[carfreak]

if you can get the pricing and the vehicle condition right,i would advice you go in for a used santro.even a new maruti 800 may give more problems in 4-5years than a used santro.the alto vxi is no longer produced but i have read reviews about it when it was launched and its good-it has the wagon r engine so no problem with spares.but i still feel a used santro is a better bet-very few problems crop up in santros and hyundai service is great too.why dont you enquire with individual sellers?
perhaps then the excess pricing problem will not come too.about second hand prices i dont have much idea