BRO Alto has a weird shape I don't find that car aesthetically pleasing at all. Any other options?
It does, its ugly as fook.
I was in the same boat but ended up getting it.
It took a week for me to get used to the shape, the interior is well enough, roomy, and does the job perfectly.
my daily drive is around 4 hours so, it has good comfort for me. Even if you're tall, it can accommodate you better than most other cars out there.
Thing is, with alto, you'll be saving fuel money in this inflation.
My initial choice was swift as well, but after much research, I decided to go against it and ask my friends around and they suggested WagonR but that was just a bit out of budget as well.
The SWIFT is a fuel addict, you'll at most maybe get 11-12km out of it PER liter without AC.
The older, the less fuel efficiency for these swifts (Due to some reason).
Honestly, it's a best-case scenario to pick the Alto VX or VXR in this budget.
Cheap maintenance, a good price, and good fuel economy. (plus 2 airbags in the front)
If you get the VX, it'll be cheaper, you can get an AC installed in it, although that would mean opening up the dash and internals for wiring and installing the compressor. (You can get better performance AC compared to the VXR this way)
Normally, I wouldn't recommend this.
Because Japanese cars are much better when it comes to comfort, fuel economy, and features.
But they won't be cheaper than 20lac at the minimum so yeah.