With increasing business opportunities and a fast moving economy, owning a car has become a practical decision for everyone in India, right from the employee working in a company to a business owner, or even a shopkeeper. However, even though a car is one of the basic necessities, most Indians are put off by the idea of the prohibitive costs and maintenance that they have to carry out if they buy a vehicle.

Simply put, many individuals in India think of a car as a ‘white elephant’, which takes a lot of money to maintain and has a set amount of vehicle usage. One of the major aspects of the prohibitive costs of maintaining a vehicle is the fuel costs that go to run it. Even today, a person running a small car would be spending approximately $100 to $300 per week for their fuel needs, in the city of Mumbai, which is quite a major amount of money for most Indians.

If you wish to buy a vehicle, but are put off by the prohibitive costs of fuel, you can decide on a diesel run car. A diesel run car saves a lot of money on the fuel, diesel is quite economical as compared to petrol. However, the maintenance of diesel cars may be slightly higher than that of petrol cars, but then the maintenance depends on car to car basis, as to how the car owner runs the car, the make and model of the car, etc.

Diesel cars are available in all makes and models, and today there are several car manufacturing companies that offer their best selling car models in the diesel version. Therefore, you will be able to buy a diesel run SUV, as well as a diesel run small car, or even a diesel run traveler. There are several new cars that are being designed and launched on a consistent level in diesel model for the economy minded individuals today. Following is brief elaboration of the best diesel cars, in the two major segments, i.e. Family Car and Small Car.

The Toyota Innova (Diesel):

Toyota is a world famous company whose products are known for their style, quality and endurance. In fact, many would consider Toyota to be an automobile company that brings about ground breaking technologies into the world cars. One such product was the Toyota Qualis, which would have won any fan surveys in India. The Toyota Innova is an enhancement of the Toyota Qualis, and true to its predecessor, it has captured the big car market once again, due to several of its aspects like better mileage, better comfort and low maintenance as compared to other family cars in its price bracket.

The Tata Indica V2 (Diesel):

When the first Tata Indica was launched, it was a plethora of problems, with Ratan Tata saying in an interview that people used to stop him during his morning jog to complain about the car door not closing, or something trivial. However, Tata Motors pulled up its socks and completely revamped the Tata Indica, which soon made it one of the most seen small cars on Indian roads. Tata Indica V2 still beats any car in its segment when it comes to fuel efficiency or maintenance costs.