We began our journey with the Taiguns from Pasadena, a northern suburb of Los Angeles, where the cars had been shipped all the way from India to be part of the World Car Award’s #LATestFest, an annual event where jury members from around the world gather at the time of the LA Auto Show to usually drive cars that are not available in their markets. For the Taigun, that meant all the jury members except for the six from India. As export versions of the Taigun were not being produced yet, the jurors got to drive the India-spec versions of the SUV and that meant that the steering wheels were on the wrong side of the cars – on the right for India as opposed to being on the left for the US as well as all other countries where they drive on the right side of the road. Both the SUVs were the top-of-the-line versions of the two lines that VW has on sale in India – the Dynamic Line and the Performance Line, the first being with the 1-litre TSI engine and the other being with the 1.5-litre TSI EVO engine. While the Dynamic Line SUV was Wild Cherry Red with the engine mated to a 6-speed manual transmission, the Curcuma Yellow Performance Line SUV had a 7-speed DSG gearbox. Now this was a double whammy for global automotive journalists as not only were most of them driving with the steering wheels on the opposite side of what they were used to but many of them were not used to driving stick-shifts, and that too with the gear shift lever falling on the wrong hand. Thankfully, the cars came through the ordeal unscathed despite our worries and all the jury members I spoke with only had positive things to say about both the cars.
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MG Comet
The Comet continues to be a workhorse for the entire Auto Today team, and this was proved quite clearly when the team head out to a celebratory lunch.
Dirty Dancer
Does the Yezdi Adventure live up to its name? Can it be all the ADV you'll ever need? We headed out to Pune to hit up some trails, highways and twisties to find out
Linea Urus
While on a visit to Lamborghini HQ at Sant'Agata Bolognese, Yogendra Pratap got close to the production line that has helped revolutionise the brand and produced over 30,000 Urus super SUVs
MUSEO LAMBORGHINI
At its headquarters in Sant'Agata Bolognese where it also has its production facilities, the super car manufacturer, Lamborghini also runs a small museum that houses some of the most iconic names in automotive history. Yogendra Pratap dropped in to check out not only the iconic names but also some of the concepts and art that draws thousands of car lovers to this sleepy little town just outside of the Italian city of Bologna
#OdeToOutstanding - south
The longest leg of the #OdeToOutstanding drive had Dhruv Saxena drive the dynamic Mercedes-Benz GLA from the literal edge of the Indian mainland surrounded by the Indian Ocean across the heart of the country to the national capital marveling at the incredible natural beauty, diversity and history of south and central India
#OdeToOutstanding - west
The western leg of the #OdeToOutstanding drive had Anagh Bhaskar take on the mighty desert region with the electric Mercedes-Benz EQB 350
#OdeToOutstanding - east
The eastern leg of the #OdeToOutstanding drive starts in the lush green forests of West Bengal. But there is more than just that. Rahul Ghosh tells you all about the outstanding drive in the Mercedes-Benz GLC
#OdeToOutstanding - north
The northern leg of the #OdeToOutstanding drive saw Dipayan Dutta take on the mighty Himalayas with the equally intimidating Mercedes-AMG GLE 53 4Matic+ Coupe
Dirt magnet
The Lexus NX has a new trim called the Overtrail. We took the SUV to a few trails and drove through mud to put its name to the test
MORE FIREPOWER
Alongside the EQA that featured in the last issue, Mercedes-Benz also launched the facelifted EQB. Here is how the updated SUV holds up