I’m thinking about buying the Honda Amaze CVT (automatic) for my family, but my usage will be very low: only about 100 km/month. Is it a sensible choice, given fuel costs, reliability, and value? What are the pros and cons?

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Honda dealerships are offering the Amaze and Elevate with a CNG kit for approximately Rs 1 lakh, which includes the kit warranty of 3 years/1,20,000km. The kit is only offered on the V and VX variants, exclusively with the manual transmission. So installing a CNG kit in the CVT version will void your warranty.The camera-based Honda Sensing (ADAS) is not likely to be affected by the CNG kit.

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A 360-degree camera on the facelifted Volkswagen Taigun is highly unlikely. The recently revealed facelift of its sister model, the Skoda Kushaq, does not get a 360-degree camera either. Since both cars share the same platform and usually have almost identical feature sets, it is unlikely that Volkswagen will introduce that feature only on the Taigun.What the Taigun facelift is more likely to get are the same updates seen on the Kushaq. These could include features such as rear seat massage, a panoramic sunroof, Google Gemini integration in the infotainment system and a larger 10.1-inch digital instrument cluster.Apart from these feature additions, the core mechanical package with the 1.0-litre and 1.5-litre turbo petrol engines is expected to remain unchanged.

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We would recommend you look at the Maruti Suzuki Dzire as the car is very reliable and spacious enough for a family of four. Also, assuming no one in your family is really very tall, as rear headroom will be tight for taller people, those around 5 feet 10 inches and above. Boot space would also be adequate for your few trips outside of the city. Just slightly above your budget is the fully loaded ZXi + variant. Though we would recommend you opt for the one below - the ZXi. This variant will give you all of the essential features like automatic AC, touchscreen with wireless phone connectivity and all of the safety features too, while coming in below your budget. You would also miss the sunroof, which frankly has limited utility, and in the Dzire is a very small unit and only lowers the headroom.

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