In the midst of the riverie and small talk, the naked man with ash all over him, suddenly snaps at me.

“Why do you guys call my car dog’s dinner?” he asks, his pink eyes heavy with the hash he has been smoking all his life. Read more

When it was discontinued in 13 major cities in India in April 2010 as Maruti decided not to upgrade its engine to meet the tougher BSIV emission norms, everybody thought the M800 story was over. 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

Like every other year, dozens of cars–big and small, awful and spectacular, practical and extravagant–will hit the roads this year as well. And like always only a few will hit the bull’s eye and the others will fall by the wayside. These are the some that look worth waiting for. Read more

Since August 2012, Fiat has sold less cars every month than BMW and Audi, the two largest luxury car manufacturers in India. That is a telling statistic about a company that is the ninth largest in the world in terms of the number of cars it makes and sells, one of the oldest in the business in India and is part of one of the largest global automobile companies. Read more

After an insipid first two years, Japanese auto major Nissan has had a successful last two years. Read more

Starting this Tuesday, domestic car companies would start an initiative to declare problems in their cars and offer to replace or repair them based on their internal quality checks. This kind of an activity is commonly known as a recall around the world. Read more

A peeved customer writes about the unpleasantness of being a Micra owner. Read more

The steepest ever hike in prices of petrol on Wednesday led to the customary howls of protest across all quarters of the society and the usual defense of how rising crude prices had made this almost compulsory. Read more

“A B C D Chaida Mainu, Vadi Biddi Chaida Mainu
CTV bhi Chaida Mainu, LCD Bhi Chaida Mainu
Laal Mercedes Chaidi Mainu, Laal Qila Bhi Chaida Mainu”

And so goes the title track of Dibakar Banerjee’s 2008 hit Oye Lucky Lucky Oye. Read more