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Flawed Characters
Flaws give character. They make cars 'special'... read complete article
Turbocharger
Lot of us have heard about a turbo charger while most of us use it in conversations to sound cool. All we know is that it does something to the engine that makes it perform better... read complete article
From Palanquins to Race Machines!
India – in motoring terms has come a long way and leading car makers can smell the cake and all of them want a piece of it. But what has caused this turnaround in the otherwise conservative and safety-first mindset... read complete article
Survival of the quickest
I don't drive. That's a very odd statement for an automotive journalist to make, I know. It's like OJ Simpson saying "Okay, I'll 'fess up" or Hugh Hefner saying "I'm too old for this." Let me clarify things, then: I don't own a car myself and as such, don't drive one too often... read complete article
Traffic Ethics – To Stop or Not?
A hot summer afternoon. Sweat beads tickling down your face. Your fingers impatiently drumming on your car’s steering wheel. Clutch pressed, the first gear is slotted in place. Your eyes anxiously fixed at an elevated structure on top of a pole at the corner of the road. And then, something blinks on top of the pole. There is a change of colour. You heave a sigh of relief and release the clutch and you are on your way across the traffic signal. read complete article
Brakes or Breaks? Explanation on Breaks
Going at a high speed, you encounter a kid or a dog or cattle, anything that is a usual sight on Indian roads and you jam the brake pedal. Thats the instant reaction. You literally stand on the pedal hoping... read complete article
Money and Mother Earth - An Article on Alternate Fuels
Petrol and diesel is getting expensive by each passing day. As a result cars are getting more and more expensive to run. This is where alternate sources of propulsion chip in. This is where the "green fuels" show their worth... read complete articleVolkswagen Touareg - Civilised Mudplugger
Think you have seen this brute somewhere? Think again, for this diesel engined SUV with that VW logo is out to say reputations and headed for India. read complete article
Chevrolet Aveo - General Gets Going
GM readies a new model blitz to replace its ageing Corsa line-up while adding a new found thrust for the performance seekers with its Optra SRV... read complete article
Toyota Camry - Domination Decree
The Toyota Camry is already pretty much the definitive D-segment family sedan. With the all-new 2007 Camry, Toyota is adding a healthy dollop of style, a load of safety gizmos and also a hybrid variant. Let class domination begin all over again... read complete article
Lamborghini Murcielago
They say grabbing a tiger by its tail is inviting danger. Seems no one told us that taking a raging bull by its horns was just as fraught! More so when it's on the Sepang Grand Prix circuit in Malaysia, natural habitat for thorougbred bulls to be given their head.... read complete article
Maximum City
NTF Design, which was set up in Delhi around eight months ago, has been doing some really eye-catching work with cars. And right on cue, this Honda City, which we drove, is a real crowd-puller... read complete article
Back To School
Horn Ok Please, Keep Distance, and elaborate usage of hand gestures combined with a verbal assault seem to be the only driving skills that work on our streets. Let me enlighten you, such is not the case. Driving is actually a skill that can be taught and that is just what Maruti has set out to do. read complete article
Fledgeling of a New Species
Fledge: become capable of flight: to become capable of flight and leave the nest (refers to young birds) Source: MSN Encarta read complete article
Customised Craft DC Minute
This is the story of a Suzuki Swift, swiftly desptached from a four-door hot hatch to a mini-SUV-esque citycar by DC Design. read complete article
Maruti Swift Turbo
'Boost is the secret of my energy!' declared Kapil Dev, twenty years ago, flashing his trademark toothy smile. The Swift you see here also gets its energy from boost. So much of it in fact that it simply shreds to bits, every other car on our roads... read complete article
Max Power Pets Punch
Pete's Box is the automotive equivalent of Viagra. It's like a pill, not a full fledged surgery. Just add it and see your car rear up with vigour. We tested it on a Skoda 1.9 TDi for you to see the results for yourself.... read complete article
Custom Art Designer Dope
It makes you feel like Elvis Presley. Clad in one of those immaculate white suits with a black bowtie. Equipped with 40000 watts of sound output, that classic wire-mesh mic under the tight grabs of his hands is like a remote control with which to play with the world's emotions. Chaos is inevitable. It's no experiment for him. He knows that he has the recipe ready for a stampede. Let him loose on Mumbai roads and it'll be madness, mayhem, anarchy... read complete article
