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BMW India has launched the first-ever BMW i7 M70 xDrive along with the diesel variant of the all-new BMW 7 Series – 740d M Sport. While the all-new BMW 740d M Sport is priced at Rs 1,81,00,000, the first-ever BMW i...

Hyundai Motor India has opened bookings for the most awaited SUV of 2022 – the new Hyundai Venue. Customers can book the new Hyundai Venue at Hyundai dealerships across India or through https://clicktobuy.hyundai.c...

The first-ever BMW i4 has been launched in India. With this launch, BMW Group is the first car manufacturer to offer the most extensive portfolio of electric cars in the country.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) announced the launch of the new Camry Hybrid with new design changes. On the outside, it gets a new design front bumper, grille and alloy wheels. The interiors has a floating type bigg...

Mercedes-Benz India has unveiled the new Mercedes-AMG A 45 S 4MATIC+ . The sporty saloon will be available in India through the CBU router and is expected to be priced around Rs 70 to Rs 80 lakh. The vehicle is powe...

Volkswagen India is on a roll. Now that it has launched the T-Roc and the Tiguan All Space, it’s time for another VW SUV to hit the Indian tarmac. The all-new Volkswagen Taigun is built on the MQB A0 IN platform tha...

Ford India introduced two automatic variants of its flagship hatchback Figo. Available in Titanium and Titanium+ trims at an introductory price of Rs 7.75 lakh and Rs 8.20 lakh respectively, the new Figo AT offers s...

Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) has showcased the Hyundai Alcazar, its upcoming 6 and 7 seater premium SUV at the picturesque Alila Fort, Bishangarh.

Not to be content with the good looking Harrier, Tata Motors has now got along a sibling in the form of the new 2021 Safari. Similar to the Harrier, this SUV too combines the Tata Motors’ Impact 2.0 design language ...

The sub-four metre compact SUV space is among the most challenging segments in the country. So, when Renault decided to throw its hat into the ring, they had to come out all guns blazing. And that’s exactly what the...

I was curious like a child about knowing more about the all new Citroen C5 Aircross SUV suspension. The company claimed this car was all about comfort engineering and at heart of this were four main themes that incl...

Celebrating the first anniversary of its premium hatchback, the Altroz, Tata Motors has unveiled the new Altroz iTurbo. The new Altroz iTurbo will be powered by a new 1.2L Petrol iTurbo engine and a new top of the ...

MINI India has introduced a special edition of the MINI 3-door hatch, the MINI Paddy Hopkirk Edition in India. Offered as a Completely Built-Up unit (CBU), only 15 units are available and can be booked exclusively o...

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) has launched the new Toyota Fortuner and exclusive new Legender. The Fortuner SUV has an over 53% segment share today in the country. While the Fortuner prices start at Rs 29.98 lakh, th...

Any doubts whether the Tatas could make great cars were put to rest for ever with the Nexon and the Harrier. What about the Altroz? Could it match the products of its Korean and Japanese rivals? It was time to put ...

BMW India has announced the launch of the all-new BMW X5 M Competition in India at Rs 1,94,90,000 ex showroom. The all-new BMW X5 M Competition is now available as a completely built-up unit (CBU).

MINI India, part of the BMW family, has introduced a new limited edition Mini John Cooper Works Hatch inspired by the Mini John Cooper Works GP. Offered as a Completely Built-Up unit (CBU), only 15 units of the Mini...

For generations, the Honda City has been keeping families all over the world happy with what it had to offer in terms of styling, comfort, performance and reliability. Now it’s the turn of the all-new 5th Generation...

The Hector Plus is not very different from the popular Hector SUV from the MG Motor India stable. While the Hector, an “Internet Inside” vehicle has caught the fancy of lot of Indians, of late however, its image has...

Two of the most affordable cars in the Datsun stable, the five-seater Datsun GO and the seven-seater Datsun GO+ will now get a new automatic transmission. Unlike the Automated Manual Transmissions offered for entry ...

Hyundai Motor India Ltd has launched India’s first fully electric SUV- Kona at Rs 25.30 lakh. The vehicle boasts of an ARAI certified range of 452 Kms on a single charge. The vehicle gets its name after the west-coa...

Over the years MINIs have evolved a lot. And I do not mean that it has just evolved in terms of their design, or engine or equipment; that they surely have. But the MINIs have evolved from being just a concept in th...

The MINI John Cooper Works Hatch was introduced in India. The new MINI John Cooper Works takes the go-kart feeling to its extreme. The MINI 3-door Hatch will be available at all MINI dealerships as a Completely Buil...

With barely any infrastructure for charging of electric vehicles and no major takers for electric cars in the country, one really does not understand why BMW is showcasing its futuristic (at least for India) electri...

It was in 1972 that Honda had globally launched the Civic and since then it has sold more than 25 million units in more than 170 countries. It has been sold as a sedan, a coupe and a hatch worldwide. India saw the 8...

Mahindra & Mahindra has decided to dip its hands in the compact SUV segment, which is already too crowded at this point. In fact there are so many of them and they all offer something unique that one is left wonderi...

All those out there who feel that India will be riding a great electric vehicle dream can actually suck their thumbs. And I am serious about it. If at all we can get close to that dream, it has to be through the hyb...

The new 7th generation Lexus hybrid electric ES 300h (a fourth generation hybrid) has been improved on several fronts. We check out the changes and its overall performance.

The 2018 edition of the Honda Jazz is here and it brings a couple of changes with it. We drive the petrol CVT variant to see how well the new additions work in the favour of the premium hatchback.

Jaguar Land Rover launched the Model Year 2018 Range Rover and Range Rover Sport in Mumbai. The prices of the vehicles were made known earlier. The vehicles will be available in both petrol as well as diesel engine...

This is the third generation BMW X3 and the company has for the first time introduced a “Luxury Line” variant in the BMW SAV line-up. We were only too keen to find out whether this Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) had...

BMW has launched the all-new 4th generation 2019 BMW X5 Sports Activity Vehicle in the US with two variants, the X5 xDrive 40i and the X5 xDrive 50i. Since its introduction almost 20 years ago, the BMW X5 has been b...

Ford India has announced the expansion of EcoSport model lineup with a new top-of-the-line EcoSport S and Signature Edition. The Signature Edition will be available for a limited duration with sunroof available as a...

Tata Motors has announced the launch of Tata Nexon HyprDrive Self – Shift Gears (S-SG). Launched at a starting price of Rs 9.41 lakhs, ex-showroom Delhi, for the petrol variant (1.2L turbocharged Revotron) and at Rs...

Audi India has launched the all-new Audi RS 5 coupe with a new 2.9 TFSI bi-turbo engine that produces 450 hp and delivers 600 Nm of torque. The car does 0 to 100 km in just 3.9 seconds and has a top speed of 250 km...

It has been nearly four years since the 6th generation Mercedes Benz S-Class was launched in India and I had just arrived at the opulent Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad to drive the 2018 Mercedes Benz S-Class. Essenti...

While most car manufacturers stick to the safe zone when it comes to designs, Lexus seems to have chosen a very radical path when it comes to styling of their vehicles. A case in point is the new Lexus NX 300h and i...

SUV stands for Sport Utility Vehicle, but that is not necessarily the case with the new Skoda Kodiaq which is more stylish than sporty. Essentially a seven-seater, this SUV comes with four wheel drive capability and...

A few months are introducing the new Octavia, Czech automobile manufacturer Skoda Auto India has introduced the Octavia RS 230. The Octavia RS 230 is available at an ex-showroom (all India) price of Rs 2,462,542/- T...

To begin with, Tata has ticked quite a few boxes with the Tiago. In my book it scores well in terms of looks, features, powertrain, build quality and price. Now Tata is offering the Tiago with an automatic transmiss...

Tata Motors will be launching the Tata Nexon compact SUV this festive season. The Nexon will take on the big guns of the compact SUV segment and Tata has equipped it with two new performance oriented engines from it...

And then I laid my eyes on the new Lexus ES 300h luxury sedan. I stepped in and asked the Lexus technical person whether I could turn on the engine. “It’s already on,” he said with a smile. Dammit! How could I be so...

Toyota Kirloskar Motor has launched the new Corolla Altis at a starting price of Rs 15,87,500 ex showroom Delhi for the petrol manual transmission model. The Altis also comes with an automatic option wherein the eng...

Let’s sing the birthday song first. The Honda Accord is into its 40th year today, having been launched in 1976. The Accord has sold more than 21 million units all over the world. In these last 40 years the car has u...

Well, if you were not blown away previously by Hyundai's Fluidic design concept then I am sure the new design on the Hyundai Elantra will do the Job. This executive sedan has looks which can rival some German and Sw...

The first time I got my hands on the Fiat Abarth 595 Competizione was on the Buddh International Circuit. The 595 was really small in proportions and just simply had a very cute look about it. The people from Fiat t...

Among the clutch of UVs / SUVs sold in April 2016 in the domestic market, the Hyundai Creta stands out for its stellar performance. Hyundai Motor India sold 7900 units of the Creta in April 2016 and exported 2215 un...

Safety and style have been going hand in hand for Volvo in India. Today the Volvo Auto India stable has beautiful and dependable vehicles like the all new XC90, the XC60, the S60, the S80, the V40 and the V40 cross ...

The all-new MINI Convertible was launched in the country at an ex showroom price of Rs 34.90 lakh. The all-new MINI Convertible is now available at dealerships across India as a Completely Built-Up unit (CBU).

Unmindful of the Supreme Court ban on selling cars with diesel engines with more than 2000 cc capacity in Delhi NCR till March 31, 2016, the 2016 New Year will ring powerful bells for Mercedes-Benz India as it prepa...

Volkswagen’s Polo GT has been the closest we have had to getting to a hot hatch for a while. The diesel GT TDI is the one with the manual, while the petrol TSI is the Automatic. Volkswagen has slightly updated both ...

The executive sedan segment in India is slowly and gradually growing. This has become a major market in India as more and more car companies who didn’t see any profits in the segment have all brought out new, update...

There is more power to Porsche sport models, the Boxter and Cayman , now that Porsche is extending the GTS principle to them for the first time ever. GTS stands for Gran Turismo Sport. These mid-engine sports models...

Twenty years ago, the Lotus Elise revolutionised the sports car world, setting the benchmark for handling, purity of the driving experience, lightweight and efficiency. Its pioneering and advanced bonded aluminium c...

The new Mini Cooper S was launched in India at an exclusive driving event held at Aamby Valley, Pune. The all India ex-showroom price of the new Mini Cooper S is Rs 34,65,000. The new Mini Cooper S has a 4-cylinder ...

The developers with the Mercedes-Benz G 63 AMG 6x6 are now stepping up a gear with the G 500 4x4². So what’s the recipe? Simple, they take the superior all-wheel-drive powertrain including portal axles from the 6x6 ...

BMW Group India finally introduced the new sub-brand BMW i in India with the launch of the BMW i8, the most progressive sports car of its time, at an exclusive event in Mumbai. Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar was...

Lotus has finally revealed the technical specification of the Exige S Automatic. The engine will remain the standard one from the manual producing 345bhp and 400Nm of torque with a top speed of 261kmph. The new Lotu...

We may be having the Audi A3 here in India but globally Audi presents the new RS 3 Sportback, the most powerful compact car in the premium segment. It’s got a powerful five-cylinder, turbocharged engine which ensure...

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has launched the all new Pajero Sport in India. With subtle face lifted changes to the exterior and interior, the 4X2 Pajero Sport will be available with an automatic transmission...

BMW and Audi have ruled the Rs 35 lakh compact luxury SUV segment for years now, for reasons beyond human comprehension. All this while Mercedes sat out of this fight in India for far too long but now have decided t...

When it came to this cheese burger and fries eating beast, there was something different about the Chevrolet Cruze. It somehow stood out like a unicorn in a herd of donkeys wearing ponchos. The difference wasn’t mu...

Audi has made a smart move to bring in the A3 Sedan. On the inside it’s the same chassis that you get in an Octavia and the same engine and transmission you get in every VW group models just tuned differently. So at...

Tata Motors has put in several years of hard work behind the new Zest. It’s a sub-4 meter sedan. The company says that it exemplifies the Horizonext themes of Designext, Drivenext & Connectnext for its passenger ve...

The new Bentley Continental GT3-R is definitely inspired by the Continental GT3 racing car, the ultimate GT. It has two seats, delivers around 527 bhp of power and a maximum torque of 700 Nm and is also 100 kg light...

Hyundai has introduced its all-new seventh-generation 2015 Sonata at the New York International Auto Show. The car has a new Fluidic Sculpture 2.0 design language, a stiffer body structure, better ride quality, redu...

The Mercedes-Benz E-Class has been a yardstick for luxury sedan buyers as supremely tough, powerful and well built cars. But it did not ever cut the mustard in terms of looks. Frankly none of them captured the eye a...