Greetings to all of you.
For those who have not checked out my posts in "Introduce yourself" thread, I am a 26 year old Mumbai guy looking for a new vehicle for me and my family. I currently own a Chevrolet Aveo 1.6 LT(petrol) bought in 2006 and has run 119000km which I am thinking of NOT selling. I want to go for a diesel this time as the daily commute from home (Kandivali E) to office(Worli) and back is around 60 kms approx. Both Dad and my offices are in Worli so we travel together alongwith a driver. I frequently go for weekend trips as well.
Yesterday, We (Dad, me and driver bhaiya) had gone to test drive six cars which included Fiat Linea Multijet, XUV5OO, Verna, Renault Duster, Volkswagen Vento and Ford Fiesta in that order. All DIESEL offcourse as we had planned for a Diesel buy this time. Had decided to buy one which is agreed upon by all three of us.
Let me put briefly my experience for each of the cars.
1. Fiat Linea Multijet. 
We reached at the showroom in the morning and there was a white coloured suave looking Linea Emotion(2011 model sadly) waiting for us to test drive at the Wasan Motors, Borivali East. Sales people were well behaved and I saw many people who had come to test drive Tata's Manza(surprised because Manzas are rarely seen in Mumbai). Test drove Linea from showroom to Thakur Complex signal a length of about 2 kms to and fro. Handling was superb, excellent ride quality and good looks but not very good interiors. There was definitely a turbo lag but I had serious fun behind the wheels.
Also enquired regarding current Aveo LT's valuation which they said around 1.1 lacs + 30 thousand exchange bonus. Not satisfactory for us as it is well maintained. Dont think any one will offer 2 lacs for such a old car so we have decided to keep it for some more time. Maybe we can replace it with a Ford Ecosport to be launched early next year. Got a proforma invoice for the Linea (as it will be bought on company's name) and left. Dad really liked the rear seat of Linea.
2. Mahindra XUV 5OO
Then we went to G3 at SV Road, Kandivali West to test drive the stunning SUV from M & M. W8 variant was out of our budget so looked at W6. I was impressed but Dad did not want such a bulky vehicle for commuting through heavily jammed Western Express Highway everyday. Tried to explain more regarding awesome features but in vain. My XUV5OO dreams over and out!
Cant buy such an expensive vehicle on my own money for the next 3 years at least.
No test drive. No proforma invoice.
3. Hyundai Verna
Next, we drove our Aveo to Shreenath Hyundai in front of Infinity mall, Andheri W. I had driven a friend's fluidic Verna on Mumbai Pune expressway and it was a big NO from my side. But definitely its the highest selling vehicle and merited a small test drive. And everyone in the family likes this car's exterior looks. Father test drove this vehicle and it was impressive on Linking Road and a demo was given on all the features. With such a raised rear height in fluidic design, the rear view in the mirror is severely obstructed by the height of rear backrests. During monsoons(and it was raining heavily), it can be an issue as ORVMs are also not dependable. Dad had issues with it.
Got a proforma invoice and left. Not very satisfied. Here, old Aveo was valued at meagre 1,10,000 and without any exchange bonus.
4. Renault Duster
At walkable distance is the Renault Andheri West showroom. Duster was a looker from the outside especially this colour in the image below.

It looked good from the front but I liked the rear more with black engrossed "D U S T E R" on chrome. All the enthusiasm evaporated as soon as we stepped in the rear seat. CRAMPED. And the rear AC vents make it worse. Safety features are missing in the lower variant and higher variants are almost as expensive as the XUV5OO W6. Dad was always against the idea of everyday SUV use for office commute. So the newly launched highly successful DUSTER was not made for us. We did spend some time with the beautiful Fluence standing alongside.
5. Volkswagen Vento
I actually knew beforehand that this will be our next car. We walked from Renault showroom to Volkswagen Mumbai West next to Solitaire Honda. Gulped a cup of lemon tea and were shown a demo of white colored Vento Trendline with lots of added accessories. The sales guy BANGED the doors to show the sturdiness of the car's body. No other staff looked towards us even after the noise it made. I understood this was a routine exercise! We test drove a silver coloured Highline kept outside. Highline's interiors were at least two notches above the Trendline with many features making it a great mixture of quality and functionality. Both father and the driver also drove the vehicle and were highly satisfied. The service period for the car is 15000 km / 1 year which is excellent. The sales guy told us not to go for any extra coating/polish as the car has good quality paint with 6 year anti-rust warranty. Took the proforma invoice and left.
6. Ford Fiesta
On the way back home, went to SC Ford in Malad West. Tried Fiesta. Felt cramped on the back seat. And offcourse I have heard that its a great handling driver's car with not so great rear seats. Not what we require. Many of you would have recommended Nissan Sunny on that thought. But we actually needed a combination of both a good driver's car and good rear seats.
We have almost finalised Vento Highline now. The colours that were in mind - Shadow Blue or Black. They have Shadow Blue (my fav color in Vento) and the waiting time they quote is at the max 10 days! Black isnt available with them right now and we will have to wait for 1 month at least.
Please suggest whether a good decision is made or not. Final decision will be made in 2-3 days. Volkswagen is giving a good 17k discount and also, free accessories worth 9k. I was thinking of a spoiler. Will it look good on shadow blue Vento? We are still open to any other cars by the way.

It was my first long post on the forum. Please give suggestions for better presentation. I will definitely write a long detailed review of the new car(whichever it be) as soon as its delivered. THANK YOU.