Look son, ARE you telling me that Japanese cars are expensive to maintain? well......most of them are not..... wake up! Yes maruti does have better fuel economy maybe that is why I see many PENSIONERS driving around in marutis and the other lot are company cars....
Think about safety,comfort and forget about the fuel economy (I dont say that you should drive a 5kmpl car but 10-14kmpl is very reasonable dont you think?)
If you are so damn worried about fuel economy.....why buy a car? there is something called PUBLIC TRANSPORT, maybe you could try and catch a bus home!
Accidents DO happen that is reality...(like I saw in some advert.)