Words : Amit Chhangani (With inputs from Arjun Dharve) Images: Amit Chhangani and Deepak Dongre The world is fast becoming a bad place to live. Dumb phones which cannot last half a day are termed ‘Smart’. Hot looking celebrities are getting their assets removed fearing cancer and Youtube has become the no.1 tourist destination in [...]
Words: Amit Chhangani Images: Yatharth Singh Chauhan and Ford India Products, and their packaging – that’s what drives consumerism in the modern, aware, well informed times we live in. You may have been making 20 different models of electronic bricks with a screen to make or receive calls since ages, but that wouldn’t make you [...]
Words- Dhairya Gupta Pics- Nitin Gupta We recently drove the 1.4 TSI Race Polo on Buddh International Curcuit. Volkswagen has been conducting the Polo R Cup since 2010 and they enter the fourth season, they held the Fitness camp for the newly selected driver at BIC. If you like race cars and motorsports, grab a [...]
The term Aviator has always been associated with men, rather tough men. Top Gun, Ray Ban – name anything that holds the word Aviator and it would emanate a masculine appeal. No wonder with the other two scooters viz. the Activa and the Dio – one prominently appealing to the feminine segment and the other [...]
We drove the Audi A6 3.0 TDI a few months back and came away baffled with the car’s refinement, performance and comfort. Recently Audi called us to be a part of the celebrations for its newly acquired no.1 status in India, and in the process, gave us the chance to sample its newly introduced Special [...]
Pics- Rutwij Bhatt Words- Yatharth Singh Chauhan Extreme Off-roader Vehicle- This is precisely what the boffins at Force Motors want the Gurkha to be known as. Not the ones to digest just about anything coming from the marketing guys at auto manufacturers, we almost decided to add a fistful of salt to the car maker’s [...]
Mr. Michael Perschke, Head, Audi India, Mr. Devjyoti Patnaik, Managing Director, Audi Bhubaneswar (M/s. Jyote Premier Pvt. Ltd.) and Indian Bollywood actress Ms. Lara Dutta inaugurated Audi’s showroom in Bhubaneswar today. The new outlet happens to be the first in the state of Orissa and the second of Audi’s expanding footprint on the East India [...]
In a development that will definitely benefit Bajaj, Govt. of India recently gave a final nod to quadricycles. With this, the Bajaj RE60 inches closer to is launch. The RE60 ‘four wheeler’ has been in news ever since Bajaj Auto Ltd, the popular Indian two wheeler maker, first unveiled its plan to launch a four [...]
The Ray Z automatic scooter isn’t the only vehicle that Yamaha has launched in Goa today. Also launched is a new variant of the not-very-famous but very well sorted out Yamaha SZ 150cc motorcycle at INR 62,500/- (Ex-showroom, Delhi). The new variant of Yamaha SZ 150cc execommuter has been christened as the SZ RR and [...]
Popular luxury car maker Mercedes is definitely looking poised to establish a lead over its rival car makers. Only a few days back, Mercedes launched the new generation of S Class, which seems potent enough to raise the bar its segment. Also coming our way from the German luxury car manufacturer is a range of [...]
It has become quite a well known fact by now that the boffins at Tata Motors are busy readying a facelift for the highly popular Tata Indigo eCS compact sedan. The car has been spotted testing on numerous occasions and from the looks of it, is just a few days away from its launch. The [...]
India has emerged to be an important market for popular car maker Hyundai. The Korean manufacturer started its Indian innings in 1999 with the Santro hatchback and Accent sedan. In spite of a styling that gave heart attacks to many, the Santro managed to give a tough fight to the ageing but high selling Maruti [...]
There are no two ways about the fact that the entry-level sports bike segment of our country’s two wheelers market is heating up at an. Bajaj Auto Ltd. recently launched the much publicized Kawasaki Ninja 300 in our country and we are looking all set to soon see the launch of the equally hyped KTM [...]
It is no secret that the Indian subsidiary of Japanese bike maker biggie Yamaha has decided to make us bike aficionados wait for sometime before coming up with any new motorcycle. It may be noted that there are a large number of performance bike enthusiasts who are eagerly waiting for the launch of the speculated [...]
It’s just been a few weeks that the Kawasaki Ninja 300R was launched in India and left us impressed when it was put to the test during our first ride experience and later an exhaustive road review. In fact Kawasaki alongwith the 2013 Ninja 300 also had a 250 variant catering to markets other than [...]
We are driving the Ford Ecosport in Goa, and even before we could lay our hands on the highly anticipated machine, Ford India has walked us exhaustively through the technology, the features and the philosophy behind the highly anticipated compact SUV. To top it up, they have also provided us a whole bunch of some [...]
Honda Siel is hard at work at the moment. The company which once charged hefty premium for its emblem on the radiator grille, was caught unawares as the diesel wave swept the Indian market and the once leading ‘premium’ car maker was left reeling. Made to shake hands with reality, the Japanese carmaker had to [...]
The next generation Hyundai i10, which may well become a new segment player for Hyundai slotting itself between the i10 and i20 has been caught testing yet again in Chennai. While speculations about the new i10 replacing the current gen i10 are rife, it seems unlikely that Hyundai will replace the current gen i10 entirely. [...]
The Ray Z automatic scooter isn’t the only vehicle that Yamaha has launched in Goa today. Also launched is a new variant of the not-very-famous but very well sorted out Yamaha SZ 150cc motorcycle at INR 62,500/- (Ex-showroom, Delhi). The new variant of Yamaha SZ 150cc execommuter has been christened as the SZ RR and [...]
In line with its plan of keeping the focus on scooter segments of Indian two wheelers market, Yamaha India launched the a new variant of its Ray automatic scooter in Goa today at INR 48,555/- (Ex-showroom Delhi). In what seems to be a classic case of expectations versus reality, what the several thousands of biking [...]
The new gen Mercedes GL Class has finally been launched in our country and goes on sale for INR 77.5 lakhs (ex showroom, Delhi). The new car was launched by tennis star Boris Becker. The new 2013 Mercedes GL Class has been launched in India in the GL350 CDI diesel variant and becomes the first [...]
Reputed electric manufacturer- Zero Motorcycles have announced the new 2013 Zero MMX military motorcycle specially developed for the United States Special Operations Forces (SOF). The Zero MMX is claimed to provide tactical advantages over traditional motorcycles allowing rapid movement over hostile terrain and thanks to the electric motor with minimal noise and heat dissipation. The [...]
After months of testing on Indian roads and keeping us busy with reporting about the sightings, the Chevrolet Enjoy MPV has been launched in India today and goes on sale for a starting price of INR 5.49 lakhs. The India spec Enjoy has been launched with both petrol and diesel engine options. The diesel engine [...]
Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) would soon be launching the Maruti Ertiga Limited Edition, essentially an anniversary edition of its the seven seater MPV under the name Ertiga Feliz. Slated to be released in VXI and VDI trims, the enhancements in the Ertiga Feliz include interior treatments such as blackwood finish garnish along the AC [...]
Has it ever happened to you that whenever you put on your riding gear, not only the people cocooned in comforts of their air-conditioned cars, but even your neighbours stare at you in disbelief? Not to mention your colleagues are shocked to see you step into the office premises all padded up in alien style! [...]
KTM Duke 390 vs Honda CBR400R With the KTM Duke 390 already confirmed for launch and the Honda CBR400R slated to hit our shores this year alongwith the other two 400s, we decided to stack the KTM Duke 390 against the Honda CBR400R on the specifications chart. KTM Duke 390 Honda CBR400R Engine model type [...]
Until recently, Bajaj Pulsar 220 used to be the most appealing bike for those looking for the Indian performance bike with highest power/price ratio. The Pulsar 220 brought many firsts along with it. The Pulsar 220 became the first Bajaj bike to sport fuel injection. That the FI was later dumped for a carb. setup [...]
Meet Krishnendu Kes aka Ken Cool and affectionately called as Ken Da by his fellow mates Before we get down to the usual set of questions on his ownership with the big one, we hereby take the opportunity to share a few bits about his passion for motorcycles that we discovered during a short online chat. [...]
Meet Atul Kumar from Navi Mumbai. A Banker by profession and a BIKER by heart! Atul started riding motorcycles at the age of 11 and bought his first bike- the Suzuki Shaolin during college. Later he graduated to a Hero Honda Karizma during his first career step, followed by a Royal Enfield Electra 5 speed. [...]
We did an exhaustive review of the yeti 4×4 more than a year ago, and the unusual looking SUV named after the abominable snow man from the Himalayas, totally blew us away with its all-round performance. Having driven some really expensive SUVs from Germany’s best premium carmakers after that, we were curious whether this relatively [...]
Words and Photographs- Arjun Dharve The year 2007 was when my tryst with this brand was revisited in the form of my first `used` car, the Fiat Palio 1.6 GTX. Going back in time, circa 1982 was when it all started with a `family` car, the Premier Padmini, aka Fiat. Little did anyone in the [...]
“Itna Mehenga? itne mein tho Maruti Esteem aa jayega!” Anything that is not a VFM proposition ought to be shot down in the India context. Smitten by fuel efficiency and service costs, one could think no more than “Hamara Bajaj” and “Fill it. Shut it. Forget it” advertisements. At a time when India was still [...]
After disclosing his long term affair with the 1.5 Getz CRDi to us, Anand Krishnan this time tells us the story of his tuned 100bhp Zen If only getting a hot ride was as easy as winning a couple of races in NFS Pro Street with a handful of free upgrades to boot. Be it [...]
With its 110PS of power and 235 Nm of peak torque, the Getz 1.5 CRDi remains one of the most powerful mainstream hatchbacks the Indian roads have seen till date. Anand Krishnan, one of our friends from Mumbai, shares his experience with the car for the past 5 years. It’s quite a story. Read on! [...]
Bajaj Automobiles Limited, the popular Indian bike maker, is known for dishing out at least a dozen variants of every bike in its portfolio. It was a little more than a decade back when Bajaj came up with the Pulsar twins and it will be an understatement to say that the Pulsar brand has done [...]
To start with on a personal note, I have always found a substantial difference in what’s written in most of the bike reviews and my personal experiences. Similar was the case here. Plenty of manufacturers and magazines have shown us drool worthy shots of knee-downs by rider on the puniest of the machines. But it [...]
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