10 Cheapest Cars With 360 Degree Camera: Maruti Baleno, Tata Nexon, Kia Seltos, and More.

The 360 ​​degree camera is a convenient and safety feature that is used while driving congestion on the road or in tight parking spaces

Over the past few years, many of the comfort and convenience as well as safety features – usually associated with luxury cars – have been adopted by mass market car manufacturers. These include a digital driver’s display, ventilated seats, and even a 360-degree camera. The latter has become so popular that it has reached the position of a hatchback in our market.

What is a 360 degree camera?

In short, it’s a useful feature that gives you an all-round view of your car and its immediate surroundings, making up for any blind spots and you don’t need to adjust your rear-view mirrors every time. Typically, they use a 4-camera setup, with one placed at the back (like a standard rear parking camera), one at the front (usually integrated into the grille design) and one each on the ORVM. The built-in software can integrate these into a 360-degree view, unlike the configurator on most automakers’ websites, so you can rotate them on your touchscreen infotainment unit, and it also allows for multi-camera viewing.

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This feature is useful when you are in areas with a lot of parking or when driving on congested roads. Also known as ‘surrounding monitor’ or ‘surrounding view camera.’ The clarity and depth of view of a 360-degree camera improves as you move up in the price range, but even the cheapest ones are decent.

Let’s now look at the 10 best cheap cars to offer a 360 degree camera::

Maruti Baleno/ Toyota Glanza

• Both hatchbacks got a 360-degree camera feature with their midlife update in early 2022, making them the cheapest models in India to have.

• Only their special upper cuts (Alpha and V) gain this fear.

• Maruti Baleno Alpha starts at 9.33 lakhs while Toyota Glanza starts at 9.73 lakhs.

Nissan Magneto

• Nissan Magnite entered the market at the end of 2020, and became the first model in its segment to get a 360-degree camera.

• Nissan has equipped it on the fully loaded XV Premium, priced from Rs 8.59 lakh. However, the upcoming Magnite Kuro Edition is also expected to offer this feature at a much lower price.

Maruti Fronx

• As early as 2023, Maruti introduced the Baleno crossover called ‘Fronx’, which is essentially an alternative to the 4-meter subcompact segment in our market.

• So it shares almost all the equipment with the first hatchback, including the 360-degree camera, reserved for the top Alpha trim.

• Maruti is selling the Fronx Alpha from 11.47 lakhs.

Tata Nexon

• The Tata Nexon facelift is one of the 4-meter sub-segment SUVs. The 2023 update introduced a host of features to the name including a 360-degree camera.

• Tata offers the Nexon this convenience-yet-safety feature from the Creative+ model, priced from Rs 11.70 lakh.

Maruti Brezza

• Maruti launched the second-generation Brezza in mid-2022, in which the SUV got a host of premium features including a 360-degree camera.

• It is only available on the top ZXi+ trim of the 4m sub-SUV.

• Brezza ZXi+ is priced from 12.48 lakhs.

Maruti XL6

• The only MPV on this list, the Maruti XL6, got a facelift earlier in 2022 giving it features like a 9-inch touchscreen and a 360-degree camera.

• Maruti is offering it from the mid-spec Alpha variant onwards whose prices start at Rs 12.56 lakh.

MG Astor

• The MG Astor was among the first compact SUVs in India to offer the convenience of a 360-degree camera.

• MG has offered this feature on the higher-spec Sharp and Savvy SUV variants.

• Its Sharp trim costs Rs 15.15 lakh onwards.

Maruti Grand Vitara/ Toyota Hyryder

• Maruti and Toyota entered the SUV space in 2022 with the new Grand Vitara and Urban Cruiser Hyryder, respectively.

• While they’re late to the segment, they pack a lot of premium features like a sunroof, ventilated front seats, and a 360-degree camera.

• Maruti has offered it in the fully loaded Alpha and Alpha+ variants of the regular and hybrid versions of the SUV, respectively. Only the top V trim of the Hryder gets the 360-degree camera feature.

• While the Grand Vitara’s Alpha trim starts at Rs 15.41 lakh, the Hyryder’s V variant is priced from Rs 16.04 lakh.

Tata Nexon EV

• The facelifted Tata Nexon EV arrived alongside the updated Nexon in September 2023. Even the electric SUV became a feature-packed and updated version, and is the only EV on this list.

• The Nexon EV gets a 360-degree camera setup on the top-end Enable variant, which starts at Rs 17.84 lakh.

Kia Seltos

• The Kia Seltos was the first compact SUV to get a 360-degree camera in India when it went on sale in 2019.

• With the facelift, the SUV continues to be offered with this feature, which is reserved for the top-of-the-line GTX+ and X-Line models that are only available with automatic transmission.

• Kia is selling the GTX+ trim from Rs 19.80 lakh, while the X-Line variants are priced at Rs 20 lakh.

Some popular mass market models that didn’t make the list but come with a 360-degree camera include the Mahindra XUV700, Tata Harrier, Tata Safari, and Toyota Innova Hycross/ Maruti Invicto.

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What other mass market models would you like to see get this feature? Share your thoughts in the comments.

All prices, ex-show Delhi

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