Hi,
       I just read your column and after having driven cars for more than 10 years in India and the US the answer is really simple. U only have one choice.
Honda City.
Dont even think about a Mahindra.
Making a breadbox which looks attractive is just not good enough
The City is light years ahead of the Scorpio. And if 8 or 10 PPL want to go, my choice wud be the Toyota Innova.
The Hyundai is somewhat OK. I myself own a Elantra but the Accent is way too underpowered and unsafe in compariosn to the city. Its not even in the same league. U will probably spend much more on maintaining a diesel than running a city if u r not a heavy mile cruncher.
So my recommendation 2 u wud be
The honda City.
I just want to end my comment here but the site madates 150 words. I dont beleive in wastgn words so i am typing these last 2 sentences.
Hope the suggestion is useful.

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