Jeep-a-boo: Camp Jeep

Introduction What comes to your mind first when you hear the word ‘Jeep’? A burly, capable, barebones utility vehicle right? Well, for those who had missed it, Jeep, as generic as that word is, is a brand in itself. A brand that has become so synonymous with off-roaders that an...

May 1, 2025

Product Review: Blaupunkt DVR 3.0 FHD

What is it? If you’ve been spending enough time on YouTube, there are a bunch of dash-cam videos that have gone viral and not without a reason. Whether it’s for showing you’re favourite set of roads or to be on the safe side in case the unexpected accident happens, dashboard...

May 1, 2025

CarPlay and Android Auto – Are they the future of mobile connectivity?

The future of connectivity The driving experience is undergoing a major overhaul as of today. While the driving experience itself is important, what has taken center stage is how we stay connected with the world outside when we’re behind the wheel—that is, while we still need steering wheels. Our vehicles...

May 1, 2025

India and its affinity for the Hyundai Santro

Evolution of SantroKorean automaker, Hyundai Motors made a grand entry in the Indian market way back in 1998 with its entry-level Santro hatchback. The unique international ‘tall boy’ body style offered easy ingress and egress that immediately caught Indian car buyers’ attention. At the time of its launch, the automaker...

May 1, 2025

How to protect your car during Holi

Car Care during Holi It’s that time of the year when splashing colours and water is a legitimate way of having fun. Holi definitely brings out the best colours in us. But it’s also a time where your car risks getting a lot of colour stains. While dry colours and...

May 1, 2025

Carwale and the Volkswagen GTI score at the 2017 Valley Run

Drag racing with the GTIWhen you talk about drag racing it gets a lot of mixed opinions. For many enthusiasts, thundering down the black top as quickly as possible is just not exciting enough because one has to work harder for a better lap time than a quarter mile time....

May 1, 2025

Top four things we learned from Gaurav Gill about power boating

Top four things about power boat racingThe first edition of the Nexa P1 Power Boat racing was held on the coastal waters of Mumbai city. A sight to behold, this inaugural edition had many firsts apart from obviously being the first Indian edition. This is the first time a proper...

May 1, 2025

Enter the Drag-Zen!

Introduction What is a drag Zen? We are certainly not speaking about a new Japanese animes or manga series here. For the Japanese, Zen emphasizes meditation and intuition on the journey of your quest of nirvana. For the materialists, Zen is the way of looking into everything you do and...

May 1, 2025

SAE BAJA 2017: Of student projects, flying buggies and the Pit of Doom!

Introduction Sitting in bus, enroute to the venue of yet another BAJA race, I kept reliving memories from my college days, of our own frivolous efforts to put up a team and participate in an ‘extra-curricular’ activity. The inept boys from my engineering college weren’t up for the task, and...

May 1, 2025

Valley Run 2017: A weekend of speed, quarter miles and burning rubber

Introduction About four years ago when I attended Valley Run (TVR for today’s acronym addled minds) for the first time, I was a newbie to this industry. It had been just over six month since I had moved from the cosy confines of my comfortable life in Chennai to the...

May 1, 2025

Tata T1 Prima Truck Racing season 4: We two ours four

Introduction It’s been a long day of travel as I’m sitting in the conference room of my hotel waiting for Tata to make an announcement about its latest season of T1 Prima Truck racing. It is late and I’m a bit groggy as Suresh Rangarajan, Tata’s head of corporate communication,...

May 1, 2025

Carnot GPS Tracking and Car Security – Product review report 1

What is it? A small device that helps you stay connected to your car through your smartphone. This plug-and-play device connects to the cloud over a 2G SIM card which comes pre-installed; and thereby to the user’s smartphone to monitor the vehicle for its security, health and performance. Once properly...

May 1, 2025

Why do white coloured cars sell better than the rest?

Introduction Ok, so this is something which has crossed our minds at some point or the other – Why do people buy white coloured cars? Is it a colour obsession, superstitious beliefs or is it the climate? Even as many of us ponder at it, we can’t deny the fact...

May 1, 2025

Nissan Intelligent Mobility Tour: Dawn of the electrics

Nissan Intelligent Mobility As I squeezed myself into the rear seats which were positioned just like those in a McLaren F1, I was told that this is the ‘G’ seat, even as a four point harness glued me into place. I gave a thumbs up, the driver pinned the throttle...

May 1, 2025

Nissan Intelligent Mobility and its future in India

Nissan Intelligent MobilityWe read and hear so much about driver assist technologies, autonomous and hybrid cars, we think it’s a recent development. But the fact is that this technology has been evolving from as early as 1996 when ABS became standard. Intelligent Mobility has always been about making the driving...

May 1, 2025