Cheapest Cars With ADAS You Can Buy Right Now

With ever-increasing vehicles on the road, the probability of accidents increases multi-fold. To maintain the safety of passengers, automakers have come across with ADAS features to make their cars safe. 

What is ADAS? It’s an acronym for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems. Simply put, it’s an advanced suite of features that aids the driver while driving to avoid any mishap or accidents. 

With changing trends and being one of the biggest automobile markets in the world, most new cars have started offering a few of the ADAS features as standard. 

However, advanced tech comes at a price, and many consumers are not willing to pay that extra cost. So, let us filter down some of the most affordable ADAS cars available in India. 

Different Levels of ADAS 

Globally, there are multiple levels of ADAS (Level 1 - Level 5), but currently in India, ADAS Level 1 and ADAS Level 2 are most widely recognized and implemented across different car brands. So, let us know what the features are that are included in the ADAS Level 1 and ADAS Level 2, respectively. 

ADAS Level 1 

It includes driver-assistance features like forward collision warning, lane-departure warning, and adaptive cruise control. All these features are more of driver awareness features and the driver is still responsible for the most significant aspects of driving and controlling the car. 

ADAS Level 2 

It is a step up above Level 1 and includes features like partial control of steering, acceleration, and deceleration of the car. It has auto parking and other technologies that allow the car to accelerate, brake, and steer on its own as the situation requires. It also includes lane-keep assist and a blind-spot monitoring system to enhance the safety quotient of the car. 

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Which are the cheapest cars to have ADAS in India? 

Interestingly, the MG Gloster for the first mass-produced car on Indian soil to introduce Level-1 ADAS. At the time of its launch, it included features like automatic emergency braking, forward collision assist, lane departure warning, and adaptive cruise control, to name a few. However, it’s far from the definition of cheap and currently sells at an ex-showroom price of Rs 41.07 lakh. 

List of Cheapest ADAS Level 1 Cars in India 

1. Hyundai Venue: Hyundai’s best-selling compact SUV in India has an ace up its sleeve in the form of advanced ADAS Level 1 safety features called the Hyundai SmartSense. It includes forward collision avoidance warning, lane departure warning, driver-attention warning, and leading-vehicle departure alert, etc. 

   It is available in the SX(0) and N-Line trims, and the cheapest trim to get it is priced at Rs 12.53 lakh 
    

2. Kia Sonet: Built on the same K2 platform as the Venue, Kia’s Sonet also comes with a suite of ADAS Level 1 features. It offers features like forward collision warning, lane-departure warning, lane-following assist, lane-departure warning, driver-attention warning, leading-vehicle departure alert, etc. 

   It is available from the GTX+ trim, and its ex-showroom price is Rs 14.83 lakh. 

List of Cheapest ADAS Level 2 Cars in India 

1. Honda Amaze: Honda’s compact sedan, Amaze, boasts Honda Sensing, a fancy name which is essentially ADAS Level 2. It includes features like adaptive cruise control, collision mitigation braking system, lane-keeping assist, road-departure mitigation warning, auto high beam, and even lead car departure notification system.

    Available on the top ZX trim with an ex-showroom price of Rs 9.99 lakh, it is the cheapest car with Level 2 ADAS in India. 

2. Mahindra XUV 3XO: Mahindra’s very own subcompact SUV is doing very well in sales, and the availability of ADAS Level 2 makes it a sweet deal. Out of the multitude of 3XO trims, only the top-tier trims like the AX5 Luxury and AX7 trims get ADAS Level 2 features. 

   It includes adaptive cruise control, emergency braking, forward collision warning, high beam assist, lane departure warning, and lane keep assist, to name a few. The cheapest trim to get the ADAS is the AX5 Luxury with an ex-showroom price of 12.62 lakh. 

3. Honda City: Just like Honda’s smaller sedan, the City also receives the ADAS Level 2 features. However, unlike the Amaze, the City offers Honda Sensing ADAS features from the second trim itself, thereby improving the safety.

    It offers features like adaptive cruise control, collision mitigation braking system, lane-keeping assist, road-departure mitigation warning, auto high beam, and even lead car departure notification system. The cheapest trim to access the ADAS features is the V trim with an ex-showroom price of Rs 13.14 lakh. 

   

4. Honda Elevate: Honda’s latest and affordable SUV also joins the list with its relatively frugal pricing and Honda Sensing ADAS Level 2 features. Just like the Honda Amaze and unlike the Honda City, the Elevate offers advanced driver assistance features only on the top-tier ZX trim. 

   So, the features like adaptive cruise control, collision mitigation braking system, lane-keeping assist, road-departure mitigation warning, auto high beam, and even lead car departure notification system are available on the ZX trim. The ZX trim demands an ex-showroom price of Rs 15.41 lakh. 

5. Hyundai Creta: The Hyundai Creta is the bread and butter SUV for Hyundai and finally gets an ADAS Level 2 Hyundai SmartSense suite. It is available only on the SX Tech and SX(O) trims. 

   The features like smart cruise control, rear-cross traffic collision warning, lane-following assist, lane-departure warning, driver-attention warning, leading-vehicle departure alert, etc, are a desirable standard these days, and can be had with the SX Tech trim for an ex-showroom price of Rs 16.09 lakh. 

6. Hyundai Verna: To compete with the ADAS-equipped Hyundai came up with the new-gen ADAS Level 2 Verna. The Hyundai SmartSense safety suite is available on the SX(O) with iVT and SX(O) Turbo trims only. 

   It includes features like lane-following assist, lane-departure warning, driver-attention warning, leading-vehicle departure alert, smart cruise control, rear-cross traffic collision warning, etc. The SX(O) retails at an ex-showroom price of Rs 16.36 lakh. 

7. Kia Syros: The latest entrant in the market to offer the ADAS Level 2 safety suite is the Syros. The compact SUV offers a bunch of ADAS features but only on the top-tier HTX+ trim, paving the way for the HTX+(O), and that too as an optional extra. 

   One will have to shell out an additional 80K to get access to features like automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane follow assist, lane departure, and keep assist, and blind-spot monitoring, to name a few. The HTX+(0) comes at an ex-showroom price of Rs 16.79 lakh. 

8. MG Astor: Finally, an MG car joins the list of affordable ADAS cars in India, and that too at ADAS Level 2. It includes features like speed assist system, front collision warning, adaptive cruise control, rear drive assist, and intelligent headlight control. Out of the bunch of Astor trims, only the Savvy Pro trims offer ADAS Level 2 features, and it retails at an ex-showroom price of Rs 17.46 lakh.