Best Diesel SUVs in India 2025 – The old diesel SUVs came to acquire this reputation with great punchiness of power delivery, good highway range, and lower operating costs. Since hybrids and batteries grab most of the media limelight today, the more adventurous breed of drivers is likely to find only diesel SUVs as their most reliable ally for highway glitz.
The blog shall touch on what diesel SUVs in India around 2025 will be like in terms of mileage calculation for highway travellers and how they will pamper highway comfort for long-distance rides.
Hyundai Creta
Someone looking for a car under the comfort-features-mileage index would hardly sway in its verdict. The diesel version of the Creta has always been one of the foremost choices. Highway driving feels ultra-smooth and civilised with those turbo-charged engines. More so, the engine in the 2025 model has been tuned even further in terms of low-end refinement, one that effortlessly cruises at very high speeds.
Therefore, we can safely say that fuel-consumption efficiency on long highway journeys is pretty much the forte of this SUV. The interiors of this SUV have also been really well soundproofed so that long hours of driving do not turn into a torture program.
Kia Seltos
The Seltos came into the limelight as highway driving enthusiasts were previously seen to hedge between speed and economy. Sharing the same engine configuration as the Creta with a 1.5-litre diesel, Kia seems to have fine-tuned it a little more towards easy overtaking on the highways.
Refinement has somehow crept in better and with a considerable highway payload of Seltos 2025 in effect for any Grand Highway-Delhi to Jaipur, Mumbai to Goa or for that matter, any other long-distance holidaying.
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Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara
When any talk of Maruti comes, the first thing thought of is fuel efficiency. Nonstop gossip about diesel versions of the Grand Vitara has overshadowed petrol and hybrid versions since sales are allegedly about to boom in 2025.
Should it go into production, mileages on the highways are nothing but a daydream, putting Maruti far, far ahead in the game once again with heavy diesel tuning for low weights.
With onboard comfort available in combination with decent suspension for the Grand Vitara, it surely is another good option for highway travellers.
Tata Harrier
The sheer name Tata Harrier spells powerful road presence and robust build; however, highway mileage for this segment claims to be the least.
Kryotec 2.0 diesel engine of the Harrier has been fine-tuned, and a lot more refinement under highway-like conditions will find their way to the 2025 model-year Harrier.
This, thus, should get some cruising juices in here to lock in the economy figures while aiding the sugars sweetly in long-range driving at a constant triple-digit kilometres per hour with just one fill.
Mahindra XUV700
Usually described as a powerhouse, the XUV700 extracts very reasonable highway mileage from its diesel engine. Particularly the 2.2-litre mHawk, which is incredibly fuel-efficient given the amount of power on tap.
Chances are strong that Mahindra will switch the engine in 2025, and the transmission ratios should be tuned to favour low RPM cruising with a briskness giving rise to rapid long highway towing.
Seating comfort and stability also tip in extra checks for long runs, reducing fatigue of driving and adding to fuel efficiency.
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These are the diesel SUVs to behold for the year 2025-these are the SUVs under contention for buyers who almost view the highway scenery every day and hardly see the tarmac here and there.
The advantages of Creta and Seltos can be sought for their balance; Harrier, for stability; XUV700, for power and comfort mix; and the Grand Vitara could well be in the running for the highway fuel economy trophy.
If 2025 is an era when value-based brands among diesel SUVs woo buyers, it will also be a time when those promising luxury and comfort upon long trips will send the greatest temptations.