Eid Mubarak to all my DriveMates. Hope you are enjoying your holidays. Thank you everyone for participating in our Ramadan Contest for the Armor All goodybag. I’m breaking the suspense on the four winners. Picking the winners was fun – watch the vdo! AHAMMED RIYAZ RAKESH VP ABDUL NAVAS ALTAS …
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 …
Cullinan final test: Effortless in the UAE, and everywhere
That one will soon behold a staple serving of the Cullinan on the roads of the UAE is not a matter of doubt. How often will one see it atop the big red or the intimidating dunes of Liwa is. Probably close to never! Yet, for the high-bodied vehicle of …
Toyota Camry 2018 First Drive: Force to reckon with
I have often been asked my informed opinion of, and sometimes random thoughts on, many cars: to buy, to avoid, or simply to compare. But there are some models that I have seldom been asked about: Toyota Camry is one of them. It belongs to a genre, of cars that …
Maserati GranTurismo 2018 Review: Natural Aspiration
Familiar muscle in a fresh finish snarled out of the Maserati garage – looking like a cloudy, ominous day. The looks that spent a decade being loved still celebrate the aggressive best of a gentleman. The exterior change was namesake and immediately visible in the bold vertical bars on the …
My first F-150 drive in a hundred years!
There must have been more than 150 of them, and they came in all shapes and cabin sizes. Base versions were few and performance models were plenty, for F-150 has a way of compelling owners to make the monster look even more formidable. The group was commemorating the 100th anniversary …
Peugeot 3008 Review: The ‘different’ car of the year
Change begins from within. Indeed. But until it shows, it won’t be recognized by the world. And when a brand wishes to convey how exciting and transformed it has become, they had better look at the skeleton and skin, and throw the ones in the cupboard out. Peugeot has big …
A royal ride at Ahmedabad vintage car museum
There are vintage car museums all over the world. Auto World Vintage Car Museum in Ahmedabad stands apart not only with a truly venerable collection of majestic carriages, but also for the rare opportunity it gives visitors to ride in some of them. Most of the cars here have celebrated …
500 ways to experience Tuscany
Driving a 1971 Fiat 500 anywhere else in the world would be another vintage thing-to-do. In Florence, it’s almost an everyday experience, and that is the charm of it! I was as excited as my three year old to see the little cars in green, blue and yellow. Putting it …
