Car maintenance cost comparison Part 10: Budget hatchbacks

Carrying on with our maintenance cost comparisons –Part 1 (premium and executive SUVs), Part 3 (mid-size SUVs), Part 4 (compact SUVs) and Part 9 (mid-range hatchbacks), we now shift focus to the most price-sensitive segments in the Indian market – the budget hatchbacks.

• Maintenance costs calculated over 60,000km
• Budget hatchbacks maintenance costs compared
• Factors in service life as well as cost of parts and labour (ex-Delhi, inclusive of taxes)

Currently, this segment consists of just four cars, which isn’t an indicator of a lack of interest or of market potential but of just how cost-competitive the segment has become, especially with the more stringent safety norms, as well as the BS6 emission standards now in place. Mass-market specialist, Maruti Suzuki, has two offerings in this space - the Alto and the Spresso, both with a single engine on offer; while Hyundai has vacated this space with the discontinuation of the Eon. Of course, as before, there are no diesel engines to be found here.

Budget hatchbacks maintenance cost comparison

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