[AJ56]

Originally Posted by z_3en

I totally agree with the Amaze vs Accord comparison. Since we are talking about a couple who are just starting off it would be a financial burden maintaining such a car. Above that as a biggener managing the mammoth(with respect to our roads) in traffic would be quite a task since the purchase is mainly for city drives.

I daily drive it, have done so for 9 years, I’ve never had any issue even in tight spaces/single lane roads. If anything it’s safer on single lane roads as I don’t need to floor it to make a quick overtake unlike Amaze. In fact it’s also slightly more fuel efficient than the Amaze in city driving, I get 7.8 km/L vs 7-7.2 in the Amaze (measured tankful your tankful).

The wife is an experienced driver as per OP, see above.

[X-Saint]

In my opinion, your BIL should buy a new car in the 5L budget range like the Alto 800 or the Renault Kwid. It is unavoidable that some maintenance issues will arise even if they are pretty small, but FNG or ASC will take them on a ride regardless. Getting a small, but the new car will give them peace of mind.

[z_3en]

Originally Posted by AJ56

I daily drive it, have done so for 9 years, I’ve never had any issue even in tight spaces/single lane roads. If anything it’s safer on single lane roads as I don’t need to floor it to make a quick overtake unlike Amaze. In fact it’s also slightly more fuel efficient than the Amaze in city driving, I get 7.8 km/L vs 7-7.2 in the Amaze (measured tankful your tankful).

The wife is an experienced driver as per OP, see above.

Here in lucknow city traffic it is always a pain driving the accord or Passat when in hurry. The acceleration of the accord does make a difference on single lanes but when it comes to chorahas and old parts of the city amaze is SO much more desirable. Plus I get an average of 12kmpl minimum (deadlocked hectic traffic) on my 2019 petrol manual amaze.
As for the original post:

I would strongly suggest you to check out the honda jazz. Mainly because although it has the same L12B engine as the amaze, the transmission of jazz makes it relatively a different animal (much more powerful)