Maruti Suzuki S-Presso is a budget-friendly mini-SUV look car, whose ex-showroom price is approximately between ₹ 3.50 lakh to ₹ 5.25 lakh. Its bold front grille, high seating position and excellent ground clearance of 180mm give it a muscular design like a small SUV. Its compact design proves to be very practical for traveling on narrow streets and bad roads of the city.

The interior of this car has a digital instrument cluster mounted on the central console and a 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system, which supports Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. For safety, it has been provided with features like dual airbags, ABS, EBD, and hill hold assist with ESP. It has a 1.0-litre K-series petrol engine, which gives excellent mileage of 24 to 25 km/litre with both manual and AMT gearboxes.

Maruti Suzuki Alto K10 has been the most reliable car in the middle class family, with the starting ex-showroom price starting from ₹ 3.70 lakh and going up to ₹ 5.45 lakh. Its new design is much sharper than before, with an attractive honeycomb front grille and new headlights. Due to its small size, this car is known to drive in heavy traffic and park easily.

The cabin interior is quite clean and practical, where you get a new digital cluster, front power windows and SmartPlay touchscreen with smartphone connectivity. Keeping safety in mind, it has been provided with 6 airbags, reverse parking sensors and ESP. The 1.0-litre dual-jet petrol engine fitted in the vehicle is very responsive and gives an excellent mileage of around 24.39 to 24.9 km/litre.

Renault Kwid is the most stylish and modern looking hatchback car in its segment, whose ex-showroom price starts from ₹ 4.30 lakh and goes up to ₹ 6.39 lakh. Its bold SUV-like stance, attractive LED DRLs and the stunning dual-tone Climber edition are very appealing to the youth. Getting such a sporty and muscular design at a low price in this budget is really praiseworthy.

The Kwid gets a very premium feeling all-black interior, which has the largest 8-inch touchscreen infotainment system in this segment and a fully digital LED instrument display. For safety, it has important features like rear parking camera, ABS, EBD and dual front airbags. The 1.0-litre petrol engine available in it is quite smooth, which easily gives a mileage of around 21.46 to 22.3 km/litre in manual and automatic options.

Tata Tiago is the most robust and safe 5-seater hatchback car on this list, with starting ex-showroom prices starting at around ₹ 4.70 lakh. Its design is based on Tata’s signature ‘Impact 2.0’ philosophy, which gives it a solid, premium and sporty look on the road. This car comes with the heaviest and strongest build quality in its category, which makes it different from other cars.

The interior of Tiago comes with dual-tone finish, which offers advanced features like Harman’s spectacular 8-speaker sound system, digital cluster and automatic climate control. It has got an excellent safety rating of 4-stars in the Global NCAP crash test, which gives it the tag of the safest car in this budget. It has a large 1.2-litre Revotron petrol engine, which gives a mileage of approximately 19.01 km/litre with a strong power of 85 horsepower.