Cyrus Dhabhar was born and brought up in a motorsport family and cars run deep in his blood. As a passionate founder and head of a classic car club in Mumbai and an avid part of the vintage and classic car scene in the country, Cyrus prefers his cars older and simpler. That said, he loves everything on four wheels and the occasional two-wheeler as well. Cyrus currently is the Assistant Editor - AUTO for the NDTV Group.
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class facelift was showcased a few months ago internationally and is expected to make its debut in India in early 2018. Recently though, the facelift Mercedes-Benz S-Class was spotted undergoing emissions testing on the Mumbai-Pune expressway. The car was seen undergoing tests for real-world usage emissions that are routinely held by the ARAI or Automotive Research Association Of India. This includes measuring exhaust emissions while driving in real life conditions both on the highway and on city streets by using a special testing apparatus that is strapped into the boot of the car.
In 2020 at the original SpaceX demo launch of the Dragon spacecraft, Elon Musk released a large cheese wheel in honour of Monty Python's legendary 'Cheese Shop' sketch.
Electric powertrain developer and manufacturer of one of the most insane hypercars in the world, Rimac, have teased a successor to the already bonkers Concept One. The Concept One is the electric hypercar that Rimac currently produce, albeit in very limited numbers, and has already proven to be the best in its class by destroying almost everything else - including the likes of the Porsche 918 in a straight line drag race. The new hypercar will be more powerful and according to official Rimac communication, 'a true game changer'. Rimac also provides the powertrain for the likes of Koenigsegg and Aston Martin for their respective electric hypercars.
The Ford GT is one of the most talked about and one of the most wanted supercars in the world today with the American automaker making only 500 models in the first lot. Although you would expect 500 ultra expensive supercars to be enough, in reality, when Ford opened up bookings for the supercar, it received over 5-7 times that number of people who were looking to get their hands on the second generation Ford GT. And one such person lucky enough to be chosen to buy one was none other than WWE superstar, John Cena. The ex WWE world champion even made a video with his signature blue Ford GT recently but then went on to sell the car, which irked Ford.
We got to spend a whole day with the new-gen Volkswagen Passat and are quite impressed with what the car has to offer. Read on to find out more about what we think about the new-gen Passat sedan.
The new-generation Jeep Wrangler has finally been unveiled on the lines of the ongoing LA Auto Show. It is the perhaps one of the most iconic and most well-known automobiles ever! The Wrangler will be available in the Sahara and Rubicon variants and get a whole bunch of updates to the exterior and the interior as well.
Jeep India have issued a major recall of the popular Jeep Compass over safety issues. The recall is due to the passenger front airbag in the Jeep Compass being affected by what Jeep has termed 'loose fasteners' that can affect the correct working of the airbag in case of a collision. In a statement put out earlier today, Jeep has said that the recall is expected to affect just a small number (about 1%) of the popular SUV globally. In India, Jeep has so far delivered over 1200 Compass SUVs and all of these will be recalled and checked by the dealer.
The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is the finest and most exclusive classic car show in the world. Every year, dozens of the world's finest classic cars congregate on the lawns of the Pebble Beach Golf Course in Monterey, California, to try and win the top honours as the world's best classic cars in a series of categories. These categories that include the likes of the usual pre-war and post-war cars along with special categories for marques like Ferrari, Packard, and Duesenberg, etc. will also have an India relevant category next year. The new category, exclusively for 2018 will be called 'Motor Cars of the Raj' and will be for cars that have an Indian connection.
Cartist, a Jaipur based organisation that turns cars into rolling art is in Mumbai for an exclusive exhibition from November 17-19, 2017. The exhibition will be held at the Jijamata Udyan (or Mumbai Zoo) grounds in Byculla, Mumbai and is open to public. The organisation, founded by car collector and restorer Himanchu Jangid uses cars as a canvas to paint on rolling murals depicting both the city that the car is painted in along with other art based themes that also usually have some sort of social meaning. Cartist also uses local artists to create absolutely exquisite works of art with an automotive theme woven into them along with other forms of art like sculptures and installation art with both an automotive and social theme.
The Tesla Roadster will not be cheap though, with an expected price of $200,000 for the base car with a reservation price of $50,000.
The Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC) have continued their collaboration with UK Autodrive and started testing a Tata Hexa on the streets of Coventry. UK Autodrive is a consortia launched a few years ago bringing together automotive companies and the British Government in order to develop and test autonomous and self driving cars (and technology) in the United Kingdom. The autonomous testing on public roads, which includes the Tata Hexa is the first of its kind in the UK and also includes cars like a new Ford Mondeo and the Range Rover Sport.Apart from being a part of the UK Autodrive project, Tata Motors and Land Rover have also started doing independent tests on UK roads albeit with trained drivers in the car at all times in case something goes wrong.
A prototype Lamborghini Aventador with styling influenced from the Lamborghini Huracan Performante has been spied recently. Although Lamborghini launched the Aventador S recently with the likes of upgraded brakes, rear wheel steering and even more power, this new V12 powered beast seems to have gone in the direction of extreme aero as compared to more power. The hardcore Aventador will also possibly be the last iteration of the supercar with a new V12 Lambo expected to make a debut in the next couple of years. Although the last iteration of all Lamborghini V12s have always been called the SV, this time around, the Italian automaker might use a new nomenclature as they have already used the SV moniker earlier as the last version of the pre-facelift version.
The Ministry Of Petroleum And Natural Gas announced today that BS6 fuel might be available in Delhi from April 1, 2018. The NCR area in general, which will include the likes of Gurugram, Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad is set to receive the BS6 fuel by April 1, 2019. The fuel roll out will happen ahead of the rollout of BS6 nationally which will take place on April 1, 2020. While most automakers are on track to meet the original deadline set by the government for BS6 rollout, some have reacted mentioning how the fuel rollout might not really have any real impact on the pollution levels that have plagued most of north India these last few weeks. The question many are asking us though is simple. What happens if you put BS6 fuel in a BS4 car, or but BS4 fuel in a BS6 car?
Land Rover will also be debuting the Discovery SVX concept - a more offroad performance oriented version of the fullsize Land Rover Discovery.
Jaguar India has started local assembly of the F-Pace SUV in India. The SUV will temporarily only be offered in one variant 'Prestige' with only the 2-litre diesel engine and is priced at Rs 60.02 lakh which is a price drop of nearly Rs 16.5 lakh as compared to the CBU prices. The larger 3-litre engine, which came in the R-Sport and First Edition, has now been discontinued and so have the two top spec variants. Jaguar will eventually offer higher spec and an entry level Pure version on the 2-litre engine too which will also be assembled in India. The F-Pace is now the sixth vehicle from the Jaguar Land Rover family to be assembled in India joining the likes of the Jaguar XE, XF, XJ along with the Land Rover Discovery Sport and the Range Rover Evoque. The Jaguar F-Pace also won the World Car Of The Year Award this year at the New York Auto Show.
The exterior and design of the new Jeep Wrangler was officially unveiled in a series of pictures a few weeks ago and now the iconic American automaker has showcased revealed the interiors of the new SUV. While the official unveil of the new car will be at the upcoming LA Auto show, the automaker has showcased the new interiors of both the two door and four door version in a series of pictures. The new Jeep Wrangler's interiors are a huge step up as compared to its predecessor with better infotainment, more equipment and more importantly, better quality along with a range of customisation options too.
The new compact SUV will be built alongside a whole range of new cars that will be introduced in the South American market by the year 2020. This SUV will be sold alongside the upcoming 7 seat version of the Volkswagen Tiguan, another compact SUV from Volkswagen (rebadged version of the Skoda Karoq) and even possibly the brand new T-ROC. These new cars will be developed and built independently in Argentina where Volkswagen has decided to invest $653 Million in its Pachecco plant.
Uber will offer a range of Indian heritage classic car rides on the upcoming Children's Day (November 14, 2017). The cars on offer will range from the Maruti Suzuki 800 to the Hindustan Ambassador and Contessa and the Premier Padmini.
The annual fog menace that claims dozens of lives in the most parts of the country due to road accidents has returned and made worst this year due to excess pollution too. Fog or Smog is one of the most dangerous driving scenarios that a motorist could face due to very low visibility and high levels of moisture that could cloud up the windscreen. Driving in fog, especially in India is also made worst due to bad roads, unplanned road works or diversions without adequate signage and of course, pedestrians and animals carelessly crossing the road. To make sure you and your loved ones are safe in the car, here are some safe fog and smog driving tips.
Delhi's odd-even rule was proposed between November 13 and November 2017, and this time there will be no exemption for two-wheelers or women drivers unlike last year. Here are the other important things you need to know about the odd-even rule in Delhi.
