I owned a Kia Sonet diesel manual in 2021, my first car. I bought it thinking that I wouldn’t use it in the city much. I wouldn’t use it for office commutes, will mainly use it for highway trips, and a manual is fun to drive.

But the manual was becoming increasingly painful to drive in the city, also after entering the city after a long drive. After a lot of thought, after 3 years and 40k kms, I decided to sell it and buy an automatic. I got a good deal on Spinny, hence sold it. 

Then the actual research began. I was having the following options, and I added the impressions along with it. My budget was 20L but was flexible. I was looking for a good automatic car which was spacious for 5, reliable. 
1. Kia Seltos DCT (Suspension was an issue like any other Kia, but looked good) 
2. Creta CVT (lacked fun) 
3. Creta N Line DCT (Well-rounded, fun because of the engine, good suspension. I didn’t like the front looks, tough) 
4. XUV700 diesel auto (wanted to avoid diesel due to government regulations but was fun to drive. Petrol mileage is horrible, heard a lot of software issues, niggles, reliability issues) 
5. Tata Harrier (was very good looking, spacious but was not very sure of reliability. Heard a lot of software issues and quality concerns) 
6. Innova Hycross non-hybrid (spacious, less mileage, but lacked fun, also too big to take it out for small things) 

Finally, I decided on Creta N Line N8 DCT because I found it very well-rounded in all aspects. 

For those who will mention safety, I have checked the new body structure of Creta, which looked good. Hope it’s safe, but I can’t comment on it though. 
Looking forward to your thoughts! 


Bought a Creta N line DCT (after a hell lot of research)