@@ Mohsin!! I appreciate your question!!! Below pz find my reply for your evaluation!!
In Pakistan, you have live with things that are prevailing in the industry. Drive is not the only thing that motivates you for a certain car!! we have to consider other factors like Exterior Design, Interior Design, Parts Price, Maintenance Price, Accessories, Price of Car, Make & Brand, Prestigious Value, Resale , Performance etc.
Every factor/element has certain points like in exam, you get total marks cumulative of all the answers!! If you get 9 out of 10 in one question and 3 out of 10 in rest of teh questions, u may get fail!! However its better if you get 8 out of 10 in every question!! and get 80%. Same is the case of City 09 and XLI 09.
If you talk about Performance, the performance and drive of Belta 1300 cc and Lancer 1300 cc are much more better than City and XLI. Belta and Lancer both are imported too and have good interios. But the cumulatives result after considering all the above factors of (first para) was less than XLI. Thus i finally decided to go for XLI and booked the same last week. I recommend you the same, but if few of the above things like resale, inside space, pathetic interior and back shape dont matter to you, u may go for city 09