Q. I am buying BRV V Diesel. Is it good to drive in city and occasionally on highway? How response is the engine in city drive? What is maintenance cost of Honda Diesel?

Well, diesel engine is okay it has good amount of lag before 2000 rpm then it does smootens up I don't know if you would prefer that in the city conditions diesel is okay on highway way for, but petrol brv is phenomenal it handles good it has really impressive acceleration and stability is good too petrol manual is a good option for fun to drive drivers, but if you just need for city driving I would recommend buy a cvt petrol brv add a touchscreen optional from the Honda dealership itself it is really smooth responsive and on highway to extract a little more you do have paddle shifters so automatic brv if your 60% on the city roads will be convenient and the mileage is good too I have done 17.7 kml on highway in my petrol manual so petrol automatic will definitely be better in terms of mileage I don't think you would appreciate the diesel engine I might also think you might regret the diesel engine so please test drive all the three options before buying and if not brv then you do have creta and nexon as well in terms of features they are far ahead of brv but brv offers features handling acceleration stability and practicality as well

BRV is good for highways but not for city. The suspension is a bit stiff which is very good for highway and sticks to the road. I only do highway trips on my BRV. The windnoise is also there after 80Kmph but managable with sound system. Maintainance is depending upon use. I have clocked 55K kms in two years with ontime service. Every 10K kms service costed me 7-9K Rs. Two times Brake pads changed (Brake pads seems poor quality from honda but the brakes are very powerful and also depends on the driving style). At 50k kms the front suspension gave up and got replaced in warranty. Also the clutchplate gone at 50k kms costed me 9K Rs. My Drive's were about 2-3k kms everymonth and roads conditions were bad on rural areas. If you drive on good roads and carefully unlike me ( I drive the car pretty fast on bad roads too). The it will do well. I will say go for it for comfort, petrol like power delivery linear and smooth and decent handling.

I have read some one say petrol brv lacks punch on highway but that's definitely not true because either they don't know what's a vtec engine and how it drives because vtec engine has the top end and lower end the mid range is okay, the Torque comes over 4500 rpm there's where the magic of 1.5 vtec lies I I have done 140+ ssh and it keep accelerating and accelerating to certain speed it does die off but yes to get that high Torque you have to downshift a bit but that's why that vtec engine is for fun loving people not someone who loves relaxed driving for them engines like 1.6 diesel from Hyundai are good , and every reviewer said that brv petrol shines on highway because of its engine and good Highspeed stability,