Compact SUVs Perfect for Indian Cities: Discover Your Ideal City

The local Indian streets are jammed enough that makes traversing through them pretty harrowing. But use the right vehicle, and things start getting relatively easy. Compact SUVs have come out as one of the instant favorites for people in cities. It has happened for their style, practicality, and most importantly, maneuverability. In this blog, we will compile some of the best options for compact SUVs in India for city drives.

Price: 6.13 Lakh onwards (Ex-showroom)

The four major variants available are: Pure (MT), Adventure(MT/AMT), Accomplished (MT/AMT), Creative (MT/AMT)

Engine 1.2 l Revotron Petrol Engine  1.2 l Revotron CNG Engine 
Fuel Petrol Petrol + CNG
Power: PS (kw) @rpm   87.8PS @ 6000 rpm (64.6 KW)  CNG  – 73.5PS @ 6000 rpm (54KW) Petrol  – 87.8PS @ 6000 rpm (64.6 KW)
Torque: Nm@rpm  115 Nm @ 3250 +/- 100 rpm CNG  – 103 Nm @ 3250 rpm 

Petrol  – 115 Nm @ 3250 +/- 100 rpm

Fuel Tank Capacity 37 L Petrol – 37 L

 CNG – 60 L (Water equivalent)

exter

Price: 5.99 Lakh onwards (Ex-showroom)

The various variants of Hyundai Exter are : EX, EX (O), S, S(O), SX, SX(O), SX(O) Connect.

Engine 1.2l Kappa petrol 1.2l Bi-fuel (petrol with CNG)
Fuel Petrol Petrol + CNG
Power: PS (kw) @rpm   61 kW (83 PS) @ 6 000 rpm 50.5 kW (69 PS) @ 6 000 rpm
Torque: Nm@rpm  113.8 Nm @ 4 000 rpm 95.2 Nm @ 4 000 rpm 
Fuel Tank Capacity 37 L Petrol: 37 L

 CNG: 60 L (Water equivalent)

XUV 3XO

Price: 7.49 Lakh onwards (Ex-showroom)

The various variants of the Mahindra XUV 3XO are: MX1, MX2, MX2 Pro, MX3, MX3 Pro, AX5, AX5 Luxury, AX7, AX7 Luxury.

Engine mStallion Turbo Charged Multipoint Fuel Injection (TCMPFi) mStallion Turbo Charged Intercooled Gasoline Direct injection (TGDi) Turbo Diesel with CRDe
Fuel Petrol Petrol Diesel
Power: PS (kw) @rpm   82 kW @ 5000 rpm 96 kW @ 5000 rpm 85.8 kW @ 3750 rpm
Torque: Nm@rpm  200 Nm @ 1500-3500 rpm 230 Nm @ 1500-3750 rpm  300 Nm @ 1500-2500 rpm 
Fuel Tank Capacity 1.2 L 1.2 L 1.5 L
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Toyota-Urban-Cruiser-Taisor

Price: 9.02 Lakh onwards (Ex-showroom)

Variants available for the Toyota Compact SUV are: E (Petrol/CNG) [MT], E(Petrol only) [MT/AMT], S [MT/AMT], S+ [MT/AMT], G [MT/AT], V [MT/AT]

Engine 1.2L K-Series Dual Jet, Dual VVT 1.2L K-Series Dual Jet, Dual VVT 1.0L K-Series Turbo
Fuel Petrol+CNG Petrol Petrol
Power: PS (kw) @rpm   Petrol: 66 kW(89.73 PS) @100 s-1

CNG: 57 kW(77.5PS) @100 s-1 

66 kW(89.73 PS)@100 s-1 73.6 kW(100.06PS)@91.6 s-1
Torque: Nm@rpm  Petrol: 113@73.33 s-1 

CNG: 98.5@71.67 s-1

113@73.33 s-1 147.6@33.33 s-1-75 s-1
Fuel Tank Capacity Petrol: 37 L

 

CNG: 55 L (Water Equivalent)

37 L 37 L

Hyundai-Venue

Price: 7.94 Lakh onwards (Ex-showroom)

Variants of Hyundai Venue are: E, S, S+, Executive, S(O), S(O)+, S(O) Knight, SX, SX Knight, SX(O), S(O) Knight

Engine Kappa 1.2 l MPi Kappa 1.0 l Turbo GDi U2 1.5 l CRDi VGT
Fuel Petrol Petrol Diesel
Power: PS (kw) @rpm   61 kW (83 PS)

@6000 rpm

88.3 kW (120 PS) @6000 rpm 85 kW (116 PS)

@4000 rpm

Torque: Nm@rpm  113.8 nm @4000 rpm 172 nm @ 1500-400 rpm 250 nm @1500-2750 rpm
Fuel Tank Capacity 45 L

Nissan-Magnite

Price: 6 Lakh onwards (Ex-showroom)

There are 8 Manual Transmission variants, 5 Automatic Manual Transmission variants, and 4 Continuously Variable Transmission variants.

Engine B4D 1.0 B4D NA Petrol  B4D 1.0 

NA Petrol

HRA0 1.0 

Turbo Petrol 

HRA0 1.0

Turbo CVT Petrol

Fuel Petrol
Power: PS (kw) @rpm   72 ps @ 6250 rpm 72 ps @ 6250 rpm 100 ps @ 5000 rpm 100 ps @ 5000 rpm
Torque: Nm@rpm  96 nm @ 3500 rpm 96 nm @ 3500 rpm 160 nm @ 2800-3600 rpm 152 nm @ 2200-4400 rpm
Fuel Tank Capacity 40 L

Maruti-Suzuki-Brezza

Price: 8.34 Lakh onwards (Ex-showroom)

Variants accessible for Maruti Suzuki Brezza are: LXi MT, LXi CNG MT, VXi MT/AT, VXi CNG MT, ZXi MT/AT, ZXi CNG MT, ZXi+ MT/AT

Engine K15C Smart Hybrid K15C
Fuel Petrol Petrol+CNG
Power: PS (kw) @rpm   75.8 kW (103.1 PS) @ 6000 rpm Petrol: 74 kW (100.6 PS) @ 6000 rpm

CNG: 64.6 kW (87.8 PS) @ 5500 rpm

Torque: Nm@rpm  136.8 nm @ 4400 rpm Petrol: 136.0 nm @ 4400 rpm

CNG: 121.5 nm @ 4200 rpm

Fuel Tank Capacity 48 L Petrol: 48

CNG: 55 (Water Equivalent)

Compact SUVs sold in India serve a broad variety of needs and tastes, from the stylish feature packed Nissan Magnite to the rugged and reliable Mahindra XUV 3XO. You can thus choose an ideal car that would take you to work in a pleasant and trouble free drive each day and on a weekend excursion with due consideration to your needs.