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Diesel dilemma
As petrol and diesel prices move ever closer, the economic value of purchasing a diesel car is making less sense, and Bharat Stage VI will change that completely First things first, in last week’s column about the Honda CR-V, I got the price of the vehicle wrong by quite a margin...
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How do we achieve lower carbon footprint?
29 October 2018 | Kushan Mitra -
A worthy successor
26 October 2018 | Kushan Mitra -
The Chinese are coming
19 October 2018 | Kushan Mitra -
China’s largest carmaker bringing MG brand with C-segment SUV
16 October 2018 | Kushan Mitra -
Shark Tales
12 October 2018 | Kushan Mitra -
Increasing your fuel economy
05 October 2018 | Kushan Mitra -
India’s abiding Chinese addiction
01 October 2018 | Kushan Mitra
Kitna AUR deti hai?
In these days of high fuel prices, fuel economy is more important than ever before and a new car on the market genuinely surprises on this front First things first, let me make a couple of admissions. The first is that I have never really considered the Maruti-Suzuki Ciaz as a...
Ten tips to rent a car abroad
Going on a driving holiday abroad is becoming ever more common for Indians and I recently did the same. But there can be some potholes in the process. Here are some tips to avoid those Get an International Driving Permit In most countries your Indian Driving Licence (DL), at least newer ones...
Wear your seatbelt
Another tragic high-profile death in a road accident was in part due to the fact the victim was not wearing a seatbelt according to the police The tragic death of Nandamuri Harikrishna, son of the former movie and political Telugu colossus, NT Rama Rao might unfortunately become just another statistic of...
What ails India's airlines?
Flying into the red If you take a flight nowadays you will likely notice that most planes are full, airports are so crowded that security can take quite a while, with first-time flyers travelling in numbers. And the average Airbus A320 operating for the low-cost carriers genuinely feels like an ‘Air...
Diesel dilemma
We are told that diesel is dirty but does the heavy fuel just have an image crisisij Because when it comes to fuel economy, you just can’t argue Make no mistakes, I’m a petrolhead. And part of the job of being a petrolhead is loving big-engined petrol cars with a lot...
The Ciaz hits back
Maruti has given the car a new engine, a new front fascia and a lithium-Ion battery pack across the board. Maruti-Suzuki’s Ciaz was never considered the sales star in its segment, competing as it did against the Honda City and Hyundai Verna. Yet, by managing to deliver a proposition that was...
Maruti launches Ciaz's new version
Maruti-Suzuki, the country’s largest carmaker on Monday launched the facelift of their Ciaz sedan. The sedan which features a new petrol engine, a 1.5-litre, 103 horsepower alongside the existing diesel engine. In a segment first the carmaker has equipped all variants of the car with a lithium-ion battery pack which...
