POV You’re looking for a sedan in Post Liberalisation India. What’s your pick?

Cars mentioned are:

Ford Escort, Maruti 1000, Peugeot 309, Daewoo Cielo, Opel Astra, HM Contessa, Daewoo Nexia, 118NE, Opel Corsa

Deliberately did not include the lancer, city and baleno because I wanted a comparison with these cars now rare cars