About Sumant Banerji
A self professed lover of all things mobile, the ones that operate on a tarmac are by far Sumant Banerji’s favourite. An aspiring automobile engineer at one point of time, he dumped the science for the art of making a car and landed up in a newspaper office. Ever ready for a spin on the road be it in a Nano or a beemer, his best kept secret remains roaming around the car bazaars of Karol Bagh and Sadar Bazar and shaking hands with grease tainted mechanics.
Barely a year ago, the difference in the price of a litre of petrol and diesel was at an all time high (Rs. 27.19) in favour of the latter. [Read more]

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 9:40 pm
Filed under Cars · Tagged diesel, diesel car, hindustan times, news, petrol, petrol car, price decontrol, small car, Sumant Banerji, SUV
They are not exactly similar vehicles. Nor do they belong to the same segment. So to call it a rivalry in the strict sense of the word would be a stretch. Even then, India being a country where an eventual Wagon R customer would also consider a Honda City at a given time, pitting the Renault Duster and Mahindra XUV in the same bracket should not come as a surprise. [Read more]

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 10:42 pm
Filed under Cars · Tagged car-nama, Chevrolet Beat, Ford Figo, hindustan times, Honda city, Hyundi, Mahindra XUV, maruti, news, Renault Duster, Skoda Rapid, Sumant Banerji, SUV, Toyota Etios, Vento, VW Polo, XUV
Ask anybody who owns a BMW in India….anybody, and he or she will tell you what a pain in the a** it can be with those “futuristic” run flat tyres. [Read more]

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During the course of a week, I get numerous mails from people looking to buy cars and soliciting advice for the best purchase. Often, they also get back to me with the details of their choice and an appraisal of the vehicle vis a vis the others that were being considered. [Read more]

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 11:23 pm
Filed under Cars, automobile · Tagged cabs, car-nama, cargo vans, Ertiga, hindustan times, iNDICA, Indigo, Mahindra vehicle, Minush Patel, news, Omni, passenger cars, Sumant Banerji, Surat, Tavera, taxis, XUV5OO
Before it starts you only knew two things. One, it was the new Range Rover Sport, the most capable SUV Land Rover has ever made. Two, there would be a prominent British actor seranading it. [Read more]

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