Can you please suggest which car is best, Toyota Glanza/Taisor or Maruti Baleno/fronx? I am a first-time buyer. My budget is 10L+. I am preferring Automatic drive. Please suggest from the above list, or mention the cars not in the list, also welcome.

Autocar India

•9h

The Nissan Magnite CVT is worth serious consideration. For a relatively new driver in Mumbai, its light steering, compact dimensions, and smooth CVT automatic make it easy to manage in traffic and simple to park. The turbo-petrol has enough pull for the Pune, Lonavala and Mahabaleshwar ghats, so it cruises on the expressway without feeling strained with family and luggage. It rides well on broken roads, has useful ground clearance, and the cabin and boot work fine for a small family. With only 300-350 km a month, petrol keeps costs simple, and the Magnite fits your Rs. 10-12 lakh budget.The flip side is the cabin feels a bit basic, and Nissan’s service network is smaller than Maruti or Hyundai, so check how close your nearest service center is.If you like sedans and want an even silkier automatic for the city, the Honda Amaze CVT is also worth a look, but you will give up some ground clearance and the SUV-like view you get in the Magnite.Alternatively, you could look at the Maruti Suzuki Fronx turbo petrol automatic, but it will need you to stretch your budget to about Rs 13 lakh.

Nissan Magnite

Honda Amaze

Maruti Suzuki Fronx

Autocar India

•1d

Go for the Honda Amaze sedan. For mostly city use, it is easy to drive and park, yet the 420 litre boot makes those 4-5 road trips far simpler than a hatchback. Coming from a Mobilio, you will also like the comfy ride and the familiar Honda smoothness. Pick the automatic, which will be friendly and easy to use in the city where you spend most of your time.One honest catch is power. It is fine in the city and steady at 90-100 km/h, but quick highway overtakes with a full load will need some planning.If you are set on a hatchback, the Maruti Baleno or Fronx are the most sensible city choices thanks to light controls, good space and very good mileage, and they are calmer on highways than most small hatches. If safety and rough-road stability matter more than mileage, the Tata Altroz is the sturdier hatch, though its petrol feels just okay.Overall, for your usage mix and past MPV ownership, the Amaze fits best.

Honda Amaze

Maruti Suzuki Baleno

Maruti Suzuki Fronx

Autocar India

•1d

You won't go wrong with either but we would lean towards the Skoda Kylaq in this case. You spend most of your time on highways in the back seat, and the Kylaq rear offers better headroom and is the steadier cruiser and with better noise isolation than the Amaze. It also has stronger performance for quick, safe overtakes, which your chauffeur will appreciate. Since you are open to an automatic - in the case of the Honda - we would suggest you consider the Kylaq AT as you will appreciate the smooth shifting of the torque convertor gearbox as against the Amaze's CVT which during some heavy footed driving does have some of the typical ‘rubber band effect’, wherein the engine revs rise without a corresponding effect on the vehicle’s speed.

Skoda Kylaq

Honda Amaze