Why the Duster is a messiah for Renault

Posted on by Runal

There are cars which mobilized people and then there are cars which mobilized a company to prosperity beyond their regular means.

Renault, the smart French manufacturer making oddly nice looking cars has been in India for long now. Their innings started off with Mahindra (as a local partner) and a very frugal car called Logan.
The failure of the car (and JV) is a mystery beyond anybody’s comprehension. The Bermuda triangle seems easier to crack.

Post the failed arrangement and … Read more

Lamborghini SUV

Posted on by Runal

Lamborghini is no new to turning heads and the Italians have decided to do it now with bigger cars.

The weapon : A new SUV to woo the Porsche Cayenne, Range Rover or the Audi A7 customers. This one though will have some more lux and speed.

Will be powered by a monster of a 5.2 litre V10 engine which will also serve the next gen Gallardo. Dimensions will be generous and a full 5m long SUV it will be.

VW (parent … Read more

Maruti Suzuki XA Alpha

Posted on by Aryan

We are not usually accustomed with Maruti’s venturing in C segment, because this company is familiar to us with its wide variety of small cars.

In 2012, Maruti Suzuki’s MD and CEO, Shinzo Nakanishi, introduced us to a new Maruti product which can rule the C segment, comfortably well.

The concept is built on the new Swift platform, and its overall length measures 4 metres. The four-metre length makes the XA Alpha eligible for a lower rate of excise duty … Read more

Five cars to watch out for in Auto Expo 2012

Posted on by Runal

The 11th edition of the bienniel Auto Expo is here. Come next week to Delhi and the capital will be buzzing with news and reviews and rumors for the latest in Automobile Industry.
Here are the 5 of the cars you should look out for :

 

1. Volkswagen UP! : VW has had a major change in fortunes since the last time they came for Auto Expo. The UP! will be their biggest bet for the future.A smaller than … Read more

Mahindra Ssangyong Korando ; Mahindra’s new premium weapon

Posted on by Vivek

Everyone came to know when the Tatas bought Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford. Not many knew when Mahindra decided to buy Ssangyong (you pronounced it wrong again!).

Well, it’s a South Korean company (you expected that) which is getting popular around the world now. And Mahindra has decided to bring their flagship (by sales) SUV to India, the Korando.

And they are right on the money! This one looks contemporary, and Giugiaro has done it again! To me, it’s … Read more

Renault Koleos

Posted on by Vivek

 

 

I remember watching ‘the social network’ where one nerd takes on all the existing giants in the sector by just giving what people want. Well, it seems somebody at Renault was impressed by the thinking as well.

Last month, they finally brought the much acclaimed SUV, the Koleos, to Indian shores. And the similarity is that with the likes of the Toyota Fortuner, Hyundai Santa Fe, the Honda CR-V, the Nissan X Trail(and even the BMW x1 to … Read more

This tiny SUV is not that bad : Audi Q3

Posted on by Vishnu

CAR: Looking at this, some might think that the engineers at Audi went to the photocopier with the Q5 and did a reduction copy of it! Well, the story is quite different from that.

This car is to Audi, like the X1 is to BMW. The Audi Q3 is the supposed competitor to the BMW X1 here in India. And the success of X1 may have driven Audi’s thought of launching this Mini SUV here. Also the Q3 will be … Read more

Mahindra XUV 500

Posted on by Vivek

To me, the most impressive superhero is Hulk. And he has a cult identity that no one else has ever had. Despite the not-so-successful films, he still remains the one when it comes to pure muscle.

And amidst the race to create cheaper SUVs, Mahindra has finally struck large with the ace it had up its sleeves. It was codenamed ‘World SUV W201’, and launched as XUV500. And it’s probably the most exciting car in the Indian markets today.

As … Read more

A grown up kid still called “Mini” :Countryman

Posted on by Runal

What happens when things go off track

When Nike makes an iPod shoe, Simon Cowell starts speaking or when Mini starts making bigger cars

This very un Mini creation is the most in-news British act apart from the NOTW debacle

Its big (not that big, but then, the reference is the tiny Cooper) and it looks soooo ‘wierdo good’

History : Mini did to us, what Leonardo Di Caprio did in Inception : To plant an idea in our minds. An idea … Read more

Ford F-One fifty Raptor : Nomenclature totally functional

Posted on by Runal

Take the worlds best-selling pickup , boot it up with F-22 Raptor dynamics, add a transformer look, mix up some old school rallying pedigree and get ready to witness the most awesome pickup truck money can buy

Rich History : Switch to the late 1940′s ; The world was recovering from the great war ; Asia working on independence ; and Henry Ford fulfilling his last wish to build a machine which could carry more than just humans, and so … Read more