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Motoring Paradise

A trip to Dubai with a track experience and all things automotive? That is exactly what Anagh Bhaskar did as he went around to experience the sheer bliss that the city provides for automotive enthusiasts

Crashing Cars - FIVE STAR SECRETS REVEALED

Tata Motors’ success in building a full portfolio of cars that have scored five stars at either the Global New Car Assessment Programme or the newly launched Bharat NCAP is based on extensive in-house crash testing and was revealed earlier this month as it took us on an extensive tour of its crash test facility at its plant in Pune

#BeTheBetterGuy

Hyundai's safety campaign lays emphasis on the importance of taking precautions before you start driving. We take you through some of the checks one must make before taking the road

Cross to bear

The introduction of an automatic transmission does address a major shortcoming of the Citroen C3 Aircross, but can that help buyers look past its other flaws, or are they too heavy a cross to bear?

Shifting the narrative

Tata has launched India’s first ever CNG car with an automatic transmission and we got behind the wheel to find out if its actually a formula that works

STAR KID

The entry-level GLA is the latest Merc to get a midlife refresh and we got behind the wheel of the top-spec diesel to see if the smallest SUV is good enough to be considered proper luxury

Xin chào VinFast

Vietnam's VinFast has initiated proceedings to establish a manufacturing facility in India, but before the company starts building cars Dhruv Saxena gives you an insight into this relatively unknown brand

Royal Enfield Himalayan

The Royal Enfield Himalayan has been in the Auto Today fleet for two months now and feelings are beginning to happen. I know this because I'm riding to work every day, in the peak of Delhi's most savage winter.

Maruti Suzuki Jimny

Given the string of new launches and media drives and the consequent hectic shoot schedule during my first full month with our long-term Maruti Suzuki Jimny, I haven't been able to spare any time to head off the road where this car truly belongs.

Italian Stallion

Ever since the price of Aprilia's made-in-India new entry segment track machine was annouced, we've been waiting to get a leg over and we got a chance to do just that at the gruelling Kari Motor Speedway

Retro neo

For 2024, Bajaj has given the Chetak electric scooter an update with a bigger battery, more range and tech. We took it for a ride to find out what it's like

ELECTRIFYING THE DESERT

From blistering speeds to suspension shattering terrain, Anagh Bhaskar brings all the highlights of the world's greatest rally raid - the 2024 Dakar

Touch up

The Mercedes-Benz GLS facelift is here with an updated exterior, interior and additions to the features list. We spent some time with the GLS 450 (petrol) variant to find out what's new

Hail to the king

The Hyundai Creta looks set to continue its reign as the segment leader with major updates to the exterior and interior, additions to the list of comfort and convenience features, and enhanced safety

Leading the pack

Kia's first wave of major facelifts now includes the Sonet, which debuts a fresh new look and new additions to almost all departments over the skin. We drove the freshly updated SUV in Bhopal to experience just how much better it is

MYTHBUSTER PRO

Even today EVs have a big number of stereotypes attached to them, but homegrown automaker Mahindra aims to change these notions with the XUV400 Pro. We put the SUV through a number of tasks to see how it stacks up against the 'EV myths'

7S up

The latest in the Volkswagen family of electric vehicles is a sedan based on the Vizzion concept and gets the 7 nomenclature. We got to drive it at the World Car Awards LA Test Drives late last year

FORWARD CHARGE

Tata Motors continues the expansion of its all-electric range with the launch of the Punch.ev that enters the more affordable end of the EV segment slotting in between the Tiago.ev and Nexon.ev

Outrageous outside Incredible inside

An exterior that might be hard to like, an interior that's even harder to fault, the seventh generation 7 Series is unlike any luxo barge currently on sale in India

INDIAN CAR OF THE YEAR

The prestigious Indian Car of the Year (ICOTY) awards are reserved for the very best and Hyundai dominated proceedings by claiming the ICOTY for the EXTER title as well as the Green Car Award for the IONIQ 5

Tata's EV onslaught

Over the next couple of years, Tata Motors is planning to introduce four new EVS to double the tally of its allelectric offerings by launching three new electric SUVs and an electric hatchback. Here's Dhruv Saxena with the lowdown on all that's coming and when its coming

The call from the East

Honda’s Drive to Discover (D2D) returned for its 12th edition, titled the Journey to the East giving Anagh Bhaskar the perfect opportunity to test out the new Elevate in the mountains of Sikkim and West Bengal

Great India Drive Into the wild

For the 2023 edition of the Great India Drive, Rahul Ghosh travels to the north and south of the country with the Hyundai Exter in search of a wild solace

Indian automotive industry's Highest Honours

The most experienced automotive journalists, the finest cars and motorcycles from the past year and proper testing to choose the winners. Anagh Bhaskar lists out the winners for ICOTY IMOTY 2024

Sense X

BMW M's first dedicated car in decades and its most powerful production car ever isn't a sports car or even a super sedan. It's a big hulking SUV and that has left many understandably scratching their heads. We spent some time we the XM to make sense of its existence

An electric juggernaut

Lotus Cars has launched the Eletre electric SUV in India. We take the R variant for a drive to find out if this British branded Chinese made electric SUV has what it takes to be a performance SUV

Form & function

Hyundai has launched the new generation Santa Fe in international markets. Although there is doubt on whether the company will bring it to India or not, we got a taster of the big behemoth in South Korea

Tayga Tayga Burning bright

Bentley’s most successful car since the Continental, the Bentayga has been given a touch-up that brings in some updates and adds 180mm to the wheelbase. We hop in the driver’s seat and in the back and tell you what six crores worth of SUV feels like

eNgaging into thrills

We got a chance to drive the Hyundai loniq 5 N in the pristine South Korean countryside. But what does it offer and how does it drive? We find out

DISPLACEMENT REPLACEMENT

The C 43 is a brickbat to the face of the guy who said “There’s no replacement for displacement”, with the smallest engine making the most power a car with this badge has ever produced