During our evening chill outs, we would talk about cars (She is a car buff too) and was casually mentioning that her 14-year old Honda Odyssey which did a fantastic duty with 170,000 miles on the odd was slowly falling apart and we were discussing replacement options. She then said, as Mahi (my elder niece) is hitting 16 in 2021, so why not get her a new car to replace the Odyssey. Mahi who is driving since last few months (only in lanes near home or backroads) with a learners license and having got a taste of the X5, she was insisting on a similar type of vehicle.. (Kids these days, I tell you.lol!) and we all decided to explore a small luxury SUV for the kiddo and we shortlisted the Mercedes GLA 250 and BMW X1. Next few days, we decided to test drives these cars as well as a few other brands