You cannot judge a car purely by looking at a specification sheet. Our expert reviewer Girish Karkera brings 25 years of automotive testing experience and hundreds of thousands of kilometres of driving on Indian roads to provide a real world perspective. He notes that the new Amaze represents a strategic shift where safety takes absolute precedence over lifestyle features.

The testing included several real-world conditions that Indian buyers deal with every day:

• Dense stop-and-go Bengaluru traffic
• Rough single-lane stretches and broken road surfaces
• Highway drives beyond the city limits

We drove the sedan through heavy stop-and-go traffic and rough single-lane stretches to see how the suspension handles everyday abuse. You truly understand a vehicle when you drive it where it matters most. We evaluated how the four-cylinder engine behaves when you are stuck in a bottleneck and how the cabin isolates you from the noise outside.