I believe a person who is spending so much on buying a car should not worry about fuel costs. Colour choice should be non - metallic. Forget about keeping your car dent free. Majority of vehicles here are driven by people who would not care less to kiss your car if necessary. All you people who expect their car to be in original form, please change your attitude.
Metallic colors are difficult to match during re-painting.
Sometimes they don't match at all, inspite of claims made by auto garages. After the Mercedes Benz and BMW ,The best performing cars in Calcutta is the Astra and the Siena in the upper segment. In the next segment it is all Maruti vehicles, right from 800 to Esteem as all of them are low maintenance cost cars. After that comes other cars like Sumo, Omni if any body wishes economy, or Santro, Matiz, Accent if he wants to enjoy premiums at extra costs. This is the most tough job.