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Pathetic Law Enforcement
THERE WAS A SURGE IN THE SALES OF new cars during the recent festive season, albeit still short of the 2019 figures. The economy is recovering but the high price of fuel continues to have an adverse impact on sales, especially in the entry-level segm
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PORSCHE HAVE INTRODUCED NOT ONE but two manual transmission-equipped 911 models, the Carrera T at one end of the line-up and the revived Sport Classic much higher up the order, each with potent six-cylinder boxer engines and rear-wheel drive. The all
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Air Force Two
I WAS HUGELY IMPRESSED BY THE SL 55 THAT I drove in California in February 2022, but concluded it was still a cruiser more than a sports car. So, let us see what the range-topping 63 can do, up against the only benchmark that matters, the Porsche 911
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Place Your Bets
Incredible power but incredible control, too, now all the more intense for being in the open air. It could win because LT Spiders have an amazing SCGT track record. The 675LT and 600LT have both won this test in the past. PRICE: £310,500 (Rs 2.86 cro
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Bringing Sporty Back
THE FIRST RS 5 I LAID MY HANDS ON WAS AN absolute hoot! That V8 FSI beautifully naturally aspirated motor raised eyebrows, arm hair, and needles in the info-cluster very quickly indeed. Then came the next one, with a twin-turbo V6 that maintained pow
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TWITTER: @carindia FACEBOOK: facebook.com/carindia INSTAGRAM: carindia_mag WEBSITE: www.carindia.in POST: CAR INDIA MAGAZINE S.No. 261/G.L.R.No. 5, East Street, Camp, Pune 411001. INDIA EMAIL: carindia@nextgenpublishing.net Although I
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Tougher Taigun
RECENT SALES OF THE COMPACT SUV, THE Volkswagen Taigun, in India marked the end of a successful first year. For its first anniversary, it even received a brand-new unique model that is only offered with the 1.0-litre turbo-petrol engine and not the 1
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Spectre
ROLLS-ROYCE HAVE TAKEN THE WRAPS OFF THE Spectre and it is their first electric vehicle in these times of charging forward. It also outlines their direction into the future. The Spectre has been touted as the brand’s initial step towards the transiti
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The first passenger EV from BYD, the ATTO 3, has arrived with an SUV bodystyle and a 150-kW electric motor The refreshed hybrid luxury sedan from Lexus has arrived, still made in India, from Rs 59.71 lakh 95 ASTON MARTIN, AUDI 96 BENTLEY 97 BMW 98 BY
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Verstappen Wins in Japan to Become 2022 World Champion
AT SUZUKA, JAPAN, A race that had to be restarted due to heavy downpour was won by Verstappen, with Leclerc initially appearing to be in second place. However, the Ferrari driver was fined for skipping the chicane on the last lap while defending agai
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Luxurious Mile-munching
THE EQS 580 4MATIC LUXURY saloon has been introduced in India by Mercedes-Benz. This marks the company’s second electric vehicle (EV) début in less than two months, the first being the premium AMG EQS 53. Priced at Rs 1.55 crore (ex-showroom), here i
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S.No. 261/G.L.R.No. 5, East Street, Camp, Pune 411001. INDIA carindia@nextgenpublishing.net Editor Aspi Bhathena Deputy Editor Jim Gorde Copy Editor Deepak Upadhye Senior Correspondents Joshua Varghese, Azaman Chothia Correspondents Kurt Morris, Vai
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A Sporty Spartan
MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA MAKE THE sub-compact crossover SUV, known as the Mahindra XUV300. It is built on the SsangYong Tivoli’s X100 platform. The XUV300 has been around for a while and is currently offered in petrol, diesel, and an electric version as
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Verstappen Takes Record 14th Win in Mexico
THE DUTCHMAN currently holds the record for the most victories in a single Formula 1 season, breaking Michael Schumacher’s (2004) and Sebastian Vettel’s (2015) previous mark of 13 (2013). Verstappen, whose Red Bull team chose a soft-medium tyre strat
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Five Stars, No Less
THE GLOBAL NEW CAR ASSESSMENT Program (GNCAP) is the go-to crash safety standard for us in India, and is part of a larger network of automotive safety testing standards under the NCAP umbrella including the Euro NCAP, ASEAN NCAP and Latin NCAP, among
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‘We Continue To Offer Products To Customers That Are The Right Choice For Them’
What has the response to the Taigun been at the end of a long journey with the “India 2.0” programme? The response has been overwhelming and that is evident to everybody. If you look at the numbers, we have had more than 45,000 bookings in the last
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Toyota and Ogier Enjoy Dominance in Spain
THE FRENCHMAN, WHO HAS BEEN competing for Toyota on a part-time basis this season, took command of this penultimate round by posting three of the fastest times throughout the course of the three-day asphalt rally. Ogier, who was driving a GR Yaris, h
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Bull Re-run
LIKE ALL THE BEST STORIES, THERE IS more than one version and no one can quite agree which one is true. The most popular version of how the Lamborghini Countach got its name is that a technician saw the original show car for the first time in all its
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The Democratisation of EVs
THE SALES OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EV) ARE progressively going up across the country. Car customers are increasingly looking for EV options due to rising environmental concerns and high fuel prices. In September 2022, the Nexon EV became the country’s b
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‘‘We Are Considered By Our Buyers As A Tailor-made Suit In The World Of Uniforms’
Car India (CI): It’s been just over seven years since the Maserati brand formally made its début in India. How has the response been thus far? Is the festive season looking particularly promising? Bojan Jankulovski (BJ): Maserati consumers are evolvi
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What Makes Us Different
UNLIKE OTHER AUTOMOBILE magazines, Car India is 100 per cent devoted to cars, SUVs and MUVs. There are no bikes or commercial vehicles to be found in Car India. Therefore, we have a very focused readership and also give our advertisers better bang fo
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Verstappen Defeats Hamilton to Win the US GP
A DAY AFTER RED BULL co-founder and owner Dietrich Mateschitz passed away, Verstappen set a record with his 13th victory of the year and the team won the championship. This was the team’s milestone fifth F1 constructors’ championship, which gave rise
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Launches
THE BMW M5 COMPETITION “50 JAHRE M Edition” is now available in India for Rs 1.80 crore (ex-showroom). Bookings are open on the BMW India website. The BMW M5 Competition “50 Jahre M Edition” continues the celebration of 50 years of the M Division wit
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Tried, Tested, and Improved
IN ITS LATEST ITERATION, THE POPULAR sub-four-metre compact SUV from Maruti Suzuki has shed the “Vitara” from its name. It is just Brezza now but refreshed, reworked, and reinvigorated. A semblance of the previous model is evident in this car as well
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The Houndstooth of Love
IN ROAD CYCLING, A CLASSIC IS A RACE characterised by certain agreed elements such as a historic route, a particularly nasty set of hills or a road surface lined with cobbles. A Porsche 911 Sport Classic comes with a similar set of defined parameters
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Power Trip
LAMBORGHINI CARS TURN HEADS. THERE’S no two ways about that. Whether one is a car enthusiast or just a passer-by, a Lamborghini—any Lamborghini—will turn their head. Some look on with wonder and longing, some with the opposite. After all, supercars a
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Flying Colours
IGHT HUNDRED AND thirty horsepower. Eight hundred! (And 30.) That is more power than Michael Schumacher had at his right foot when he won the first of his Ferrari-powered F1 titles in the year 2000. In a car with number-plates, two seats, and a stere
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Lessons Learnt From A Mishap
IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT IT TAKES A major mishap for us in India to wake up and start addressing a pressing issue. Had we been proactive, we would not have lost precious lives. Last month we lost Cyrus Pallonji Mistry and Jamshed Pandole in a road acci
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VW’s Real Electric Journey Starts Here
JAMIE FROM NEW JERSEY WANTS TO BUY this thing so badly that he is offering five grand in cash for an early 2023 delivery. ‘Here are my contact details, bro, and, no, EU-spec is not an issue.’ Do I look like a car dealer? Harald and Britta from I-forg
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The all-new Grand Vitara enters the busting mid-SUV segment with Hybrid and AWD offerings. Prices start from Rs 10.45 lakh The Tiago.ev represents the first compact hatchback EV and is offered with two battery choices, sensibly priced from Rs 8.49 la
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