Best mileage cars in India 2014

Top 10 cars with mileage in India: As the Indian first question about a car is “kitta deti hai” here are few cars with the best mileage for city driving.

1. Tata Indica eV2

Tata Indica is a successful diesel hatchback by the Indian auto maker Tata Motors. It is popular with taxi operators also. Tata Indica has overall length of 3675 mm, overall width of 1665 mm and overall height of 1485 mm. The car with ground clearance of 170 mm has boot space of 217 liter, and kerb weight of 995 kg. The 5-door car can sit 5 persons. The 1405 cc engine of the car delivers maximum power of 53PS@5500rpm and the maximum torque of 85Nm @2500rpm. The engine of the car has 4 cylinders and 2 valves per cylinder.

The car with fuel tank capacity of 37 liter delivers the maximum speed of 135 km/hour km/hour. Tata Indica offers 17.2 km/liter mileage on high ways, 13.6 km/liter on city roads and overall it offers the mileage of 13.6 km/liter.

2. Maruti DZire

There are two engine options in the Dzire- a petrol and diesel. There is the 1.3-litre Multi-jet diesel engine which now has improved fuel economy, which according to ARAI now stands at 23.4kmpl! The petrol gives 19.1 kmpl. The A/T petrol give the least economy as expected, the diesel is clearly what you want if you want efficiency.All variants of the Maruti Swift Dzire are pretty much feature-laden and full of the expected technical specs. Engine specs include an engine of 1248, which musters up a torque measuring to 190Nm@2000rpm and maximum power of 74bhp@4000rpm.

The engineers at Maruti gave Swift Dzire the best of technical specifications. Maruti Swift Dzire ZDI is 5 Speed geared, with Manual transmission, Ventilated Disc brakes at the front and Drum brakes at the rear along with McPherson Strut front suspension and Torsion Beam rear suspension, making it a rather safe drive.

3. Maruti Ritz

Ritz also uses the same FIAT derived multi-jet unit that displaces 1248cc and puts out 75PS of power with 190Nm of torque. . It also has a respectable ARAI rated economy of 23.2kmpl. The NVH levels of the diesel version are good and the engine is pretty smooth and silent for a diesel unit. It is mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox. There is also a petrol engine which is also available with an automatic option. The mileage of the automatic is 17.6 kmpl. When it comes to suspension, the high seating position and a relatively light steering makes the Ritz easy to drive in traffic. It isn’t as agile as the Swift Low speed ride on the lower variants is good due to their tall tyre walls though on the ZXI, the undulations, especially sharp ones, are easily transmitted into the cabin. High speed stability is pretty impressive and the Ritz feels at home at triple digit highway speeds.

4. Maruti Alto 800

The heart throbbing car of Indian middle class, Maruti Suzuki Alto 800 is celebrating '25,00,00 ALTOs on the road'. The most preferable iconic Maruti 800 has gone through constructive phase in terms of design and comfort which led to the evolution of Alto 800. The Alto 800 has been given the sporty touch from exterior and is made more spacious from interior. With the phenomenal 796cc engine the car delivers maximum power of 47.3bhp and peak torque of 69Nm. The Alto 800 has been given with an extra safety feature - driver side air-bag which was lacking in the previous Maruti 800.

The mileage is improved over the Alto and the Alto 800 delivers an impressive 22.74 kmpl. The CNG version does 30.46 km/kg.

5. Maruti SX4

The SX4 is powered by a 1.6-litre VVT petrol engine that delivers a maximum power of 104.7 PS at 5600 rpm and a peak torque of 145NM at 4100 rpm. Under the hood of the SX4 Diesel lies the high powered 1.3 litre Super Turbo DDiS diesel engine that returns power of 90PS @ 4000 rpm and a peak torque of 200NM @ 1750 rpm. Power is transmitted via five-speed gearbox that uses detent pin technology. The new SX4 is OBD-II compliant and meets the BS-IV standards. The fuel economy too is improved with a figure of 16.51 kmpl for the petrol and 21.79 kmpl for the diesel. There is a CNG variant too and its mileage is 22.1 km/kg for CNG.

6. Hyundai Eon

Powering the Eon is an 814 cc petrol engine. It has three cylinders/9 valves and makes 56 PS. In the city, the performance of the engine is adequate and you do not feel it is underpowered. In traffic you have to keep in the right gear to extract the full performance and if you do that there won't be many issues about driving the Eon in the city. But if you apply more speed, things go a bit downward in the Eon. The Eon has a fuel economy of 21.1 kmpl, as certified by ARAI. In the city if you keep it in the right gear and drive sedately the Eon will deliver fuel economy in the region of 17-18kmpl easily.

7. Mahindra Verito Vibe

The engine is mated to a five-speed manual ’box, which is pretty smooth under the hood, it has the proven 1.5-litre dCi engine that’s sourced from Renault,tuned to churn out 64bhp of power and 160Nm of pulling force.

The Vibe is pretty efficient with an average of 20.8 kmpl.

8. Maruti Alto K10

The Maruti Alto K-10 comes with a powerful K-series engine which pumps out 67 BHP at 6200 RPM and 90 NM of torque at 3500 RPM from its 1 liter engine, 3 cylinder engine. It feels sporty to drive and offers good performance and drivability from all 5 gears and doesn’t feel underpowered like its older sibling with the air conditioning on.The fuel efficiency as per ARAI certifications is a healthy 20.2 kmpl

9. Ford Fiesta Classic

The diesel engine variant is a 1.4 liter Duratorq engine which produces 68 BHP at 4000 RPM and plenty of torque. It has excellent bottom end power and is easy to drive in the city and on the highways. Both the diesel and petrol Classic are economical. But the diesel Ford Classic has a great efficiency of 20 kmpl, the petrol too manages 13 kmpl which is a respectable figure nonetheless.

10. Tata Vista

Tata Indica Vista is available in two diesel engine variants and the first one is a TDI diesel engine which is a 1.4 liter engine producing maximum power of 70 BHP at 4500 RPM and a maximum torque of 135 NM at 2500 RPM. It offers an excellent combination of fuel efficiency and performance.The other variant is a more power common rail diesel engine which is a 1.3 liter Quadrajet engine from Fiat which produces 74 BHP at 4000 RPM and a maximum torque of 190 NM at 1750 RPM. This engine has oodles of low of torque making it easy to drive in the city and offers maximum drivability. ARAI has rated the 1.3 liter Tata Indica Vista at 22.29 kmpl and 1.4 liter engine to deliver a maximum fuel efficiency of 19.43 kmpl.