Maruti alto lx is extraordinary small car with high performance. I had maruti esteem priorly but due to traffic in city I changed to small car. there was a comaprison between maruti 800, maruti alto, maruti zen estilo, maruti wagonr, hyundi santro, hyundi getz, fiat uno etc. shortlisted alto, santro and wagonr. compared vigorously with style, performance, average, a. c., braking, heating, durability, secondary market value, colours, dealers, offerings, trust on the company, body, machine capacity, interiors, design, looks, comfort, seats, leg rooms, luggage space, child lock etc. removed wagonr first because of mainly looks.
Price was not that important in my case. santro and alto were both good. but overall marks went more towards alto. I am happy with alto lx. superb a. c.., brakes and reliability. what more you need ? you can not compare speed with crv or baleno but small compact car can give this only. Machine is a bit small but ok with average.