Which car to buy - Budget 3.5 ex-showroom

cediafan · 6th May 2008, 19:49

Hi,

One of my friends wants to buy a car under 3.5 lacs (ex-showroom). He is buying it under a company scheme where Road tax, insurance etc are being paid by the company.

His requirements are:
- The car should have an AC and Power steering.
- Minimum maintanance
- Good resale value
- Easy to drive (he has just learnt driving)

I was suggesting an Alto. But I think the options are Alto, Spark (with AC and Power Steering), Indica DLS.

Any suggestions?

Eddy · 6th May 2008, 20:18

If Santro is greater than 3.5 lac, then it should be spark. Satisfies all requirements except resale. But Indica petrol also doesn't command good resale.

snaronikar · 6th May 2008, 20:23

For his criteria, you can increase the choices to WagonR, i10, Santro. I would not choose Alto as his budget is more and for 3.5L ex-showroom, you will get the above cars comfortably. If he increases the budget slightly, he can try for swift. But I would prefer to stick for MSIL or Hyundai as the A** and resale value is better off compared to their counterparts in GM/Tata/Fiat.

TD all the cars then decide on the above.

karanraheja · 6th May 2008, 21:01

Cediafan : There are 2 cars coming in that budget from MSIL stable.
Splash & A-star. If your friend can wait he can opt for one of those.
If he needs a car urgently he should opt either for the i10 or stretch the budget and opt for the Swift Lxi.

deadman · 7th May 2008, 09:44

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Originally Posted by karanraheja

Cediafan : There are 2 cars coming in that budget from MSIL stable.
Splash & A-star. If your friend can wait he can opt for one of those.
If he needs a car urgently he should opt either for the i10 or stretch the budget and opt for the Swift Lxi.

After checking production image of A-star I'm really upset....... Very big difference in looks, first car which they showed at AUTO EXPO was very sexy one...

Splash? when it will launch ? next year?

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karanraheja · 7th May 2008, 09:52

@Deadman- Can you provide me some pics of the A-Star? Splash no news yet but with No. of launches from MSIL stable i guess it will be launched after A-star.

deadman · 7th May 2008, 10:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by karanraheja

@Deadman- Can you provide me some pics of the A-Star? Splash no news yet but with No. of launches from MSIL stable i guess it will be launched after A-star.

here are the snaps which i found on some website ..... looks worse to me....but it may sale bcoz of Maruti Brand.

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tsk1979 · 7th May 2008, 10:13

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6th May 2008, 19:49	#1
cediafan BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pune Posts: 162 Thanked: 8 Times	Which car to buy - Budget 3.5 ex-showroom Hi, One of my friends wants to buy a car under 3.5 lacs (ex-showroom). He is buying it under a company scheme where Road tax, insurance etc are being paid by the company. His requirements are: - The car should have an AC and Power steering. - Minimum maintanance - Good resale value - Easy to drive (he has just learnt driving) I was suggesting an Alto. But I think the options are Alto, Spark (with AC and Power Steering), Indica DLS. Any suggestions?
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6th May 2008, 20:18	#2
Eddy Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 9,386 Thanked: 13,292 Times	If Santro is greater than 3.5 lac, then it should be spark. Satisfies all requirements except resale. But Indica petrol also doesn't command good resale.
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6th May 2008, 20:23	#3
snaronikar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 2,845 Thanked: 29 Times View My Garage	For his criteria, you can increase the choices to WagonR, i10, Santro. I would not choose Alto as his budget is more and for 3.5L ex-showroom, you will get the above cars comfortably. If he increases the budget slightly, he can try for swift. But I would prefer to stick for MSIL or Hyundai as the A** and resale value is better off compared to their counterparts in GM/Tata/Fiat. TD all the cars then decide on the above. Last edited by snaronikar : 6th May 2008 at 20:24.
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6th May 2008, 21:01	#4
karanraheja Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 1,961 Thanked: 436 Times	Cediafan : There are 2 cars coming in that budget from MSIL stable. Splash & A-star. If your friend can wait he can opt for one of those. If he needs a car urgently he should opt either for the i10 or stretch the budget and opt for the Swift Lxi.
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7th May 2008, 09:52	#6
karanraheja Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 1,961 Thanked: 436 Times	@Deadman- Can you provide me some pics of the A-Star? Splash no news yet but with No. of launches from MSIL stable i guess it will be launched after A-star.
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tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,717 Thanked: 22,823 Times View My Garage	Note from mod: We already have so many threads with similar requirements, please use the search function and use those threads
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