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Welcome to the battle of the wannabe SUV hatchbacks, as Maruti Suzuki's budget brew takes the fight to the latest version of the original hatch-on-steroids from Renault.

In the old days, buying your first car was a fairly simple exercise - you'd simply step out of your house, go to the nearest Maruti Suzuki showroom, and take a spanking new 800 or an Alto home. But it all changed dramatically after 2015, when Renault disrupted the entry-level hatchback segment with the Kwid.

Now, here was a small car that showed us that entry-level hatchbacks don't necessarily have to be boring or bare bones. It looked the part, thanks to its SUV-inspired styling, and also brought the novelty of a touchscr...