Honda Elevate tops compact SUV ground-clearance comparison at 220 mm

Business Today’s poor-road SUV comparison lists Honda Elevate at 220 mm of ground clearance, ahead of Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder (210 mm), Tata Nexon (208 mm), Mahindra XUV 3XO (201 mm), Maruti Suzuki Brezza (200 mm) and Tata Punch (193 mm).

— Filed Sun, 2 Aug, 2026, 08:15 IST · Source Business Today · Latest · Updated

A comparison of compact and midsize SUVs positioned for poor Indian road conditions, highlighting ground clearance, suspension, durability and off-road capability across Tata, Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra, Honda and Toyota models.

Why this matters

The clearance comparison adds a passenger-vehicle benchmark to Tata Motors’ recent 37% July commercial-vehicle sales increase and its pending €3.8bn Iveco acquisition clearance.

Retail-brand signals are accelerating, up 94,025% QoQ.