Overview Early last year, Volvo announced that by the year 2020, no passenger of a Volvo passenger vehicle will die or be seriously injured in an accident. This year, the Swedish automaker has..
The third generation Skoda Octavia was launched in October 2013 to much praise from the automotive community around the world. In India, it was the return of a nameplate that virtually established the..
The Compass is Jeep’s third offering in India after it entered the country just last year. The first two launches were the Grand Cherokee (starting at 94 lakh ex-showroom) and the Wrangler (starting a..
I got an airstrip and 550 bhp all to myself. The next time you walk into a luxury car showroom, put on a straight face and ask the sales exec if you can do a 0 to 200 km/h run in his demo car...
The Rapid arrived in India in 2011 and quickly became Skoda’s top selling product in the country. Though it was always the twin sister to the Volkswagen Vento, Skoda worked hard to differentiate the R..
Come Back Kid
Robin Page spent a dozen years with Bentley designing the interiors of the Mulsanne and Continental. And this was after stints at Rolls Royce and Bugatti. In 2013, he was pulled away ..
It’s been 5 years since Honda brought the Brio to India and here is the update for 2016. It isn’t all-new but a much needed refresh in time for the beginning of the country’s festive season.
If the product development memo for a Mercedes S Class reads, “Throw everything you have at it”, the one for an Indian small car reads, “Remove everything you can from it”. Innovating in the..
There is a new BMW 5 Series coming, a Mercedes E Class is on the anvil too, and so is the new A6 by Audi somewhere on the horizon. But all 3 cars are still sometime away from India, and until such a..
Sports utility excites me a fair bit. Polo GTIs, M5s and 911s are all fun - but they kind of need tarmac to place their feet on. SUVs on the other hand, couldn’t be less bothered. When the all- new..
There is credit due. The men and women that are responsible for the works of beauty we find on our roads are mostly forgotten as the unsung heroes. Gorden Wagener has been the head of design at..
It has been a little over 48 hours since the new Mahindra Scorpio for 2014 went live in Mumbai. There has been considerable chatter over the media and social media as people have voiced mixed opinions..
The outside temperature gauge read 8 degrees as I belted down National Highway 1. It was pitch dark and the rains hadn’t receded over the past 48 hours. Kashmir had shut-down amidst government..
I like Carlos Ghosn. He is the current Chairman and CEO of the Nissan Motor Company, and also leads the global Renault-Nissan alliance. I have never met him or even in fact been in the same room as..
I remember driving the Superb a few years ago in Chennai. It had only recently come out and was a good alternative to the more expensive German rivals, and it still is. I liked the car. I liked how it..
While every automaker in the country was busy belting out mini-SUVs by the thousands the whole of last year, Nissan was working simultaneously on reviving the Datsun brand, which first came into..
IAB wishes to thank Tarun Tripathy who represented us at the Skoda Octavia media drive while the rest of us were working on the updates from the Frankfurt Motor Show! Skoda, a Czech auto-maker and..
