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

Among the four score odd emails that I received in response to the call for choosing the worst car of 2012, there was one that reminded me of my own promise from the year before, to not term it as such. I would stick to that promise and not call the particular car as the worst. Instead let’s call it a car we would rather not have. Read more

On the face of it, there is very little of any direct interest for India in the ongoing Paris Motor Show that began on Thursday. Read more

Ever since Google started working on its project on driverless cars, or cars that can almost drive itself, many people have wondered whether such a car is the perfect gift for Indian roads. Read more

For all reasons good and bad, 2011 was a forgettable year for Toyota. Besieged by problems ranging from an earthquake followed by Tsunami in its home country and a once in a centennial floods in Thailand, another major hub for its production, the company lost its number 1 position to General Motors. Read more

“A jerk”
“Brainless Idiot”
“Government should start censorship drive with this blog”
“Either you guys have not seen any car, or some company has bribed you all to do this review.”
“Clearly this guy has not driven any of these cars. Worse, maybe he does not know how to drive at all.” Read more

As the dust settle on another busy year for the automotive industry, the jury would be out to decide on which is the best car of the year. But with car launches multiplying exponentially every year and threatening to outdo the number of movies made per year, surely not every car is worth the effort and investment of the manufacturer and consideration of the consumer. Read more

Over the last few years, as our domestic film industry has evolved and emerged as a viable marketing platform, a lot of carmakers have used it to showcase their products. Read more

On a sunny Wednesday morning in December last year, the top management of India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki were busy patting their back at the Gurgaon plant, the country’s largest car factory till date, for regularly exceeding targets and producing more cars than capacity at each of their plants. Read more

The Japanese carmaker that is still the benchmark in affordable luxury in India, burnt its hands with its first small car Jazz two years ago. But it is back, with a smaller, meaner and more importantly a cheaper product, what would be its second small car-the Brio. Read more