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BMW gives the X1 a model-year refresh without touching the thing that matters
The sDrive20i range keeps its 204 bhp engine and its ₹49.90 lakh to ₹55.90 lakh band; the change is in where driving assistance and comfort equipment now start.
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Rahul Desai
Consumer Editor · filing since 2018
Rahul writes MotoSutra’s buying guides and value-for-money analysis across commuter segments.
His work focuses on running costs, service networks and resale.
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News 3 min
Kia refreshes the Seltos on price and equipment rather than hardware
The mid-size SUV keeps its 1.5-litre petrol engine and opens at ₹10.90 lakh, with Kia responding to the Creta's update by moving features down the range.
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News 3 min
Honda revises the Elevate’s equipment and pricing while leaving the 1.5 petrol alone
Rear vents, a wireless charger and LED headlamps spread down the variant ladder; the entry price holds at ₹10.99 lakh while the flagship CVT moves past the ₹16.79 lakh the catalogue currently records.
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Reviews
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Review 5 min
BMW G 310 R review: the India specification, checked line by line
What BMW Motorrad India’s own technical data sheet says about the G 310 R, what it leaves out, and what this page had to delete when the document was found.
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Review 5 min
Maruti Suzuki Swift review: the default answer, still
We lived with the 1.2-litre hatchback for three weeks and 1,120 km of Delhi traffic. The mileage is real, the cabin is honest about itself, and the case for buying one is mostly arithmetic.
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Review 5 min
Kia Sonet review: the segment’s options arms dealer, with one load-bearing asterisk
We lived with the Sonet GTX+ dual-clutch for three weeks around Delhi-NCR, then a week in the iMT. The turbo is the class yardstick and the equipment list is absurd for the money — but the crash score is the conversation every showroom ends up having.
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Review 5 min
Hyundai Venue review: two cars share a bonnet, and only one of them is quick
We ran the Venue 1.0 turbo and the 1.5-litre manual side by side through a February month of Delhi-NCR duty. The finding: this is the rare small SUV where the engine choice, not the trim choice, decides the whole ownership experience.
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Comparisons
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Comparison 4 min
Altroz vs i20: the crash score and the feature sheet
Tata sells the safest hatchback India has built; Hyundai sells the best-equipped one. They overlap almost exactly on price, which forces the only question this comparison actually contains: what do you want in a five-year plan?
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Comparison 5 min
Maruti Suzuki Swift vs Baleno: the harder argument between two easy cars
Same 1,197cc family, different state of tune — 79 bhp against 89 — and a ₹26,000 entry gap that reverses at the top of the ladder. Maruti’s two hatchbacks make the strongest case against comparing hatchbacks by shape alone.
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Comparison 5 min
Maruti Suzuki Swift vs Dzire: same engine, different argument
One 1.2-litre petrol, one gearbox, two bodies and a ₹47,000 gap at the entry price. We separate the hatchback from the sedan on the terms that actually decide this purchase.
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Comparison 5 min
Tata Punch vs Hyundai Exter: the micro-SUV war over your first lakh
A five-star shell for ₹5.75 lakh against a bigger boot and standard airbags for ₹6.13 lakh. In this sample catalogue, the cheapest crash protection in India fights the cheapest practicality — and the ₹38,000 gap decides very little.
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Guides
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Guide 5 min
NCAP crash ratings explained: the programmes, the stars, and what a rating does not cover
Two stars and five stars now cost nearly the same money in the same showroom rows. What Global NCAP, Euro NCAP and Bharat NCAP actually test, why stars are not a percentage, and the long list of crashes no rating covers.
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Guide 5 min
What is ABS? Why the anti-lock warning light is the last thing you want to see
Anti-lock brakes buy you the one thing a panic stop actually needs — a steerable car. What the system does mechanically, why the light means you are back to plain drums and physics, and where the entry-level hardware in our catalogue stops short.
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Guide 4 min
Best-mileage cars in India in 2026: six efficient picks, ranked by real running cost
Two cars claim 25 kmpl on petrol, a self-charging hybrid gets closest to its number in traffic, and a factory CNG option rewrites the monthly bill. Every claim here, with the city gap stated honestly.
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Guide 4 min
Best electric cars in India in 2026: all five EVs in our catalogue, ranked
Two Tatas, an MG, a BYD and a Volvo — from a ₹9.79 lakh projection to a ₹57.90 lakh centre airbag. The complete electric shelf, ranked on the range you can actually live with.
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Guide 5 min
Best commuter bikes under ₹2 lakh in 2026: five picks, ranked
We went looking for the best motorcycles under ₹1 lakh and found one. So this list runs to the money most Indian buyers actually spend on a commuter, and it explains what the extra ₹1 lakh buys.
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Guide 4 min
Best small cars under ₹9 lakh in 2026: six picks, ranked
The ₹9 lakh bracket is no longer a hatchback list. It buys a five-star SUV, a seven-seater and the best-booted sedan in the country, so we ranked all of them together on how they are actually used.
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Guide 4 min
Best cars under ₹10 lakh in 2026: six picks that quietly beat the budget segment
A five-star hatchback, a micro-SUV with more boot than several compacts, and the equipment champion all live under ₹10 lakh in this catalogue. Here is how the six rank, and what each one costs you.
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Guide 4 min
Best sedans in India in 2026: six boot-first cars, ranked honestly
The cars the SUV wave left behind are some of the best value in the catalogue: a 521-litre five-star German, a hybrid Honda, and a ₹5.99 lakh turbo that will not crash-test. All six, ranked.
