Thank you for your kind words, and glad you enjoy our work! Given your budget and your requirements, the best option from your shortlist is the Mahindra XUV 3XO. It is the best to drive and offers a choice of punch turbo petrol and diesel engines. Besides this, it has very comfortable suspension too, which should serve you well on long highway journeys. While the petrol version is not the most fuel efficient, since you're looking at the diesel manual, so you should be fine on mileage. The only downside really is that it has a relatively small boot, and it's missing two of the features you are looking for - powered and ventilated front seats - but our advice is to still stick with it, as the rest of the benefits are too good to pass up, for your kind of usage. As for your other choices, with the Kia Seltos, at your budget, you won't get those features either, and in fact, the specification will be quite basic. The Renault Duster could be a good choice, but until its launch in March, it remains an unknown quantity. We will only know at a later stage how it is to drive, how comfortable it is, and what its price will be.

You haven't mentioned which variant of the MG Hector Plus you're considering - the turbo-petrol-automatic is refined and smooth, although it isn't efficient, and won't feel effortless on the highway; the diesel, on the other hand, feels much stronger and more suited for highway drives, but it is only available with a manual gearbox. The Hector Plus also impresses when it comes to low-speed ride comfort, but its suspension doesn't feel as settled as the HyCross's at highway speed.Additionally, the HyCross is the more spacious car, and is easily the better pick if you generally travel with six or seven passengers and luggage. Its hybrid powertrain feels surprisingly peppy, it is quite refined, and it is also likely to return around 16kpl on the highway, which is quite good. Between the two, the Toyota Innova HyCross is a bit pricier, but it comes across as the more sensible pick.

Between the Honda CB350, Royal Enfield Meteor 350 and Triumph Speed T4, the best all-rounder would be the Triumph. It offers more performance than the two air-cooled 350s and has a sportier chassis, too. You should also see comparable fuel economy figures on all three if ridden sensibly.That being said, take a test ride of all 3 to see which one suits you best before making a decision.

2024 saw a big change for the Suzuki Access in terms of its chassis, engine internals and features, and it's no secret that the company will be trickling these improvements to its other scooters, the Avenis and the Burgman Street duo, in the foreseeable future.However, there's no confirmation on when these updated Suzuki scooters will launch, so if you are thinking of buying a Burgman Street, you should wait until it launches. Alternatively, you could go ahead and buy the Access, which is a sorted scooter, is less expensive to purchase compared to the Burgman and was also recently updated with single-channel ABS, making it a good purchase.