Maruti Suzuki Ritz ZXi

Tall boy designs are difficult to make attractive as they are not only as tall as SUVs, but their tiny footprint means they often look more like a post box than a car. Though the Ritz is a good 90mm taller than the Swift, it suffers none of those maladies. Its steeply raked windscreen, sloping roof and prominent wheel arches prevent it from being a mere flat panel job. Striking details like the prominent nose with its almost-Audi-like pouting grille, the tipped-forward stance with its rising beltline and, of course, those boomerang-shaped tail-lights which make for a jaunty angle.