Reviews

Skoda Rapid Long Term Review – Initial Report

The Skoda Rapid came and changed the game for Skoda completely. While it is more or less an identical twin of the Volkswagen Vento, the sales figure tell an impressive story. We have been using the Rapid as our daily drive for a couple of months now and are mighty impressed with this machine. After [...]

2013 Jaguar F-Type Test Drive Review

Car Tested: 2013 Jaguar F-Type Price OTR Mumbai: Rs. 1.6 – 1.9 crores The Jaguar F-Type is a sports car with massive emotional appeal and an exhaust note which truly thrills the aural senses. Jaguar has been making sports car even before the company was called Jaguar. Circa 1960, Jaguar launched a vehicle which went [...]

2013 Force Gurkha Test Drive Review

Words – Dr. Javeid Khan, Pictures – Anannd Sampat Car Tested: 2013 Force Gurkha 4×4 Price OTR Mumbai: Rs. 10,11,500/- The Force Gurkha is an extremely capable yet affordable off-road vehicle. It’s not often a manufacturer launches a vehicle for a selected audience. The number game may be the key tournament in the market but [...]

Ford EcoSport Video Review

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2013 Ford EcoSport Test Drive Review

Car Tested: 2013 Ford EcoSport Price OTR Mumbai: Rs. 7-12 lakhs (est.) The Ford EcoSport boasts of stylish exteriors and tons of features, it should be a hit on face value alone. A new segment has emerged in India and is seeing tremendous growth. The compact SUV space has till now been dominated by Renault’s [...]

Second Generation Range Rover Sport First Drive

The all new Range Rover Sport remains highly capable off-road while still being thoroughly impressive to drive on road. Land Rover unveiled the second generation Range Rover Sport (codenamed L494) at the NY Auto Show a few weeks back and the company is almost ready to start sales of what they call “the fastest, most [...]

Jaguar F-Type First Drive Impressions

You walk towards it, your heart skips a beat, out pops the door handles as you unlock the vehicle, it invites you and you accept happily. This is exactly what happened when I first encountered the F-Type at the Pamplona airport in Spain two days back. Rest as they say is history, pretty much true, [...]

2013 Audi TT Test Drive Review

Car Tested: 2013 Audi TT 2.0-TFSI Price OTR Mumbai: Rs. 65,25,590/- The Audi TT not only goes fast, it even looks fast while standing still. The Audi TT might have been through two generations only, but it dates back all the way to 1994, when the first sketch was made. It was subsequently presented at [...]

Shootout – Honda Amaze vs Maruti DZire

The Maruti DZire’s dominance is under serious threat for the very first time, the Honda Amaze is that good. Sub 4-metre sedans (better known as compact sedans) have become the hot flavour in the Indian market, so much that every automaker is working on one. The tax benefits are too lucrative to ignore this segment, [...]

Kawasaki Ninja 300 Test Ride Review

Words – Mohit Soni, Pictures – Anannd Sampat Bike tested: 2013 Kawasaki Ninja 300 Price OTR Pune: Rs. 3,89,500/- The Ninja 300 has some serious performance on offer, which gets unleashed once you smack the throttle past 8000 RPM. Kawasaki is partly responsible for jump-starting the sports bike scenario in the country. When Kawasaki launched [...]