THE ULTIMATE COMFORT TEST

In the last few months, one of the most common questions we get is - what is the most comfortable car for about ₹70-80 lakh? So we decided to answer it!

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INDIA HAS BECOME A LAND OF LINEUPS. Every brand will sell you a car that's fast, that's flashy, that's fuel-efficient, and of course, one that pretends to be a small luxury apartment on wheels. But in this endless sea of badge flexing, horsepower hunting and touchscreen one-upmanship, there are still two SUVs that have quietly stuck to just one philosophy – make me comfortable, all the time. So for once, we decided to do something radical. We ignored lap times, ignored zero-to-hundreds, ignored screen sizes, and stripped this comparison down to its soul. Just one question: which of these two is the most comfortable luxury SUV you can buy today?

On one side is the 2025 Volvo XC60. On the other, the 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300. The timing for this test couldn't be more relevant. For weeks now, the same question keeps coming at us from friends shopping in the ₹60-70-lakh bracket: “What is the most comfortable car I can buy today?” Earlier, we would have simply pointed them towards an E-Class. But the new E now sits on a very different price planet. And our roads, well... they continue to remain world-class in theory. Which means buyers are once again gravitating towards midsize luxury SUVs. Of course, comfort buyers still want their car to look good, so even though this is a comfort test first and everything else later, we start where every Indian buyer secretly starts - with design.