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Lyrical Performer

With three engines offered in four different states of tune, five transmission options, and a mile-long list of features, the Kia Sonet is no paper tiger

Taming The Thar

We put the 2020 Thar through its paces, both on the road and off it

NEWFANGLED CITY SLICKERS

The new Honda City arrives to face some stiff competition from family sedans across a wide price spectrum, but a key competitor is the equally new Hyundai Verna. We pit the two 1,497-cc petrol manual rivals against each other

Light Work of Hard Trails

The Compass Trailhawk is the most o -road-ready SUV in Jeep’s Compass line-up. We put it to the test

Full Gasly in the Temple of Speed

Monza always throws up a storm or two and, just as it did 12 years ago, a Faenza-based car took to the top step of the podium

FIRST DAYS OF ROMA

Evocative of the 1960s and a brighter period in human history, Ferrari’s new Roma 2+2 is here to save 2020 from misery

DYNAMIC AS ALWAYS

Serial entrepreneur and a socialite, Nikhiel Kumar loves to take challenges and never shies away from trying out something completely new and unique, pretty much like Hyundai Venue’s intelligent manual transmission

Audi's Monster RS

The monstrous, blacked-out RS Q8 is the dark side of the coupé SUV breed. How does the Audi stack up in today’s day and age?

Skoda Rapid 1.0 TSL - All New Engine And A New Attitude

The lockdown may have thwarted Škoda India’s plans but the manufacturer came back strongly with practices to adapt to the new normal

Wicked Wheels

With no direct competition from BMW or Audi, the Mercedes-AMG C 63 Coupé has the entire road to itself. But nothing’s perfect in life, is it?

Škoda Reloaded

Zac Hollis, Director, Sales and Marketing, Škoda Auto India, reveals Škoda-Volkswagen’s India 2.0 launch plans and also talks about the initiatives taken by the auto major to battle the ongoing COVID-19 crisis

GETAWAY CARNIVAL

We have got our hands on the new people-mover from Kia to see how it stacks up as a road-trip-ready MPV

SOME BRIGHT SPARK

Tiny, light, and brilliant, the original Mini was a flash of genius. On London’s teeming streets, can its big, heavy, and now battery-electric successor bring the same small-car magic?

City Life

Twenty-two years after Honda first introduced us to the game-changing City, the fifth iteration of this popular sedan is here to take on all challengers

Ring of Steel

With plans to revamp their entire product range in India, Audi India say they are all set to make the four-ringed brand stronger. Excerpts from an interview with Balbir Singh Dhillon, Head, Audi India

Rapid Action

The new Škoda Rapid takes the compact sedan game further with sportier styling and a global engine that offers an impressive rush in the low- and mid-range. Just what we need, then?

Driven To Perfection

For the first series of “The Young Achievers”, we met twenty-seven-year-old Samyak who thinks that persistence and communication are key to face challenges in work-life.

Asking the Earth

Supercar speed, usability, and clean power; the Porsche Taycan and Tesla Model S promise it all. Which is best? And might a V8 BMW M5 or hybrid Polestar 1 be a better bet?

The COVID-19 Effect

With the global pandemic affecting everyone in some measure, the affected manufacturers have begun diverting their assets and energy towards helping out.

THE FIRST DAYS OF DISCO

Die Hard was released. The Berlin Wall came down. And the first Discovery, the car Land Rover really didn’t want you to buy, emerged from the West Midlands

STEP UP

The new BMW X1 steps up its game with a BS VI-compliant turbo-diesel engine and the necessary emission clean-up equipment in place. How did it perform? Here’s what you need to know Story: Jim Gorde Photography: Saurabh Botre

The Nexo Step

Reasonably priced fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEV) are no longer a pipedream. They’re here and they’re available to buy, albeit in select markets. The Hyundai Nexo Fuel Cell is one of them and it commands attention

When 1 Becomes 2

The hot, all-wheel-drive 135i grows a tail — the mini M2 you want?

Three of a Kind

HYUNDAI MOTOR INDIA LTD ARE PLAYING A WINNING HAND IN 2020 WITH THREE MASSIVE launches.

THE ACCIDENTAL TERRORIST

If you’re used to 911 Turbos being soft and easy-going, time to just your expectations. This new one is a full-on supercar

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

The 2020 World Car Awards may have recognized electric cars and electrification but, ironically, the top award went to a car on the exact opposite side of that spectrum. Here are the winners from this year

CELL-LEVEL EVOLUTION

Fossil fuels, dirty electricity generation, and complicated, expensive extraction of hydrogen could well be a distant memory if this source of clean power goes mainstream

BMW i Hydrogen Fuel Cell Making Steady Progress

The reality is that BMW i hydrogen power for automobiles is not far away. In fact, it’s much closer than one may believe

‘We have a massive connected population'

Away from the bustle of the Auto Expo 2020, we caught up with Sandeep N, Executive Vice President – Mobility Solutions at Bosch, for a chat about the latest goings-on in the next phase of mobility

It's Show Time

Car manufacturers hit back at the slowdown with electrifying new models and future tech. Here are a few exciting cars to watch out for