Eight roaring cylinders is a history repeated in the Ferrari quarters over the last forty years. The first ever mid-rear-engined V8 model was the 308 GTB. Tomorrow, the legacy will be celebrated in the Ferrari 488 GTB as the curtains are raised on the Geneva show. The car is intended …
Geneva spotlight: the most intense Aston Martin ever
Only 100 enthusiasts will own it, and they get to be trained by a Le Mans winning expert. Aston Martin prepares its new 7.0 litre V12 supercar ready for the Geneva reveal, where the Vulcan expects to steal the thunder. One should always leave space for deeper sighs and breathless …
Geneva spotlight: Aston Martin Vantage GT3 special edition
In its ‘standard’ form, the Aston Martin V12 Vantage S was nothing short of automatic bliss for the manual purist. And now, the marque has announced just 100 examples of a starker version inspired by the track – the Vantage GT3 special edition. The car is lighter by 100kg than …
2015 Hyundai Genesis Review: Evolution
When you buy into a Genesis, what matters is what you are let to have. Beyond the mist of brand halos, that is what counts. In its rise to being the ‘viable alternative’, originality is not something Hyundai has cared for; oneupmanship and value are. And with the 2015 Genesis, …
2015 Nissan Juke announces its stand
The new Juke is here. I wouldn’t know it from the old because I haven’t driven it before and always thought of it as a weird car with a crammed rear. That’s precisely why I romped into the little party that Nissan had set up at the Dubai Autodrome last …
Volvo XC60 R-Design 2014 review: Suede gloves
One way to celebrate a milestone is to walk back and find some of your favourite spots and sit in the shades of those beautiful spaces that gave you more contentment than the rest, more solace perhaps and even more excitement. Thus came the idea of getting back in the …
DriveME NewsTrack end January: Energy saving cars and a new blind spot gadget
Volkswagen XL1 reaches first owner in Middle East It was only a few months ago that the Volswagen XL1 undertook the challenge of crossing seven Emirates on one litre of petrol. No wonder Volkswagen claims for it the title of the world’s most efficient and technologically advanced car. A couple …
Detroit Digest: Coming soon
The Bentley and Jaguar SUV concepts aren’t the only cars that were present in words and not for viewing at the Detroit Show. CEOs used the opportunity to brief the world on their upcoming models and tech changes as well. Not all models showcased or concepts revealed at the Detroit …
Task of the week: Come to terms with two names
Back in college, while being introduced to pretty girls who could do a thing or two to your heartbeat, some of us would tremblingly wait for her to spell her name. For, those were the times when Dousy or Lousy were ‘names’ in our part of the town, as a …
Toyota ‘Mirai’ makes hydrogen cell cars an early reality
There are two areas in which plenty of energy – pun intended – is right now being focused in automotive technology. One is the autonomous driving concepts pursued by Volkswagen and Google and somewhere along those lines, the piloted driving experiments by Audi that recently did a 900 km demonstration …
