Excellent second car or for couples with small kids

Already have a 7 seater and we are a couple with a 5-year-old. So we're looking to replace the small car with more COMFORTABLE, SUB 4 METER, SAFE car. Concentrated on the Maruti stable and thought wagon R is the best option frankly it is the most practical car for local use in India. But really did not like the feel and drive of the vehicle. Then shifted to swift and even checked the Brezza which wife liked so thought of checking other models in that price too. Now the options are SWIFT HONDA JAZZ HYUNDAI SANTRO etc MAHINDRA KUV (EWWW) TATA ALTROZ Features which are absolutely mandatory Fully Automatic Climate control Cruise control Insulated cabin Disclaimer: A few months ago planned to change my primary car so had been visiting German cars Showrooms so my expectations of dealership experience might be high Went to Honda, miserable dealership girls doing their hair chitchatting, AC not functioning, lift not functioning, uninterested sales. So HONDA Hyundai Navi Mumbai. Told them these are the things that i want in the car, still showed me cars without the options.. HYUNDAI Tata: What's your name? What's your phone number? Sit someone will attend to you shortly. Wow-what an amazing welcome.. already made up mind not gonna buy this.. but since we are here lets let it play out. 10 minutes... there are a bunch of sales guys sitting around doing nothing.. i asked why arent u attending us?? Answer: we cant... they will assign someone... Now me and my wife decided to have some fun . and so we looked at the car and went away... The only decent guy in the dealership is the guy serving Tea. So if you want good tea and server go to the tata dealer in Navi Mumbai .. not for a car. Landed at VW Autobahn Navi Mumbai. They did not ask for a name and phone number, asked us to sit offered tea/coffee and requested us to wait for 5 minutes and sales guy will be with us. Sales guy is with us, introduces himself and asks which car we would like to see. At that point.. almost 50% certain we would buy a VW. Tell them what we need in the car ... given 2 options for our need polo and ameo. Polo black interior too claustrophobic ameo light interior.. Sound insulation. best among all other cars Cruise control yes climate control yes rain-sensing wipers yes Auto-dimming IVRM yes Talks about pricing discounting BS4... all fine.. next day when i went to make payment.. did a close inspection of the car.... rear left quarter panel was dented and repainted. Bonnet too was repainted and shoddy job done too. Left the dealership called BU Bhandari in Pune. Got the pics over phone, for automatic highline plus, made transfer booked and went to see car 2 days later, finalized and picked it about 15 days later.. full payment. Driving Drove it 800 kms in a day before the Corona lockdown to take family to MP. I felt more comfortable than my 7 seater, its as powerful as my mpv and weighs 650 kilos less. Went constantly at 110-120 and 140 at times... got a mileage of 18. My daughter could sleep in the rear sit. The handling on curves is exceptional, the curves in ghat section that i used to do at 50 were done at 80-90 and actually took way less time than my bigger mpv. Yet to get it serviced as have done only 3k. Took extended warranty so its got 7-year warranty and RSA. Importance of sound insulation is not really understood unless you drive long distance. I had the company fitted stereo play at volume 5 while i have replaced my system in mpv with 4 channel jbl amp 12 inch woofer, components and state of the art pioneer head unit and even that had to be played at around 40% volume. The sound insulation in VW is so good that you can play the stereo at only 10-15% volume and does not tire you. IF you floor the accelerator or even press it harder you are pushed back into the seat and its like a plane setting off on the runway. Shifting the gears as you accelerate is flawless ... done perfectly at right time... light-footed 2k rpm a little hard footed 3k rpm and if u go harder at 4.5k rpm. Its not as good when you slow down, sometimes shifting a little too soon. Once you buy a german car its hard to go back to Asian ones. Legroom in the rear is not as good... yes but my kid is only 5 and does not need a lot of space.. also we are about 5 foot 6 so our seats are closer to dash. If you are average Indian height the space is fine.. but if you buy this car as a family car where the family is more than average height or weight then its really not a good option. However, it is really built very well so if safety comes first then you can consider this... or for space buy Vento or rapid ... IF the budget is not a constraint... just stick with German cars.