My return home after the first few months in Dubai was nothing short of a revelation in terms of dimensional dynamics. How everything is relative, even with icons that etched their shapes into your motoring canvas. The Ambassador seemed a meek and mild version of what I remembered of it. …
Ferrari Portofino First Drive: Mountain Air
Portofino is a quiet fishing village near Genoa in Italy, 250 km southwest of Maranello, where Ferraris are made. The village is speckled with high-end boutiques and the harbor, with super-yachts. It’s a holiday waiting for me on the Italian Riviera: sometime in the future. Back to now: Located 6000 …
New Toyota Rush adds two seats to bite-sized Adventure
Indian Advertising icon Bharat Dabholkar, recently dumped the sedan for an old auto-rickshaw (what Thailand knows as a Tuk Tuk) that he converted into a private mode of transport in flourishing colours and flamboyant style. If he wanted to drive differently, pay grudgingly and squeeze-in seven of his kin, what …
Jeep Grand Cherokee 2018 Review: Genes, urban styled
It takes illustrious confidence to hold on to automotive designs for a decade or longer. Range Rover has been doing it. Jeep has been doing it. If you drove a Jeep Grand Cherokee at the turn of the decade, when it was launched, you can still drive the 2018 version …
Honda Jazz 2018 review: ONE SIZE FIT
Honda Jazz isn’t one of those ubiquitous subcompacts in our part of the world. You’ll probably see them more often on award podiums than in parking lots. However, that could be about to change with the new Jazz ticking three big vital boxes, striking a new balance like few subcompacts …
Hyundai Santa Fe 2018 Review: Still the one
Future-proofing is a tough job in a market that is ever-evolving in terms of design and technology. In this venture, your best bet is value, that is ostensibly present and retained even when faced by the challenge of ‘more’ with every passing year. Hyundai Santa Fe can count on the …
Jeep Compass: Neighborhood escapades
Described as compact and entry-level yet capable as a Jeep ever should be, the all-new Jeep Compass 2018 seems to please us with practical comfort yet holds back the whole bliss by stopping short of bringing over a trail-rated adventure version. The Design Looking almost as big as the Cherokee …
Peugeot 5008: The Plus Size
The new Peugeot 5008 is the new 3008, and then some. But the equation isn’t that simple. Well, it is true that the styling that made the 3008 so captivating and the features that made its dynamics so contemporary are all there in the 5008. But as Peugeot’s 7-seater van …
2018 Honda Accord 1.5 T: Turbo-charging your money?
The 2018 Honda Accord is an all-new Honda itself. It comes with two engines – both turbo charged – with a 10-speed Automatic gearbox for the 2.0 L Turbo and a refined CVT for the 1.5 L Turbo. This is the comprehensive first drive of the 1.5 T, the second …
Honda Accord 2018 Review: Turbo Ten
The Japanese pronunciation of Turbo sounds deceptively similar to taboo – funnily enough, none of the big three from Japan seemed very fond of turbo-charged engines. Well, a Ferrari wears one on its sleeves; the Germans have boldly stuck to turbocharged power in supercars and plain daily drives; the French …
