Kindly suggest between Innova Crysta GX Plus new or old automatic Crysta, or diesel Scorpio N Z8 Select auto new, for family travelling and overall keeping for the long term. I am confused. Kindly guide.

Autocar India

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Go for the Tata Punch EV Smart + 40. For a 50 km daily office run and as a second car alongside your Innova Crysta, it fits your use best right now. It is small on the outside, easy to park, and the smooth electric drive makes stop-and-go traffic stress-free.As a daily beater, it is quiet, quick, and has enough ground clearance for bad patches. If you can install a home charger in your parking, you can charge overnight and forget about fuel pumps. Tata also has the widest EV service reach today, which helps for long-term peace of mind.One thing to be aware of is that you must have a reliable place to charge at home or office; otherwise living with any EV becomes awkward.If home charging is not possible, pick the Honda Amaze ZX CVT instead. The CVT is very smooth, the car is light to drive, and Honda service gives you peace of mind as well. I would skip the Mahindra Thar 1.5 RWD for a daily 50 km city run. It is a heavy, 3-door manual, rides firm, and your diesel ban worry is valid in many cities over time.Overall, the Punch EV Smart+ will make your commute calmer and simpler. Just confirm charger installation before you book.

Tata Punch EV

Toyota Innova Crysta

Honda Amaze

Mahindra Thar

Autocar India

•2h

Your annual running of 10,000km isn’t very high, but the gap in running costs between petrol, diesel and EV is still significant over a few years.The Mahindra XEV 9e is naturally the cheapest to run, and it’s not a headache to live with if you can install a home charger and don’t regularly do very long drives beyond roughly 400-420km in a day. A home charger is like having a petrol pump at your house - you plug in at night and leave with a full “tank” every morning. It will actually make an EV more convenient to top up than a petrol or diesel car, where you always have to detour to a fuel station. However, if you don’t have home charging (or very reliable workplace charging), then an EV quickly becomes inconvenient because of the planning and the long waits for charging. Also, the uncertainty with public chargers, so in that case it’s best to avoid one.Between the petrol and diesel Mahindra XUV7XO automatics, the petrol is actually quite refined and much smoother than the diesel. The real issue is its very low real‑world fuel economy, especially in city use, which makes running costs shoot up. The diesel, on the other hand, is also reasonably refined and much more practical because of today’s pump prices and the efficiency gap. Moreover, you can recover the diesel XUV7XO’s roughly ₹1.4 lakh higher upfront cost in about a year of your usage.After that, you are clearly ahead on total cost of ownership. Also, the diesel’s resale value is likely to be higher as well. So between the petrol and diesel XUV7XO, the diesel is the better option for you. Between diesel and EV, it really comes down to whether you have stress‑free home charging.

Mahindra XEV 9e

Mahindra XUV 7XO

Autocar India

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Since 90% of your 8,000-9,000 km a year is highway, the Mahindra XUV7XO diesel manual is the more suitable choice.The 7XO’s 2.2‑litre mHawk diesel is genuinely strong, with around 185 hp and 420 Nm in the manual, so it pulls hard even with passengers and luggage and makes effortless high‑speed cruising and quick overtakes its strong point. Diesel efficiency on long runs will also be noticeably better than a big turbo‑petrol, which matters over your kind of annual mileage. Mahindra has reworked the suspension and dynamics versus the old XUV700, so stability, body control and high‑speed confidence are a clear step up. This makes it a very relaxed long‑distance car.The Tata Harrier 1.5 turbo‑petrol is much smoother and quieter, with about 170 hp and 280 Nm, and it has enough punch for highway work. But you have to rev it more and live with higher fuel consumption when you cruise fast or drive fully loaded. For predominantly highway running, that means more fuel stops and higher running costs without the same effortless torque you get from a big diesel

Mahindra XUV 7XO

Tata Harrier