Tuning boxes come in all shapes and sizes. Some are simple resistances in expensive looking plastic boxes while others have multiple settings, their manufacturers call ‘maps’ and most of them claim up to 25 percent more power and torque. Although none of them are as good as a well written remap, we love their plug [...]
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Jaguar XF Sportbrake
Liked the XF? Want something even more practical? You might lose the Aston Martin Tail, but the XF Sportbrake is the most versatile Jaguar ever made. Now officially unveiled ahead of its scheduled unveiling at the Geneva Motor Show,it features a new rear end with a substantial redesign from the B-pillar onwards that libeartes 1,675 litre [...]
Range Rover Evoque Cabriolet
You probably watched Jeremy Clarkson cut an Evoque photograph using a pair of scissors, to show us, how the new cabrio version will look. Well, Land Rover hasn’t done much more on the real one, than using,…emm… a larger pair of scissors. The Evoque Cabrio concept, making its debut at the Geneva Motor Show, looks surprisingly [...]
Camber; how much ‘ya got, bro?
The Bosozoku styling trend in Japan isn’t dead. Only now, they have moved from skate board front lips to ‘oni-camber’. The idea of demon- camber is to have insane levels of negative camber, which is far beyond what a lowered suspension can achieve. This is often achieved by welding on additional angled mounts to the [...]
VW Polo Cup to have 1.4TSI racers !
Well, you complained about the lack of proper noise at the VW Polo Cup races, didn’t you? The drone of diesels wheezing by didn’t offer quite the aural pleasure enthusiasts had hoped for and left many petrol heads complaining. Well, someone at VW was paying attention and this year, VW Polo Cup will have three [...]
Toyota Camry “Re-invented” Commercial
Toyota goes great lengths in its new, funny, 30 second, Super Bowl commercial for the 2012 Camry. The commercial, called the “Reinvented” seen in the extended version above, imagines a bizarre yet funny world where a police officer gives back massages during traffic stops, a baby that doesn’t poop, a sofa that is made of beautiful bikini clad women [...]
GL ‘Grand Edition’ launched
Mercedes-Benz India launched the GL-Class ‘Grand Edition’, a spruced up version of the popular GL. Visually, the Grand Edition can be distinguished by the dark-tinted headlamps, a radiator grille with black, high-sheen louvers, a redesigned front bumper with integrated LED daytime running lamps and new 20 inch alloys. The car also gets two tone leather seats [...]
Video: Juke-R humiliates supercars
After our first report with an amateur video a week back, we now have an official video of the Nissan Juke-R participating in a side show event for the Dunlop 24 Hours of Dubai, while and taking on a Lamborghini Gallardo, Ferrari 458 Italia and Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. Regardless of the poor conditions the Juke-R [...]
Handling: Fitting Coilovers
Okay, the Swift was not really short on handling and the new one is even better. Maruti engineers have worked to hard to strike a balance between ride quality and handling that it shows in the way it drives. But you never know, there could be just another way of improving it and we come [...]
Borg Warner EFR 6758 Turbo
The new EFR range from Borg Warner has been causing quite a stir since it was announced and one of the models to be widely available is the 6758, designed for cars wanting to produce between 275bhp and 450bhp. Available with a .63 a/r T28 turbine housing for smaller engines, and a .92 a/r divided [...]






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