India, Feb. 26 -- Cruise control can often emerge as the unsung hero of long drives, allowing you to wind down on highways without having your foot absolutely glued to the pedal. While premium features such as these sound as if they demand a premium price, there is a wide range of mass-market offerings which offer adaptive or standard cruise control without breaking the bank. If I were considering cars under Rs.12 lakh (ex-showroom) with cruise control as a priority, I would snag these 5 options purely for the set-it-and-forget-it experience:

The Citroen C3X is the more premium version of the standard C3, and it adds the cruise control feature on the top-spec Shine variant with the turbo-petrol engine mated to the torque converter gearbo...