Posts Tagged ‘road test’

  • New Ford Fiesta 1.5 Ti-VCT / TDCi road test review
    New Ford Fiesta road test /  review The new Fiesta, as all of you would reckon has a humongous task at hand. The Fiesta Classic or the previous generation Fiesta used to be the gold standard in handling and driving dynamics for cars this side of Rs 10 lakh. Does the new car have the goods to take forward the sporty legacy of its predecessor? Also, with the competition...
    by at July 14th, 2011 at 03:07 am
  • Updated! Kawasaki Ninja 650R first ride review
    Words: Amit Chhangani Images: Shashank Ramugade Kawasaki India, along with Bajaj has launched the ninja 650R, or the er-6f in India. Priced at an incredible 4.57lakh rupees ex-showroom Delhi, the new bike will surely set the pulse of thousands of bike enthusiasts across the country racing. Now, the phenomenon of a motorcycle company launching an exciting, big-capacity...
    by at June 8th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
  • Tata Indica Vista Safire 90 Road Test Review
    A couple of days back we got our hands on the new ‘Tata Indica Vista Safire90’. As the name suggests, it’s a new 90HP variant of the Tata Indica Vista. Quite frankly, when FIAT gave the Punto a 90HP treatment, we were quite sure that Tata would follow suit and give the Vista an upgrade too. But though Tata has done that, they have taken a slightly different approach...
    by at October 15th, 2010 at 07:10 pm
  • FIAT Punto 90hp review / road test
    Story: Rohit Paradkar Photography: Eshan Shetty While Maruti Suzuki still continues to reign the hatchback market in India, the premium hatchbacks from other European (and Korean) carmakers are slowly and steadily setting up a firm base in India. One of the front runners of this league is the FIAT Grande Punto – a hatchback that was solely developed with the intention...
    by at July 14th, 2010 at 12:07 am
  • 2010 Honda DN-01: Review / Road Test
    Back to the future Words: Rohit Paradkar Photography: Eshan Shetty We were recently in Goa to shoot a few new stories, enjoy a vacation, scare a Maruti-Suzuki salesman and eat a lot of food! Speaking of which, apart from the Calamari and the Lobsters, there is another seafood delicacy that one can enjoy in Goa – it’s the hammer-head shark. But to hardcore foodies...
    by at July 5th, 2010 at 05:07 am
  • Bajaj Discover 150 DTS-i v/s Hero Honda Passion Pro: Comparative Road Test Review
    Commuting Space The new Bajaj Discover 150 locks horns with the Hero Honda Passion Pro Words: Sagar Sheldekar  | Photography: Eshan Shetty Does the Discover 150 DTS-i have the firepower to blow the Passion Pro away? Lets find out… In its bid to get a bigger chunk of the commuter segment in India, Bajaj recently launched the Discover 150. The new executive commuter...
    by at June 9th, 2010 at 07:06 am
  • 2010 Maruti Suzuki Wagon R First Drive Review / Roadtest
    Words: Rohit Paradkar Photography: Eshan Shetty With over a decade worth of commuting on the Indian roads, ‘tall boy’ designs aren’t a novelty for our market anymore. In fact, our compatriots just love them; for the tall roof makes these cars feel roomier than what they actually are, giving the customers a fake illusion of increased space. And when it comes to small...
    by at April 29th, 2010 at 12:04 am
  • Ford Figo Vs Maruti Suzuki Swift – shootout / comparo / review / road test
    Words : Amit Chhangani Photography : Eshan shetty I was getting married as my colleagues sampled the new Figo in Goa. Of course, I was missing something, knowing that it is one of the most important cars Ford has ever launched in the Indian market. However, it doesn’t take a genius to know that getting married is more important than driving a car, and so I went about...
    by at April 6th, 2010 at 06:04 pm
  • Royal Enfield Classic 500 – Road Test & Review
    A New Age CLASSIC With the Bullet Classic, RE has added a tinge of modernity to their traditional, scrumptious Bullet preparation. Does the new recipe excite the taste buds of Rohit Paradkar? Whenever a new Royal Enfield rolls out of the factory, for the audience outside the ‘Bullet’ cult, it’s just another iteration of the same old thumpers that the world has...
    by at March 15th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
  • Honda CB Twister First Ride / Road Test Review
    Twist of the Wrist After riding full throttle for almost the entire duration of this test, is Rohit Paradkar impressed with the CB Twister? Photography: Eshan Shetty Take one glance at Honda’s VFR1200F or the new Fireblade and you know that these artistic creations epitomize the bike maker’s ‘The Power Of Dreams’ tagline. These machines are the kind of stuff...
    by at March 9th, 2010 at 12:03 am