The grand Indian SUV face-off

You want to beat the city heat, venture into the deserts, or slush, or mountains. What would you drive? Sumant Banerji asks. SUVs

Today, everybody in India it seems wants to own a sports utility vehicle. And they come in all shapes and sizes — big and muscular or compact and suave. The meat of the segment however, is the one in the Rs 20-30 lakh price range, with the likes of the Toyota Fortuner, Hyundai Santa Fe, Chevrolet Captiva and BMW X1.

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Competition is intense, and the temperature is set to rise a notch or two when Audi makes its foray into this category with its Q3 next month, and GM does a mid-life botox job on its Captiva.

But before that happens, why not take a look at the incumbents and how good or bad they are...