Other than the poor interiors, exactly why did you drop the idea of buying the spark? With a budget of 5lakhs, the following cars are available:
Pre owned: Accent, Honda city, Innova etc.
New: Palio, UVA, Getz, Swift, i10, Indigo
Alto, M800, Spark, Santro, Estilo, Wagon R, Indica
Next year's model: Splash
The first thing to narrow down here is the size of the car.
Since the primary use of the car is within city, a smaller turning radius might be an important criteria, for parking purposes.
Turning radius of less than 5.0m: M800, Alto, Spark, Santro, Estilo, Wagon, Honda city
I am not sure about the turning radius of the other cars, but Getz, Palio and UVA have 5.0m-5.1m turning radius.
Between the Spark, Santro, Wagon R and Estilo, there is very little to choose between the cars:
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Santro has the most responsive engine.
Spark has the best ride comfort and the quietest engine.
Wagon r has the most amount of space.
Estilo has the best combination of space, ride comfort, and engine
responsiveness.
[SIZE=2]Santro has the least ride comfort.
Spark has the least responsive engine.
Wagonr is the least fuel efficient for long distances.
Estilo has the worst combination of gear shift, cabin width.
Both wagonr and estilo have the noisiest engine.
Estilo and Spark are the most fuel efficient.
Hyundai service is the best.
Maruti after sales service is the most widely available.
Wagonr and Santro are the oldest.
Estilo and Spark are the newest.
[SIZE=2]The Spark front seat is the smallest and A/C is the worst.
But it comes with tubeless tyres. Cabin space is comparable to Santro and Estilo, but probably a bit more. Boot space is the smallest for spark.
Spark is the shortest in height and hence most stable on the highway.
So that is the comparison in a nutshell!!! Pick any of them, you can't go wrong with any of them, except maybe Spark, since GM is still not a company that we can trust in India. Not yet anyway. They phased out the Corsa and the Matiz is already a discontinued brand.
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