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•16w

I live in Mumbai and am looking for a used car that I will use for weekend outings and office during the rainy season. An automatic is preferable, with decent mileage. My budget is ₹6–7 lakh.

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In the used car market, you will find a wide variety of cars at every price point belonging to various segments. We'd recommend you to get the newest possible vehicle you can find, that has been well maintained, with a clean ownership history and complete service records. Since you need a car for Mumbai's monsoons, a high-riding vehicle would be better than a low-riding sedan. Also, since automatic as well as mileage are priority, you can consider the petrol-automatic versions of the Maruti Suzuki Brezza, Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder (badge-engineered version of Brezza) or even a Maruti S-Cross, all of which were available with a 1.5-litre petrol engine and a 4-speed torque converter (automatic). 4-5 year-old, less-driven examples are likely to fall within your budget.

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