{"id":245207,"date":"2010-01-29T05:06:58","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T10:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/what-car\/74486-car-buy-10-lacs.html"},"modified":"2010-01-29T05:06:58","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T10:06:58","slug":"which-car-to-buy-in-10-lacs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/245207","title":{"rendered":"which car to Buy in 10- lacs ?"},"content":{"rendered":"
[FONT=Arial]Dear Team-BHPians,[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]I am looking for an sedan \/ SUV[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]budget is 7-10 lacs (the range is bit flexible because it would be on Company Lease). [\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Time line : By June 2010[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Requirement : family of 3 ( me 5 \u0091 10\u0094 35 yrs old , wife and 3 yr old), plus occasional guest(s) shall drive it around 10-20 kms on weekdays and ~ 40 kms on weekends, 3-4 times out of station drive ( ~ 1500kms ) in a year. I am very happily currently driving a Santro<\/b><\/u> for the last 4.5 yrs and intend to keep it as a second car. [\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]Must haves :[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]good to drive around, good seating position, ABS, 10+ kmpl in Bangalore city, [FONT=’Times New Roman’]Tubeless tyres, High ground clearance of 165 mm +, Power Steering, Power Windows, side mirrors should be controllable from Driver seat. [\/FONT][\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial][\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Good to have:[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Big Discounts, Black \/ Grey interiors, Indicators on Right Hand side, Steering mounted controls, [FONT=’Times New Roman’]Airbags, Fog lamps, Music Player , defogger[\/FONT][\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]Wont mind: [\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]beige Interiors, [FONT=’Times New Roman’]EBD\/ESP, Alloy wheels, Cruise control, climate control[\/FONT][\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]I need a car which i will keep for next 5 years.[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]So far I test drove the following[\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]Car : Fiesta 1.6 SXI : [\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Plus : Great to drive , great handling, good level of equipment , Black dashboard, classy Interiors [\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Minus : ~ 9 kmpl , nearest service station at least a hour drive, Indicators on Left Hand side, no Steering mounted controls[\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]CAR : Fiesta 1.4 diesel SXI[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Plus : 17 KMPL, good level of equipment , Black dashboard, classy Interiors[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Minus : turbo lag , less power, nearest service station atleast a hour hour drive, Indicators on Left Hand side, no Steering mounted controls[\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]Car : SX4[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Plus : high level of equipment ( it has almost everything in my wishlist), big car feel, value for money, nearby service station [\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Minus: not so great looks, interiors is a let down, ~9 kmpl, [\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]Car : swift ZXI[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Plus :Great to drive, great handling, Black dashboard, nearby service station[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Minus: no steering mounted controls, inside space , it\u0092s a hatch[\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]Car : Swift diesel [\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Plus : Great to drive, great handling, Black dashboard, nearby service station[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Minus: No zdi , inside space , it\u0092s a hatch, no Steering mounted controls[\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]Car : Scorpio Mhawk top end [\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Plus : captain seats, high level of equipment ( it has almost everything in my wishlist), big car feel, value for money[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Minus: bit bulky to drive , parking at my slot is not so easy , service station far away, not so nice interiors, flower prints on seat upholstery[\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]Car : Manza diesel top end[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Plus : price , high level of equipment, big car feel, value for money, nearby service station, Space,[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Minus: Fit and Finish, not so great for city drive, ie not zippy, Tata After sales experience[\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]Car : Ritz ZXI[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Plus : Price, Practical car, good to drive, good handling, good level of equipment, nearby service station[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Minus: Flimsy dashboard, blue interiors, bad looks[\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]I am also considering the following cars. I have not test driven them, but my perceptions are[\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]Car : Verna Diesel[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Plus : great to drive , spacious , nearby service stations, reasonable spare part cost. Great After sales service network[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Minus: no Airbags, no steering mounted controls, top end is expensive[\/FONT]<\/p>\n

\n[FONT=Arial]Car : Honda City [\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Plus : good level of equipment, great to drive , spacious , nearby service stations, Great After sales service, 13 kmpl[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Minus: expensive to buy and maintain, costly spares[\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]Car : yeti [\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Plus : SUV , good level of equipment, [\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Minus: YTB launched , Skoda spares are expensive, Bad After sales service, no nearby service station.[\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]Car : Optra Diesel high end ( cruse low end is bit above my budget)[\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Plus : Great looks, good to drive [\/FONT]
\n[FONT=Arial]Minus: price , resale , After sales service, no steering mounted controls[\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]I am, not looking at Dzire (odd looks ) , Safari , Logan( unless they put a 90 bhp engine) , Ascent ( out dated). Since I am Ok to wait for 3-5 months , is there any new car launch that I should wait for , say a new Elantra \/ Verna \/ Fiesta \/ Nissan ? [\/FONT]<\/p>\n

[FONT=Arial]I want Team-BHPians suggestion \/ aid in selecting my car ![\/FONT]\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[FONT=Arial]Dear Team-BHPians,[\/FONT] [FONT=Arial]I am looking for an sedan \/ SUV[\/FONT] [FONT=Arial]budget is 7-10 lacs (the range is bit flexible because it would be on Company Lease). [\/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Time line : By June 2010[\/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Requirement : family of 3 ( me 5 \u0091 10\u0094 35 yrs old , wife and 3 yr old), plus occasional guest(s) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4868,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4868"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}