Cyrus Dhabhar

The Toyota Innova is the king of the hill in India and in most south-east Asian countries when it comes to the MPV segment. With great comfortable interiors, outstanding build quality and an exterior design language that has evolved with age across generations, it is the segment benchmark. No wonder then that there are a plethora of MPVs that take ...

The move has been proposed to put an end to different pricing structures across various parts of the country and to stop people from registering their cars in lower taxed areas and using then in cities where taxes are relatively higher.

According to a circular issued by the Ministry of Road Transport, a recommendation to increase taxes on diesel vehicles by up to 2 per cent has been proposed by the Ministry while at the same time asking for a further reduction in taxes for all electric vehicles.

Volkswagen will have a new logo in 2019. The new logo is said to be a more modern and more up to date as compared to the logo being used currently and might probably be the first logo in the company's history to move away from the 'V' and 'W' placement that has been a standard since inception in the late 1930s. According to reports in Bloomberg, Vo...

A few months ago, we brought you the first and exclusive news on how Pininfarina would go from being primarily a design house to also being a standalone automaker to take on the likes of other electric automakers like Tesla.Last week, the now Mahindra owned Pininfarina madeits long awaited debut as an automaker - Automobili Pininfarina and now here...

Ford and Mahindra will make a range of next generation SUVs for India in the coming years but the two automotive giants have already tied up in the United States for a much cleaner mobility project.

Mahindra-owned Automobili Pininfarina's PF-Zero will be showcased for the first time ever in a concept form at the Pebble Beach Concourse d'Elegance.

Volkswagen has posted its highest ever sales figures for Q1 in its long history as an automaker with 15,25,300 vehicles sold the world over. As compared to the same period last year, sales for the automaker are up by a considerable 5.9 per cent. Although the brand has seen some turmoil in the last few years, including the scathing Dieselgate scanda...

In the first quarter of 2018, Toyota sold more than 280,000 vehicles in Europe, which is a growth of 4 percent over the same period last year.

A few weeks ago we brought to you an exclusive review of the Mahindra Genze electric scooter all the way from San Francisco. The Genze scooter is purpose built to be a workhorse with just one seat and a loading bay at the rear which gives it an immediate distinction as compared to the other two wheelers available in the segment. We knew Mahindra wa...

If you thought spending Rs 1 lakh on the number '1' in India was ostentatious, you'dbetter sit down for this one! What is possibly the most sought after number plate in the world, 'F1' in the United Kingdom has officially gone on sale for a staggering Rs 132 Crore!The F1 number plate has been on a variety of cars in the last decade since it came in...

The New Nissan Leaf was launched last year and has already received quite a bit of praise from all over the world. An affordable all-electric offering, the Nissan Leaf is available in multiple variants, all fitted with a 40 kWh battery that offers 378 kms of range. While the more powerful version gets a standard DC quick charger fitted, for the low...

About a year ago we brought you the news about Tata Motors being selected to supply 3,192 units of the Safari Storme to the Indian army. As a replacement to the ageing Maruti Suzuki Gypsy, the Tata Safari Storme would be ideal since it met a list of criteria that were set by the Indian Army - hard top, 800 kg payload capacity and air conditioning. ...

In response to the United States President Donald Trump proposing a tariff of $50 billion on imports from China to the United States, China has responded by threatening to do exactly the same. The United States President had included several components that are used by the auto industry in the list of taxable items, including the likes of transmiss...

The twin turbocharged V6 powered, 2018 Audi RS5 Coupe will officially be launched in India on April 11. The GT 2+2 all-wheel-drive coupe will cost well upwards of the Rs 1 Crore mark and will take on its natural rival - the BMW M4. The new Audi RS5 is now in its second generation and the original RS5 in both pre facelift and facelift form was actua...

The new SUV is scheduled for a United States unveil by early 2019 and will most likely see an official market launch by early 2020.

Audi's Twitter handle put out this lovely video explaining how it works momentarily exciting a fair few fans until of course, everyone remembered that it was an April Fools prank!

Last year we brought you news about Ford and Mahindra's upcoming joint venture to share platforms and develop new vehicles specifically for the Indian market. And now, its all signed, sealed and official. Mahindra and Ford have signed an MOU to develop a new mid-sized and compact SUV and a new electric vehicle for the Indian market.

Lotus has also confirmed that the SUV will have typically Lotus design in terms of its exterior with front and rear styling heavily inspired by the likes of the Elise and the Exige.

The Mahindra XUV 500 is one of the most popular sub Rs 20 lakh SUV in India. Launched originally in 2011 with a first facelift in 2016, the popular SUV is due for yet another (and major) facelift in order to freshen the range up. The new SUV will be launched soon but has already been spied with minimal camouflage recently. The pictures show the new...

MG is all set to enter the Indian market in 2019 with a brand new SUV. The SUV will not be a subcompact sub 4-metre SUV like the popular Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza but instead be slightly larger similar to the likes of the Hyundai Creta or the Renault Captur. MG globally only offers petrol engines but for India, the automaker will offer a diesel e...

The BMW X3 in its new generation was recently showcased at the Indian Auto Expo and is due for an official launch in India very soon. While the standard car comes with 2-litre or 3-litre petrol and diesel engine options, the top spec model on the X3 range for this generation will be the X3 M. The X3 M will soon make a global debut and a test mule o...

Mercedes-Benz has hinted that it could be working on an entry level model which will have seven seats. In the last few years, Mercedes-Benz has been plugging the gap in every single available market in the luxury automobile segment and an entry level 7 seater MPV or SUV is certainly still an open ballgame with no competition. The seven seater could...

Audi has teased the future of it's electric mobility plans at its annual press conference. The new concept car is a look into the future of Audi's sportier car range and has been christened Audi e-tron GT. The Audi e-tron GT will make it to production by 2021 or 2022 and will have the same underpinnings as the Porsche Mission E. This will be the th...

Polestar has started accepting bookings for its first new car - the Polestar 1. The Polestar 1 is now available as a pre order by paying a deposit of "2,500 or $2,500 (20,000 Yen if you are in China) since there has been a huge demand for the hybrid coupe since its launch a few months ago. The Polestar 1 is currently only available in 18 countries ...

The Rolls-Royce Dawn is a four seater convertible with a conventional folding soft top that is based on the Ghost platform. That said, although it is a much cheaper and definitely a sportier option as compared to the Phantom Drophead Coupe, Rolls-Royce has been finding it difficult to move units worldwide. So in order to add some excitement to the ...

The Nehru Science Centre in central Mumbai will hold a vintage and classic car and ,otorcycle exhibition from March 16 to April 1, 2018. The exhibition, made up of 27 cars and 12 motorcycles will be inaugurated today evening (March 15) and will be thrown open to the public tomorrow onwards as a part of the standard display at the centre. Unlike oth...

The third generation Maruti Suzuki Swift was launched last month at the 2018 Auto Expo and has already been a runaway success with a long waiting period. The new Swift is a great package with a new and updated exterior design, a new interior packed full with gadgets and an option of both petrol and diesel engines along with a 5-speed manual or a 5-...

The Lamborghini Aventador has been around since 2011 and has already seen a range of variants like the SV. Now although usually the SV model heralds the end of a life cycle for a Lamborghini V12 supercar as per tradition, the Italian automaker decided to give the Aventador a much needed mechanical upgrade last year and launched the Aventador S inst...

Volkswagen has launched new trims to their Vento and Polo range to freshen up the lineup. The Vento Sport and the Polo Pace will be addon trims available on a select range of variants as an addition to what the two popular Volkswagen vehicles already offer. On the Vento line up, the Sport trim is available on the Highline and Highline+ models only ...