Fuel efficient cars in India – Difficult Choice by AutoPortal.com

Fuel efficiency of a car is the factor that controls the choice of a car in India. With the rising fuel prices, the Indian customer is forced to look for cars that give good mileages. It is a known factor that diesel cars give better mileages than petrol models. However, the maintenance costs are more for the diesel cars. So depending on the requirement the customer has to decide whether to go for the petrol or diesel models. AutoPortal.com is a one stop solution for all things automotive.

Among the hatchback vehicles the small car Tata Nano GenX priced Rupees 1.99 to 2.89 lakh gives mileages of 21.9 to 23.6 kmpl with the petrol. The Maruti brand cars are normally very fuel efficient. The Alto 800 priced Rupees 2.5 to 3.66 lakh gives mileages of 22.74 kmpl. The Celerio priced Rupees 3.9 to 5.71 lakh gives mileages of 23.1 kmpl with the petrol and a segmental best 27.62 kmpl with the diesel. The Swift, the Swift Dzire and the Ritz are other Maruti cars with high fuel efficiencies. The sedan Maruti Ciaz priced Rupees 7.17 to 10.32 lakh gives 20.73 kmpl with the petrol with petrol and 26.21 kmpl with the diesel.

Among the Hyundai cars the Eon priced Rupees 3.12 to 4.26 lakh gives a mileage of 21.1. The Hyundai i10 priced Rupees 4.22 to 5.02 lakh give mileages of 19.81 kmpl in petrol. The diesel variants of the Grand i10 give mileages of 24 kmpl. The diesel variants of the compact sedan Hyundai Xcent priced Rupees 5.9 to 7.79 lakh give mileages of 24.4 kmpl. The diesel variants of the sedan 4S Verna priced Rupees 7.7 to 12.12 lakh give mileages of 22.32 kmpl.

The Tata diesel hatchbacks normally have good fuel efficiencies, The Indica LS and LX variants priced Rupees 4.33 and 4.69 lakh give mileages of 25 kmpl. The Vista and Indigo eCS diesel variants priced rupees 5.47 to 6.19 lakh give 25 kmpl. The sedan Zest priced Rupees 4.86 to 8.07 lakh gives mileages of 17.6 and 23 kmpl in petrol and diesel respectively.

The Honda hatchback petrol Brio priced Rupees 4.25 to 6.85 gives mileages of 18.9 kmpl. The compact sedan Honda Amaze priced Rupees 5.23 to 8.26 lakh gives 18 kmpl with the petrol and 25.3 kmpl with the diesel. The sedan Honda City priced Rupees 7.59 to 11.9 lakh gives mileages of 17.3 kmpl in petrol and 25.8 in diesel. The MPV Mobilio diesel has mileages of 24.2 kmpl and the petrol 17.3 kmpl. The Toyota cars the Liva, the Etios and the Etios Cross give mileages of 23.59 kmpl. The diesel sedan Ford Fiesta has mileages of 25.01 kmpl and the diesel SUV Ford EcoSport 22.7 kmpl. Know more latest car models, Upcoming Cars, used cars etc , Join Google+ to follow AutoPortal India .