I bought an Accent after two months of research last year in Sept. I have driven it about 17000 km - mostly in Delhi but I have done a few country trips as well. It handles beautifully on the highway and I have effortlessly done a 170 on the Noida -Greater Noida express way and the Moradabad by pass.
Fuel efficiency is a nice steady 11. Before this I had a Wagon-R and I still hold that the Maruti power steering is the best - however even this car is a dream to handle.
Just made a trip to Uttaranchal and the car handled the curves beautifully. The only problem - again vis-a-vis a Maruti product - is the service network. In the entire state of Uttaranchal there is only one dealer in Dehradun. I was in the other part of Uttaranchal and the car started missing. Had to spend 4 hours at a Maruti authorised service station at Ranikhet! Overall very good and spacious car.