlay, the instrument cluster shows information like fuel consumption, distance to empty, gear shifts, door ajar alerts, headlamp warning, low-fuel alert, and key off/headlamp on reminder. 

The carmaker offers uncompromised safety with Celerio and is built on the new Heartect platform for safety with a smooth structure for effective drive experience. The car comes with segment-first features like ABS with EBD, Hill-hold assistance, dual airbags and reverse parking sensors. 

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Specifications and Dimensions

The Maruti Suzuki Celerio is powered by a 998cc K10C three-cylinder petrol engine that is capable of producing 49kW of maximum power and 89 Nm of peak torque. Now the flip side of the story is that Maruti claims Celerio as India's most fuel-efficient car with an efficiency of running 26.68 km/l. 

Tata Punch on the other hand is powered by a 1.2-litre Revotron three-cylinder petrol engine that is capable of producing 63kW of maximum power and 113 Nm of peak torque. It also offers two drive modes: eco and city. 

Both the cars have their own capabilities. Tata Punch is obviously more powerful as it comes equipped with a heavier engine as compared to that of Celerio. However, Celerio being a 1.0-litre hatchback is built with quite good capabilities. Now let us give a glance at the dimensions of the cars to understand their sizes. 

Tata Punch is bigger in size as compared to that of Celerio. The dimensions mentioned above will give you a clear picture of the difference in sizes of both the cars. 

Prices

Maruti Suzuki Celerio is launched at Rs 4.99 lakhs (ex-showroom, Delhi) and goes up to Rs 6.94 lakhs (ex-showroom, Delhi). It is available in eight different variants. On the other hand, Tata Punch is also launched at an aggressive price tag of Rs 5.49 lakhs (ex-showroom, Delhi) and goes up to Rs 9.39 lakhs (ex-showroom, Delhi). With the manual transmission, there are eight variants available whereas with the automatic one only six are available. 

Both the cars are available with manual and automatic transmission. Maruti Suzuki Celerio and Tata Punch are both pocket-friendly cars available at competitive prices

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