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Top 5 Ideal City Cars

Ideal city car should be small and powerful to cope up with the stop-and-go sequences on congested Indian roads. The car should also have the capability to squeeze in between huge cars.

It’s actually difficult to search for the perfect city car because today most of the car manufacturers are designing and producing peppy cars to help drivers cope up with heavy traffic jams in city roads. Almost all the car segments have such cars but the compiled list of the best among all.

Here are top 5 ideal city cars:

Maruti Suzuki Swift

Maruti Suzuki Swift has dynamic jumping ability without delivering jerks. It has the best handling and traction control with its fat tyres and rolled body corners. The steering wheel of the Swift is also weighted, friendly and communicative.

The best part of Maruti Suzuki Swift is that the car is designed to best suit the Indian road conditions. The car has the best suited suspension system, good ground clearance and a new chassis that gives an excellent blend of safe and comfortable driving. It is available in both petrol and diesel version with an engine capacity of 1.3L. The car gives an excellent fuel efficiency of about 11 kmpl in city.

Chevrolet Spark

Chevrolet Spark is a wonderful small car for Indian roads priced at around Rs 3 lakh. It is a handsome, sturdy and muscular cars best suited for the city roads. The car exterior is adorned with smooth curves and prominent etches. Even the interior is decorated with latest car accessories to give a fresh, exciting and appealing look to the Spark. It is one of the best and affordable cars to park for city driving.

Available with an engine of 1.0L S-TEC In-Line, the car delivers a fuel economy of about 13 kmpl in city.

Tata Indica Vista

Tata Indica Vista is the latest generation of Indica Vista that is launched with better interiors, exteriors and engine technology. The car is even better in terms of sophistication and overall quality. Tata claims to change everything with this new Indica.

The new Indica Vista, also known as Indica V3, is powered by an improved engine technology, Quadrajet diesel engine and CVCP SAFIRE petrol engine. Priced at a competitive range of Rs 4 lakh, the car is available in three variants: Terra, Aqua, and Aura. Terra means earth, Aqua, means water, and Aura means air. The car delivers a descent fuel economy of about 13 kmpl in city

Skoda Fabia

Skoda Fabia is one of the youngest cars in the segment with floating roof and muscular structure. It’s more palatable with exclusive and attractive interiors including the adjustable driver’s seat, auto window functions, climate control knobs, good boot space, friendly gearbox with sensible gear ratios and a functional glove box to accommodate drinks.

Fabia has a quick and communicative steering wheel with manageable straights and twists. It also helps to overwhelm the tarmac and absorb road undulations. The car is available in two petrol versions and one diesel version. The petrol versions are propelled by an engine capacity of 1.4L and 1.2L whereas its diesel counterpart is powered by an engine of 1.4 PD TDI. It gives an excellent fuel efficiency of about 14 kmpl in city.

Hyundai i10

Hyundai i10 is another god city car with a peppy and fuel efficient engine. The car is loaded with the latest and standard safety features. It is one of the easiest cars to squeeze in between the heavy traffic jams and easy to park in the tightest space. The car shows a super drivability both in city and on highways.

Hyundai i10 has an optional sunroof, well-located gear shifter, power windows, reasonably built glove box, but unfortunately a small boot. This friendly and stylish car is available with two engine options, 1.1L IRDE and 1.2L kappa engine. Comparatively, Hyundai i10 delivers a better fuel economy than Maruti Suzuki Swift and Skoda Fabia. The car gives a mileage of about 15 kmpl in city.

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