Hi Team, hope you are doing well. I need your honest opinion. I am planning to buy either the XEV 9e or the XEV 9S. I have watched many videos online, but I am getting mixed reviews. I know you provide unbiased opinions, so I am reaching out to you. Could you please help me decide if I am making the right choice? If I am making a mistake, please tell me why. Also, what would be the best EV choice in this price segment? PS: I stay in Mumbai, so please suggest alternatives based on their on-road price in Mumbai.

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The BYD Atto 3 is a good option, and the car's powertrain is well-tuned and should prove to be very reliable in the long term. If you have a dealer nearby, you should give it serious consideration. The electric Sierra, on the other hand, is much better equipped and more spacious than the Atto 3, so it comes down to what you would value more. As far as alternatives go, the Hyundai Creta electric is the best all-rounder in the segment with a well-tuned powertrain that is easy and smooth to drive, a suspension that delivers a good ride in the city and on highways, comfy seats and a good equipment list too.

BYD Atto 3

Tata Sierra EV

Hyundai Creta Electric

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Pick the Kia Seltos HTK petrol automatic. Your use is mostly city and only 10,000 km a year, so the smooth, quiet petrol suits you better, and the fuel cost gap to diesel will be small at that running. For similar money, the HTK gives you more useful kit than the lower HTE(O) diesel variant, so day-to-day it will feel like the nicer car to live with.The diesel automatic is great for long highway hauls and heavy loads, and will sip less on trips, but short city runs can be hard on modern diesels, and you’ll add urea top-ups and slightly higher service costs. It only starts to make sense if you do a lot more highway or cross 15,000 km a year.If you’re open to others around this budget, look at Honda Elevate with the automatic for a very easy city drive and simple ownership, or Skoda Kushaq 1.0 automatic if you want a stronger engine and a more fun feel. Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara automatic is another easy-going, efficient city pick, just not very quick.

Kia Seltos

Skoda Kushaq

Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara

Honda Elevate

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The Bajaj-made Triumph Bonneville 400 is likely to launch in India in the next couple of months, albeit for our market, it will use a downsized 349cc motor to benefit from the lower 18 percent GST levied on two-wheelers under that threshold. Coming to the Tiger 400, currently, there have been no indications from either Bajaj or Triumph that such a motorcycle is on the cards.