VariantWise

What owners actually say

Never the maker's marketing, and never only the good news.

Crash tests, long-term reviews and owner reports, distilled per car.

126 of 126 cars scoredResearch runs daily
How these scores are made
Every score links to its sources on the car's own page. Scores come only from independent press, testing bodies and owner evidence, never from the maker, and a car with too little independent evidence shows no score rather than a guessed one. The research runs daily and the rest join as the evidence lands.
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Hatchbacks

17 of 17 researched
Arcade Grey
Excellent safety
Safety9
Real-world economy6
Reliability5
Service cost5
Holds its value5
Service experience4

Five Bharat NCAP stars across petrol, diesel and CNG, not just one variant

Diesel DPF trouble at roughly 8,000 km intervals in mostly short city driving, progressing to oil dilution

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Bluish Black
Excellent resale value
Holds its value8
Service cost7
Resale demand7
Safety6
Reliability6
Real-world economy5

The best interior quality Maruti has managed, with soft-touch surfaces and rich plastic textures

Three stars for child occupant protection at Bharat NCAP

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Pearl Bluish Black
Excellent real-world economy
Real-world economy8
Holds its value8
Resale demand8
Reliability7
Service cost7
Safety1

A genuinely roomy cabin for the money, with the tall-boy shape making it easy to get in and out of

One star for adults and zero for children at Global NCAP in 2023, the weakest crash result in this catalogue

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Luster Blue with Midnight Black
Excellent resale value
Holds its value8
Resale demand8
Real-world economy7
Reliability6
Service cost6

Six airbags, ESP, hill-hold, ABS with EBD and ISOFIX as standard equipment

No Bharat NCAP result has been published for the India-built car, and the Euro NCAP three stars are for the Japan-built model

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Titan Grey Matte
Excellent resale value
Holds its value8
Reliability7
Real-world economy7
Safety3

Holds its value better than anything else in its segment, with the petrol-AMT the strongest of the lot

Two stars from Global NCAP for both adults and children, with the bodyshell and footwell rated unstable, and no newer Bharat NCAP result to replace it

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Starry Night
Good running costs
Service cost7
Reliability6
Holds its value6
Safety5

Owners reaching six years and 43,000 km with nothing failing

Global NCAP called the bodyshell unstable and flagged weak chest protection for the driver

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Pearl Bluish Black
Good reliability
Reliability7
Real-world economy7
Holds its value6
Safety3

Easy, light and genuinely cheap to run in city traffic

AMT pulls away jerkily in traffic and on inclines

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Matheran Monsoon
Average reliability
Reliability6
Real-world economy6
Safety5
Holds its value4

Feels sturdier and better built than the price suggests, a reputation it has held since launch

The air conditioning takes its time and loses ground in stop-start traffic, which owners name as the main irritation

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Bluish Black
Excellent reliability
Reliability8
Holds its value8
Safety2

Runs for years with nothing but consumables

One star for adults and zero for children at Global NCAP, on a structure the testers called unstable

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Perla Nera Black
Good real-world economy
Real-world economy7
Reliability6
Safety2

Ride comfort is the standout: it smooths over broken city roads better than anything else at the money

No stability control on any variant, at any price, which is what Global NCAP singled out and is still true

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Fiery Red with Mystery Black Roof
Excellent reliability
Reliability8
Safety3

Cheap to buy, cheap to run and cheap to keep, which is the whole point of it

Never crash tested in the specification sold today, and the last India-spec test, ten years ago, found an unstable passenger cell

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Sportin Red
Excellent reliability
Reliability8
Holds its value8

Mechanically trouble-free over long ownerships, with owners reporting none of the rattles they expected

Touchscreen lags, freezes and drops phone pairings

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Abyss Black
Good reliability
Reliability7
Real-world economy6

The handling is what owners lead with: Team-BHP reports call it intuitive and genuinely fun, to the point that more expensive cars start to feel flat afterwards

No crash programme has published a result naming the i20 N Line. The 3-star Global NCAP rating you will find belongs to the base i20, measured on the two-airbag car in April 2022 under rules since retired, so it does not describe this one

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Perla Nera Black
Average reliability
Reliability6
Real-world economy4

Ride quality is what owners and reviewers both lead with: it soaks up broken roads better than almost anything at this price

No crash programme has published a result for the petrol C3X. The zero-star Global NCAP rating you will find belongs to the electric eC3 and the five-star Bharat NCAP rating belongs to the larger C3 Aircross, so neither tells you about this car

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Dehradun Dew
Average reliability
Reliability5
Real-world economy4

High mileage owners report the motor and battery giving no trouble, one at 47,000km over three years and another at 38,000km

No crash test result exists for the Tiago EV, from any programme, and the petrol car's four star rating does not transfer to it

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Starry Black
Good reliability
Reliability7

Build quality that surprises owners, with no rattles or squeaks reported even after rough roads

No crash-test rating from any programme, so its safety is genuinely unknown rather than merely modest

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Pearl Bluish Black
Average safety
Safety5

Genuinely frugal, and the AMT is the efficient one rather than the compromise

Global NCAP rated the bodyshell unstable even on the three-star car

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Sedans

12 of 12 researched
Bluish Black
Excellent safety
Safety9
Resale demand9
Holds its value8
Reliability6
Real-world economy6

Five-star Bharat NCAP protection for adults and children, on the base variant upwards

The 81 hp, 112 Nm three-cylinder is down on the outgoing four-cylinder and feels it

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Starry Night
Excellent safety
Safety9
Holds its value8
Reliability6
Service cost6

Five stars from Global NCAP for adults and children, under the stricter 2022 rules, on the base car

Global NCAP judged the bodyshell unstable, and noted a child seat failure after the side impact

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Arizona Blue
Good resale value
Holds its value7
Real-world economy6
Safety5
Reliability5

Second only to the Dzire for holding its value among compact sedans

Fit and finish lets it down, with rattles from the B and C pillars over poor surfaces reported repeatedly

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Radiant Red Metallic
Good running costs
Service cost7
Holds its value5
Safety2

Cheap and predictable to service, at roughly Rs 5,600 a year on ZigWheels' five-year figure

Two Global NCAP stars for adults and zero for children under the current protocol, against five Bharat NCAP stars for the 3rd generation sold beside it

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Crystal Black Pearl
Good real-world economy
Real-world economy6.5
Reliability6
Holds its value4

The e:HEV hybrid returns around 21 km/l on a magazine test loop, the best of any petrol car Autocar India has tested

There is no Bharat NCAP rating for this generation, and the ratings in circulation belong to the previous generation or to the Thailand-built car

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Daytona Grey
Good reliability
Reliability6.5
Safety5.5
Real-world economy5

Four stars for both adults and children from Global NCAP, on the two airbag specification actually sold

Global NCAP judged the bodyshell and footwell unstable, and rated driver protection only adequate

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Deep Black Pearl
Excellent safety
Safety9
Reliability7

Five stars for both adult and child occupants from Global NCAP, 29.71 of 34 and 42 of 49

Long-term dual-clutch reliability on the 1.5 TSI still unproven, and a replacement is expensive if it goes

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Deep Black
Excellent safety
Safety9
Reliability7

Five stars for adults and children alike under Global NCAP's updated protocol, the highest score recorded at the time

Air conditioning that owners say has to be set two or three degrees lower than it should to cool properly

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Crystal Black Pearl
Excellent safety
Safety8
Real-world economy4

Five stars for adult protection at Bharat NCAP, the first Honda the programme tested

Four stars rather than five for child occupant protection

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Starry Night
Excellent real-world economy
Real-world economy8
Holds its value6

Interior quality and fit that reviewers rate the best in the compact sedan class

No Bharat NCAP rating and no Global NCAP star rating for the India-market car, so its crash performance is untested rather than merely average

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Emotional Red
Excellent safety
Safety9.5

The hybrid system is genuinely seamless, and in Eco it will run on battery far more of the time than you expect, even on the highway

The steering tells you very little, so it is a car to be carried in rather than one to enjoy driving

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Cosmos Black
Excellent safety
Safety9

Genuinely rapid: the Performance version claims 0 to 100 kmph in 3.7 seconds

145 mm of ground clearance is low, and you will be picking your way over the worse speed breakers

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SUVs

78 of 78 researched
Daytona Grey
Excellent safety
Safety9
Service cost6
Reliability5
Resale demand5
Service experience3
After-sales support3
Holds its value3

Five-star Bharat NCAP result, 29.86 of 32 for adults and 44.95 of 49 for children

Charger red-light fault that owners report returning even after the charger is replaced

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Bengal Rogue
Excellent safety
Safety9
Service cost8
Resale demand8
Real-world economy7
Holds its value7
Reliability6

Five-star Bharat NCAP protection on the 2026 facelift, 30.58 of 32 for adults

Fit and finish: panel gaps and rattles reported as a daily annoyance

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Calgury White
Excellent safety
Safety9
Service cost7
Resale demand6
Reliability5
Real-world economy5
Holds its value4

Five-star Bharat NCAP crash protection for adults and children alike

Recurring electrical faults, including a recalled PEPS ESCL part on May 2023 cars

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Bengal Rouge
Excellent safety
Safety9
Service cost9
Reliability5
Service experience5
Real-world economy4

Bharat NCAP adult score of 31.09 of 32 on the facelift, standard across variants

Real-world range of 304 km on Autocar India's test against a 468 km claim for the 40 kWh car

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Daytona Grey
Excellent safety
Safety9
Reliability3
Service cost3
Service experience3
Holds its value3

Five-star Bharat NCAP result, 30.08 of 32 for adults, among the first cars India tested

Rattles from door pads and the B-pillar reported across multiple long-term owners

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Carbon Black
Excellent safety
Safety9
Reliability4
Service cost4
Service experience3
Holds its value3

Five Bharat NCAP stars and a Global NCAP Safer Choice Award

Infotainment and cluster glitches, including screens blanking while driving

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Bluish Black
Excellent running costs
Service cost8
Real-world economy7
Holds its value7
Reliability6
Safety4

Fuel economy is the headline: Autocar India's long-termer sat around 18kpl and owners report 15kpl in mixed traffic and 22kpl on a long run

No Bharat NCAP rating, and the two overseas tests of the India-built car disagree by three stars

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Abyss Black Matte
Good running costs
Service cost7
Holds its value7
Reliability6
Real-world economy6
Safety5

Engines and gearboxes that long-term testers and owners alike report needing nothing but scheduled servicing

No crash rating exists for the India-spec car on sale today

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Empowered Oxide
Excellent safety
Safety10
Real-world economy4
Reliability3
Service experience2

Maximum 32 of 32 Bharat NCAP adult protection score

Real-world range of 401km against a 622km claim on Autocar India's test

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Black Knight
Excellent safety
Safety9.5
Holds its value8
Service cost7
Real-world economy5

Five-star Bharat NCAP result, 31.15 of 32 for adults, and it applies to every variant including the N Line

Petrol versions lose value much faster than the diesel manual in years four and five

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Attitude Black
Excellent resale value
Holds its value9
Reliability8
Safety7
Service cost6

Top of the premium SUV segment for resale value in Autocar India's study with OLX Autos

Expensive to buy, which is the trade the resale value is there to offset

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Pearl Bluish Black 4
Excellent safety
Safety9
Service cost8
Reliability7
Holds its value7

Five-star Bharat NCAP protection for adults and children

Feels top-heavy through corners, with steering Autocar India describes as disconnected

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Starry Black
Excellent running costs
Service cost8
Reliability7
Real-world economy4
Holds its value2

Battery holding about 95 percent of its health past 70,000 km, on one owner's service report, with no sign of a cliff

No Bharat NCAP or Global NCAP result exists for the India-spec car. The famous five star rating is Euro NCAP's, awarded to the European version, which is sold with radar and autonomous emergency braking that the Indian car does not get

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Brilliant Black & Black Roof
Good safety
Safety7
Reliability5
Service cost4
Holds its value4

Rides better over broken roads than almost anything at the price, and gets flatter the faster you go

One engine, a diesel, which is awkward where diesels face a ten year limit such as Delhi NCR

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Stealth Black
Good safety
Safety7
Service cost6
Reliability5
Holds its value4

Four stars for children at 41.11 of 49, the best any made-in-India car achieved in that round of Global NCAP testing

Two airbags across the range, which is what the crash test measured and is behind most rivals at the price

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Midnight Black
Good safety
Safety7
Holds its value7
Reliability5
Real-world economy3

The 2.2 mHawk diesel and its gearbox, still smooth and strong at 50,000 to 65,000 km

Software and electronics niggles: instrument clusters going blank, Android Auto and CarPlay dropping out, hill hold assist that does not always engage

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Bluish Black
Average running costs
Service cost6
Reliability5
Real-world economy4
Service experience3

Genuinely capable off road, with 210 mm of ground clearance and low-range four-wheel drive

No Bharat NCAP or Global NCAP crash result exists for the Indian car, so there is no independent safety rating

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Ruby Velvet
Excellent safety
Safety9.8
Real-world economy5.5
Reliability4

A perfect 32 of 32 for adult protection from Bharat NCAP, the first car to score it, with 45 of 49 for children

Software has been the sore point since launch, with features sold on the brochure arriving months later

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Stealth Black
Excellent safety
Safety9.6
Real-world economy5
Reliability4

Five-star Bharat NCAP result with 31.97 of 32 for adults, and the rating covers the 59 kWh cars as well as the 79 kWh one

Software has been the weak point since launch: features promised at purchase arrived late, and The Ken found buyers across six cities waiting on them

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Empowered Oxide
Excellent safety
Safety9.5
Real-world economy6
Reliability5

Refinement is the thing owners and testers keep coming back to: no vibration, no idle thrum, just a smooth surge

Real range lands roughly 25 percent short of the 502km claim in every published full-charge test

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Deep Black Pearl
Excellent safety
Safety9
Holds its value8
Reliability7

Five stars for both adult and child occupants from Global NCAP, 29.64 of 34 and 42 of 49

Driver's side power window reported as hesitant, the most commonly repeated niggle

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Deep Black
Excellent safety
Safety9
Reliability6
Holds its value6

Five stars for both adults and children under Global NCAP's updated protocol, among the first Indian-built cars to manage it

Early cars drew a run of electrical and fuel system complaints, including engine warning lights and failed fuel pumps

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Imperial Blue
Excellent safety
Safety9
Holds its value8
Service cost5

Ride comfort, the old car's weak point, retuned so it no longer crashes over broken roads

Styling that reviewers call divisive, much more aggressive than the car it replaces

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Stealth Black
Excellent safety
Safety9
Reliability5
Real-world economy4

Five stars from Bharat NCAP for adults and children alike, with six airbags and ESC standard from the base variant

The turbo petrol drinks hard in traffic: under 10 km/l on an instrumented city run

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Flame Red
Excellent safety
Safety9
Reliability5
Real-world economy5

A five star Bharat NCAP result that applies across the range, not just to the loaded variant

Rear seat space and comfort are not the best in class, and the coupe roofline costs headroom if you are over six feet

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Solar Ruby
Excellent safety
Safety9
Service experience3
After-sales support3

Five star Bharat NCAP result, 28.54 of 32 for adults and 45.25 of 49 for children

Two owners went public in mid 2026 with faults their service centre struggled to resolve: water entering the cabin through a misrouted air-conditioning drain in one case, a dashboard crack with no impact in the other

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Onyx Black
Excellent safety
Safety8
Holds its value7
Reliability6

Five star Global NCAP adult occupant protection, 32.31 of 34, on one of the cheapest SUVs sold in India

Child occupant protection only three stars, 33.64 of 49, well behind the segment's best

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Abyss Black
Good reliability
Reliability7
Service cost6
Real-world economy3

Autocar India calls it more involving, more confident and more fun than the standard Creta, so the N Line badge is doing real work rather than adding stickers

No crash programme has published a result naming the Creta N Line. The 3-star Global NCAP rating you will find belongs to the older two-airbag base Creta tested in April 2022 under retired rules, and the 5-star ASEAN NCAP result is the Indonesian-built facelift, so neither describes this car

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Eclipse Blue
Average safety
Safety6
Reliability6
Real-world economy3

The ride is the whole reason to buy this car. Autocar India's testers keep returning to the hydraulic cushion suspension, which flattens broken roads in a way nothing else near the money manages

No programme has crash tested the India-spec car. The four star Euro NCAP result is a 2019 European test of this generation, and five stars needed an optional safety pack

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Stealth Black
Average safety
Safety6
Reliability6
Holds its value5

Six airbags standard across the range on the current car, which is rare this far down the price list

Two stars for child occupant protection is the weakest part of its crash result, and no newer test exists

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Black
Average reliability
Reliability5
Safety3
Service cost3

Genuinely capable off road in a way almost nothing else on sale here matches

One star at Euro NCAP for this generation, and three at ANCAP only after safety kit the Indian car does not fully get

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Bluish Black
Excellent safety
Safety10
Real-world economy7

Five stars at Bharat NCAP for adults and children, 31.49 of 32 and 43 of 49

Still thin on ownership record: no service invoices or used values exist for it yet, and the one range test published so far is a single run

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Andaman Adventure
Excellent safety
Safety9.4
Real-world economy5.5

Five stars from Bharat NCAP, with 31.14 of 32 for adults and 44.73 of 49 for children

Fit and finish is below the segment standard, with scratchy plastics and buttons that do not all feel the same

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Stealth Black
Excellent safety
Safety9.2
Real-world economy3

Five stars from Bharat NCAP, 30.49 of 32 for adults and 45 of 49 for children

Real-world economy is well short of the claim and, in Autocar India's view, on the low side even against rivals

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Deep Black
Excellent safety
Safety9
Real-world economy4

The safest petrol sub-four-metre SUV Bharat NCAP has tested, and the rating applies to every variant

The firm suspension that makes it fun also makes low speed town ride jarring over bad surfaces

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Stealth Black
Excellent safety
Safety9
Reliability5

The safest score any petrol or diesel car has managed at Bharat NCAP, and the first ladder-frame SUV to take five stars

Electrical niggles reported by a magazine long-termer and owners alike, including the instrument cluster going blank while driving

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Cosmos Black
Excellent safety
Safety9
Reliability6

Slick and characterful to drive, and quicker than most buyers expect

The driver assistance can brake abruptly and owners find it intrusive, though updates have calmed it

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Crystal Black Pearl
Excellent reliability
Reliability8
Real-world economy4

Owners report it as close to trouble free, with the engine and gearbox giving no bother over tens of thousands of kilometres

No Bharat NCAP or Global NCAP result exists, so there is no crash rating for the Indian-specification car

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Midnight Black
Excellent reliability
Reliability8
Real-world economy7

The strong hybrid returns 20 km/l or so in city traffic, which no petrol rival in the class approaches

No crash test result exists for this car from either Bharat NCAP or Global NCAP, so its safety is unrated

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Chestnut Brown
Excellent real-world economy
Real-world economy8
Reliability6

The strong hybrid's economy is the reason to buy it: Autocar India measured 22.08kpl overall, 23.77 in the city, and saw 21 to 22kpl across 7,000 km of long-term running

No Bharat NCAP or Global NCAP rating has ever been published for it, despite Autocar India reporting it was among the first Marutis lined up for testing

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Bluish Black
Good reliability
Reliability7
Real-world economy5

The 1.0 turbo is the reason to buy one: rev-happy, responsive, and in a car of just over a tonne it makes this one of the more entertaining small crossovers on sale

Never crash tested under this name. The Global NCAP four-star result is the older Urban Cruiser and the Bharat NCAP one is the Baleno

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Bluish Black
Good safety
Safety7
Real-world economy6

Real-world range holds up better than most: about 400 km measured, and the highway figure is actually the stronger of the two

No Indian crash programme has tested it under its own name, so its rating here is technically unmeasured

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Imperial Blue
Good resale demand
Resale demand7
Reliability6

Six airbags and ESC standard on every variant, base car included

No Bharat NCAP rating for the India-spec car, so its crash performance is simply unmeasured. The one-star Global NCAP result widely quoted against it is a two-airbag export car built for South Africa, not the six-airbag car sold here

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Stealth Black
Good reliability
Reliability7
Service cost7

Built to be abused, with a ladder frame that shrugs off roads that unsettle softer SUVs

Never crash tested by Bharat NCAP or Global NCAP, so there is no independent measure of how it protects you

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Stealth Black
Good reliability
Reliability7
Safety2

Body-on-frame construction that reviewers say shrugs off road surfaces that unsettle a crossover

One star from Global NCAP for adults and one for children, on an unstable passenger cell

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Abyss Black Matte
Good reliability
Reliability7
Real-world economy5

Owners rate the build as solid for the money and report few mechanical complaints in the first year or two

No crash test result exists from either Bharat NCAP or Global NCAP, so there is no independent measure of how it protects you

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Abyss Black Matte
Good reliability
Reliability7
Real-world economy4

The second row is the reason to buy it: ventilated seats, adjustable under thigh support and genuine comfort on a long day

Never crash tested by Bharat NCAP or Global NCAP, so any star rating you see quoted for it has been borrowed from another car

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Bluish Black
Excellent safety
Safety9.5

Five stars from Bharat NCAP with 31.66 of 32 for adults, and a separate five-star Global NCAP result on top

The 103hp naturally aspirated petrol feels strained at highway speeds with the car full of people and luggage

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Diamond Black
Excellent safety
Safety9.5

Named the best small SUV Euro NCAP tested in 2025, with full marks protecting six and ten year old children

Real-world efficiency is merely decent for a car this advanced, and the heat here does not help

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Onyx Black
Excellent safety
Safety9.2

Five stars from Bharat NCAP, 30.49 of 32 for adults and 45 of 49 for children, with the rating applying to every variant

The 1.0 turbo has real lag: Autocar India found steep inclines needing clutch slip to get moving, and enthusiastic driving needing constant gearchanges

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Magic Black
Excellent safety
Safety9

Owners reporting to Autocar India single out ride comfort, strong performance and a beautifully finished cabin

Thirsty in town: owners reporting to Autocar India put city economy at no more than about 7 kmpl

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Imperial Blue
Excellent safety
Safety9

Five stars from Bharat NCAP for both adults and children, and the child score is among the highest the programme has published

The crash-tested cars were petrol, and sources disagree on whether the five star rating formally covers the diesel

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Abyss Black
Excellent safety
Safety9

Genuinely more fun than the standard Venue: firmer suspension and heavier steering make it feel planted and communicative on a good road

The stiffer setup costs real comfort: reviewers found bad roads unsettle the cabin more than the class should

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Midnight Black Pearl
Excellent safety
Safety9

Top Safety Pick+ from the IIHS two model years running, on the facelifted body sold here

Euro NCAP gave the pre-facelift car only 63 percent for protecting people outside it, and no body has retested that pillar since

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Jet Black
Excellent safety
Safety9

Five star Bharat NCAP result, 27.13 of 32 for adults and 44.41 of 49 for children

Driver's chest protection rated weak and the right shin marginal in Bharat NCAP's frontal offset test

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Cosmos Black
Excellent safety
Safety9

The cabin genuinely feels like a European luxury car inside, which is not something you can say of much at this money

Real-world range lands well short of the claim: 369 km against 542 km when CarWale ran one flat

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Cipressino Green Metallic
Excellent safety
Safety8.5

Reviewers find it better proportioned and sharper looking than the Kodiaq it shares a price band with

Manual seat adjustment on a Rs 47 lakh SUV, which reviewers called out and our own spec data confirms

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Grenadilla Black Metallic
Excellent safety
Safety8.5

Five stars at Euro NCAP under the current protocol, with 87 percent for adult occupants and 80 percent for its driver aids

Euro NCAP penalised it for poor compatibility, meaning the risk its front structure poses to people in a smaller car it hits

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Attitude Black
Excellent safety
Safety8.5

Second highest vulnerable road user score ANCAP had recorded under its 2020 to 2022 rules, at 81 percent, with pedestrian collisions avoided or mitigated in every forward test

Expensive even by the standards of what it is: reviewers say European SUVs at the money are far more luxurious and better equipped

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Diamond Black
Excellent safety
Safety8.5

Five ANCAP stars with 91 percent for adult occupant protection and 92 percent for its driver aids

84 percent for child occupant protection: ANCAP could not correctly install many child restraints in the second row because of top tether routing, nor fit convertible seats easily to the third row ISOFIX

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Velvet Red Pearl Coat
Excellent safety
Safety8

Five stars from Euro NCAP with no weak category: 89 percent for children, 84 for adults, 81 for other road users and 81 for the driver aids

Euro NCAP crashed the plug-in hybrid, not the petrol sold here, so the rating describes a close relative rather than this exact car

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Cosmo Blue
Excellent safety
Safety8

Ride comfort is the reason to buy it: reviewers rate the suspension the best in the segment over broken city roads, and it stays composed with the car full

No crash test exists for the AircrossX itself: the five-star rating was earned by the pre-rebrand five-seat turbo petrol automatic

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Aurora Black Pearl
Excellent safety
Safety8

Five stars from Euro NCAP with 90 percent for adult occupants and 87 percent for the driver aids

64 percent for vulnerable road user protection, its weakest score and low in absolute terms, not just relative to the rest of the card

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Aurora Black Pearl
Excellent safety
Safety8

Five stars from Euro NCAP on the same pre-facelift car India sells, with 88 percent for child occupant protection

76 percent for vulnerable road user protection, fair rather than good for something this heavy in city traffic

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Nebula Blue
Excellent safety
Safety8

The reworked Da Vinci damping, which reviewers call a clear step on from the XUV700 rather than a marketing name

Climate control has moved into the touchscreen, which reviewers across three publications call a step backwards for something you adjust while driving

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Abyss Black
Excellent reliability
Reliability8

Gets unusually close to its claimed range, at a tested 432 km against 473 km certified

Never crash tested, so there is no independent measure of how it protects you, and the Creta's 3-star result is a different car

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Perla Nera Black
Good safety
Safety7

The ride quality reviewers keep coming back to: soft over city bumps without float, and settled at speed

Steering is light and the handling merely competent, so it rewards comfort over enthusiasm

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Starry Black
Average reliability
Reliability6

A cabin reviewers call genuinely premium for the money, with soft touch materials and switchgear that feels expensive

Never crash tested in India-spec by Bharat NCAP or Global NCAP, so the five star rating widely printed against it belongs to a different market's car

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Starburst Black
Average real-world economy
Real-world economy6

Owners and testers both find the range genuinely usable, with Mumbai to Pune done on a single charge

No crash test result exists for it from any programme, so its safety is unmeasured

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Aurora Black Pearl
Average real-world economy
Real-world economy6

Team-BHP calls it a well engineered car with good build quality and fit and finish that stays consistent around the cabin

No crash programme has published a result naming the Syros EV. The 5-star Bharat NCAP rating you will find belongs to the petrol Syros, and this car carries a battery in its floor, so the rating is unknown rather than inherited

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Ruby Velvet
Average real-world economy
Real-world economy6

Autocar India's verdict is that the aggressive pricing is the story: the top XEV 9S shares its battery and motor with the equivalent XEV 9e and undercuts it by over Rs 1 lakh

Bharat NCAP has published no crash result naming the XEV 9S. Its INGLO platform relatives the XEV 9e and BE 6 both hold five stars, but a shared platform is not a shared crash test and this is a longer three-row body, so treat the rating as unknown rather than inherited

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Galaxy Blue & Black Roof
Average reliability
Reliability5

The suspension is the star: flat, unflustered and quiet over bad roads even with seven aboard

The nine-speed automatic is slow to respond, and owners rate it the weakest part of the car

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Starry Black
Average reliability
Reliability5

Owners taking these past 20,000 and 40,000 km commonly report no breakdowns and no recurring faults, with the car going in only for scheduled service

Infotainment is the weak spot every source names: screens going blank and being replaced under warranty, apps stopping after an update, and a system slow enough that the air-con is out of reach until it boots

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Starry Black
Average reliability
Reliability5

A genuinely roomy cabin, which is the whole reason to pick the Plus over the standard Hector

No crash-test rating from any programme, despite MG saying in 2021 that one was coming

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Nebula Blue
Average real-world economy
Real-world economy5

Autocar India rates the whole package as the value pick of the small electric SUVs, and puts the real-world city figure at a usable 220 to 250 km rather than anything heroic

No crash programme has published a result naming the XUV 3XO EV. The five Bharat NCAP stars you will see quoted belong to the petrol and diesel XUV 3XO, and this car carries its battery in the floor, which is the part a crash test is measuring. Treat the rating as unknown rather than inherited

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Black Metal
Below par real-world economy
Real-world economy4

Ride comfort is the strength every reviewer leads with, with the suspension soaking up broken roads well for a ladder-frame SUV

No crash programme has tested it, so its safety is unmeasured, and nor was the Gloster it replaces

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Stealth Black
Weak safety
Safety2

The second-generation 2.2 mHawk diesel: 130hp and 300Nm, quiet, near vibration free, and pulling from about 1,000rpm so overtakes need no planning

Never crash tested in this form, and the 2016 Global NCAP result on the same generation was zero stars for adults with an unstable bodyshell

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Napoli Black
Weak safety
Safety2

Autocar India's verdict is that it is honest to the core: it does exactly what it sets out to do, which is move nine people over roads that would trouble anything else at the price

The side-facing third row bench does not come with seatbelts, per Autocar India. If you are buying this to carry a family, that is the single most important sentence here

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MPVs

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Bluish Black
Excellent resale value
Holds its value9
Reliability8
Service cost8
Real-world economy6
Safety3

Three genuine rows with a roomy, adjustable middle bench and big, airy windows

Only a three-star Global NCAP result from 2019, under a protocol Bharat NCAP has replaced, and no Bharat NCAP rating since

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Blackish Ageha Glass Flake
Excellent safety
Safety9
Resale demand8
Reliability7
Real-world economy5

Cabin noise well below the Crysta's, which owners raise more than any other improvement

Headlights owners call inadequate for highway driving at night, the single most repeated complaint

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Attitude Black Mica
Excellent resale value
Holds its value9
Reliability8
Service cost7

Reliability that holds up over a decade rather than a warranty period: owners report engines still tight past 1.4 lakh km

No Bharat NCAP or Global NCAP rating exists for the India-spec car, so its crash performance is unmeasured. The five star result widely quoted for it is the Indonesian car tested by ASEAN NCAP, which had seven airbags

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Stealth Black
Average safety
Safety6
Reliability6
Holds its value3

Seven seats and a removable third row in under four metres, which nothing else at the price manages

Depreciates faster than any other MPV in Autocar India and Spinny's transaction data, and the AMT worst of all

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Metal Black
Excellent safety
Safety8
Real-world economy4

The second row is the reason to buy it: reviewers rate the heated, ventilated, massaging captain's chairs with ottomans against cars costing far more

No crash programme has tested it under the MG name, so its Indian rating is technically unmeasured

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Bluish Black
Excellent reliability
Reliability8
Holds its value6

Captain chairs make the third row genuinely reachable, which matters if older passengers use it

Never crash tested by Bharat NCAP or Global NCAP, so no independent safety result exists for it

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Imperial Blue
Average reliability
Reliability6
Safety4

Genuinely usable third row, which most seven seaters at this money do not manage

Global NCAP rated the bodyshell unstable, with marginal chest protection and weak foot protection for the driver

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Magnificent Black
Excellent safety
Safety9.2

Five stars from Bharat NCAP, 30.43 of 32 for adults and 45 of 49 for children

Interior plastic quality is mediocre, and some pieces feel budget grade in a car costing close to Rs 30 lakh

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Black
Excellent safety
Safety8

The second row is the whole point and reviewers say nothing under about Rs 2 crore touches it: heated, cooled, massaging seats with ottomans

The ride is not as good as the money suggests: reviewers report bumps coming through at low speed and more road noise than expected

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Fusion Black
Excellent safety
Safety8

Five stars from ANCAP with 90 percent for adult occupants, and the rating covers the petrol, diesel and hybrid range after fresh tests on the hybrid

68 percent for vulnerable road user protection, well short of the low eighties its size rivals return

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Cosmos Black
Good real-world economy
Real-world economy7

Rides beautifully: soft over broken surfaces at low speed and still settled when you get going

The floor sits high because the battery is under it, so you climb in rather than step in

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Spunky Blue
Average real-world economy
Real-world economy6

Space and comfort are what it is for, and reviewers rate both highly for the money

Never crash tested. The Ertiga's three-star result, on a structure the testers called unstable, belongs to the Ertiga and not to this car

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Aurora Black Pearl
Average real-world economy
Real-world economy6

Two magazines measured the 51.4 kWh car independently and landed close together, 364 km and 372 km, so the real-world number is unusually well established for a car this new

Real range lands at roughly three quarters of the 490 km claim, so treat the brochure figure as a best case

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Aurora Black Pearl
Average real-world economy
Real-world economy5

Diesel manual measured at 18.01 km/l overall, within touching distance of its 19.54 km/l claim

No crash-test rating exists for the Clavis from Bharat NCAP or Global NCAP. The 3 star adult result in circulation belongs to the pre-facelift Carens, a different car in this catalogue

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Moonlit Ocean
Average real-world economy
Real-world economy5

Space is the point and it delivers: reviewers rate all three rows, and the boot grows a long way once the rear seats fold

No crash programme has tested it, and its four airbags are two fewer than hatchbacks at half the price now carry, in a seven seater

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Onyx Black
Below par real-world economy
Real-world economy4

The packaging is the trick nobody expects at this price: CarWale's reviewer, by his own account a heavy build, sat in the third row with both front rows set for him and still had room, in a car shorter than a Creta

No crash programme has published a result naming the Gravite. It is a rebadged Renault Triber and that car's rating does not transfer, so treat this one's safety as untested rather than inherited

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Vans

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Pickups

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Convertibles

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