Request Advice: New Car or Pre-Owned (replacing Diesel Seltos)

Join Date: Jun 2023

Location: Mumbai

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Hi,

I americium readying to merchantability my Kia Seltos Diesel Automatic (GTX) which I bought past year. Facing predominant DPF issues positive the car is not truthful overmuch amusive to thrust (I thrust lone connected weekends, operator drives during weekdays). Got the DPF changed erstwhile nether warranty, had to nonstop car to store doubly station that for cleaning the filter and was charged 4-5k each time. Cant prolong this for long.

Have been offered betwixt 16L - 17L for it.
Planning to regenerate it with a petrol car.
My requirements are:
- Backseat comfort
- Basic tech (360 grade camera, Android Auto, Decent navigation, ADAS is preferred but not essential)
- Reliability
- Automatic Transmission
- Not precise precocious attraction costs

Car volition beryllium operator driven Monday to Saturday, lone 25-35kms a time (office to location and backmost + a fewer meetings present and there) successful Mumbai. Driven by maine connected Sundays. A travel to Pune oregon Lonavala erstwhile each mates of months.

My fund is 21L (basically 3-4L implicit what I volition get for my Seltos).

The options evaluated by maine are:
1. New Petrol Car successful 20-21 (on-road price) range: Toyota Hyryder (V-AT, Mild hybrid), Skoda Kushaq (1.5L Prestige AT), Hyundai Verna (SXO-Turbo DCT)

2. Used Car (a conception oregon 2 supra what I have): Basically 3-5 years aged with not much than 40k kms, options I recovered browsing online (no trial thrust yet) are - Audi Q3 2019 model, Skoda Superb 2019 exemplary - 40k driven for 21L

Grateful if I could get immoderate suggestions oregon insights successful this matter.