Gone are the days when diesels were dog-slow, smoky, noisemakers; today's oil burners, whether V6 and straight-6s in luxury cars, or even humble four-cylinders in hatchbacks can genuinely rival petrols for performance and driveability - even refinement - and that's before the cost-economics are worked into the equation. But a sporty diesel? That's still an oxymoron. To the petrol head the final 1000revs where the engine note takes on a...
01:40 PM, May 19, 2012
I heard god for the first time in an SL, and he was shouting. Loudly. Very loudly. So much so that the whole of Rajasthan woke up. Picture the scene: the arrow straight roads around Jaisalmer; a fleet of AMGs, the first batch to land on our shores; C63, CLS63, S65, nothing in the fleet costing less than a crore of rupees; and the car Id just taken the roof...
11:29 AM, May 12, 2012
It might not demand the sacrifice of the proverbial right limb, it might not even find itself on the list of ten most beautiful cars in the world but without doubt the 911 is the most iconic and instantly recognisable shape in automotive history. Through nearly four decades since its debut in 1963, during which time the automotive world has whizzed past in a flurry of innovation, the 911 has...
07:24 PM, Apr 05, 2012
Goes without saying that Toyota caught everybody napping when they launched the Fortuner, none more so than HM-Mitusbishi. Not that the Fortuner came out of the blue; it was hardly a secret that the SUV was India bound, that it took so long was what raised an eyebrow. And the other eyebrow joined it when pricing was revealed; at Rs 19lakh it immediately put every other SUV in that segment...
07:14 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Vlad the Impaler - Dracula to the rest of us - might be the most famous vampire in history, but hes not the first as the vampire-themed bar in the little village of Kringa in the Istrian peninsula of Croatia attests. This was the home town of Jure Grando, the first classical vampire to be officially documented, a peasant who died in 1656 but returned as a vampire to terrorise...
04:07 PM, Dec 27, 2011
Building brands costs a heck of a lot of money and when the brand goes kaput or is retired all that investment is gone. Typical example: the Zen used to be a revered nameplate, look at what it is today. Rather than spend money on building a new brand then, particularly since this new SUV is not going to replace the Scorpio, the marketing folk opted to strengthen the mother...
12:54 PM, Dec 10, 2011
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I don't like Coimbatore. There I've said it, got it off my chest. It's probably all in my head but nothing ...
06:01 PM, Aug 17, 2010
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5 left into 4 right commit over crest. Rally driving is all about ba***. Watch the big boys drive flat out in a rally ...
05:05 PM, Jun 29, 2010
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She's bare in white. Unadorned save for Red Rooster Performance radium-taped on all four corners. In normal course she wouldn't draw a first glance, forget ...
04:46 PM, Jun 23, 2010
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Life. Sideways. I know; probably doesn't make much sense. You see I've been mulling over a blog for a very long time. A ...
05:51 PM, Jun 21, 2010
Next year is expected to be the best ever for the Indian auto industry. ...
11:26 AM, Dec 18, 2009
Siris Chandran gives you a lowdown on the Ninja, the bike many covert. ...
03:02 AM, Oct 12, 2009
With two races left, the Formula one season is heading for a thrilling end. So it's only natural that when a legend comes calling here in india you quiz him about all that is going on in the sport. David Coulthard who raced for Red Bull spoke to the editor of Overdrive magazine Sirish Chandran. ...
12:27 AM, Oct 10, 2009
With two races left, the Formula one season is heading for a thrilling end. So it's only natural that when a legend comes calling here in india you quiz him about all that is going on in the sport. David Coulthard who raced for Red Bull spoke to the editor of Overdrive magazine Sirish Chandran. ...
12:27 AM, Oct 10, 2009
Chikmagalur was the first place where coffee was planted in India. ...
06:50 PM, Oct 04, 2009
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