Another thing is that we couldn't get a test drive of Picanto. First time, the test drive car had gone to another city (Faisalabad if I remember correctly) for test drives there, and on second visit the car was away for oil change and maintenance. This was not a problem with Cultus at that time since I believe anyone could find a friend/relative with Cultus to test-drive.
iMHO cultus has low quality seats, fixed headrests for front and none
for back. seats looked slimmer and less contoured to me maybe that's y
it gives an impression of more legroom in rear.
Seats are pretty average in Cultus, OK at best. I remember Pakwheels owners' review, the owner mentioned that if someone tall sits behind the driver's seat, he can feel his knees through the seats. Also, in Cultus, I can sit on the rear seats if I want/need to, in Picanto, entering through the rear door was hard, legroom behind my driving position was almost non-existent. I am not very tall or big.
Overall, both cars are certainly not worth their price tags, not even close.