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

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 7:58 pm
Filed under Cars, automobile · Tagged automobile industry, Carnama, Cars, Chevrolet U-VA Sail, evalia, hindustan times, Hyundai Sonata, Nissan, Sumant Banerji, Toyota Camry
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

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 9:02 pm
Filed under Cars · Tagged Carnama, hindustantimes, Jaguar F type, JLR, Micra, Nissan, Paris Motor Show, Peugeot 301, Porsche, Porsche 911, Renault, Skoda Rapid, Sumant Banerji, Tata Motors, Volkswagen Vento
The first thing you ask yourself, when you look at Renault’s new sedan Scala, is have you seen this before. For the car has uncanny similarities with alliance partner Nissan’s caaar Sunny. And why not? The two cars share the same platform, engine, powertrain, chasis, interiors, features and pretty much everything else. Read more

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 8:54 pm
Filed under Cars · Tagged car-nama, chasis, Duster, engine, hindustan times, interiors, Nissan, Nissan Micra, powertrain, Renaul, Scala, Sumant Banerji, Sunny
After an insipid first two years, Japanese auto major Nissan has had a successful last two years. Read more

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Friday, August 10, 2012 at 12:21 am
Filed under Cars · Tagged auto sector, Cars, evalia, hevrolet Tavera, India, Innova, Japanese auto major, mahindra xylo, Maruti Ertiga, Micra, New Delhi Auto Expo, Nissan, Sumant Banerji
A peeved customer writes about the unpleasantness of being a Micra owner. Read more

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 11:28 pm
Filed under Cars · Tagged auto, carmakers, Cars, first car, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, India, maruti, Micra, Nissan, Renault, skoda, Sumant Banerji, Toyota, Volkswagen
It’s been out in the market for a good 16 months and generally that is enough to decide whether a car has hit the bull’s eye or not. The Toyota Etios though, is a curious case. Read more

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 9:25 pm
Filed under Cars, automobile · Tagged car, car-nama, Chevrolet Aveo, Etios, Ford Fiesta Classic, Hyundai Accent, liva, Mahindra, Mahindra Verito, maruti, maruti suzuki, Nissan, sedan, Sumant Banerji, swift dzire, Tata, Toyota