Category: OFF BEAT STUFF
Remember the Ferdinand GT3RS pedal car that Richard Hammond drove around the Top Gear track? Well, its makers have done it again, taking on the Ferrari FXX as a parody to the Mercedes’ SLS tunnel commercial. Called the Fahrradi Farfalla FFX, the name is derived from a blend of the German word for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Track test : Continental CEC5 and CSC5 : Part II
Fiat 500 Abarth Engine 1.4L, 4-cyl, 16v, SOHC, turbo-charged Transmission 5sp Manual Power 160 bhp Torque 206 N-m 0-100kmph 7.4 sec The Fiat 500 Abarth is an altogether different beast from the cute and cuddly 500, we have in India. On the track, the 500 Abarth would gamely hold on to its lines and change [...]
After the spy shots a couple of months ago, we are proud to present some exclusive shots of the facelifted Linea. The Linea which has been in the the world market since 2007, now gets a new lease of life, much like the Punto Evo. The changes at the front are restricted to the front [...]
Ford has unveiled the production version of the EcoSport mini SUV. Sharing bits from the new Fiesta, the EcoSport is built on the B2E platform and is very much like the concept shown inIndiaearlier. The headlamps and tail lamps have been toned slightly, but the tall chunky styling remains. There are pseudo skid plates [...]
With just days to go before the official unveiling in Beijing, pictures of the Lamborghini SUV have leaked over the world wide web. The SUV called the Urus mimics Aventador styling and has a very coupe-like roof. The edgy styling prevails and the SUV will bring back good old memories of the LM002, Lamborghini’s earlier [...]
The days of the super rich yearning for a better luxury off roader than a top of the line Range Rover are finally coming to an end. Bentley has taken the wraps off the EXP 9 F SUV Concept on the eve of the Geneva Motor show. Still refered to as a concept, Bentley describes [...]
Next-gen Mercedes A class unveiled
This is the next generation Mercedes A class. The styling is quite similar to the concept shown at the Auto Expo in January. The upright mono-volume stance of the first two generations have been traded in favour of a new sportier two box. The new A class has impressive 0.26 drag co-efficient. Three different variants will [...]
Hyundai i20 facelift uncovered.
Here are the first pictures of the facelifted Hyundai i20. The front has been complete redesigned with the fluidic theme with new headlamps, bumper and grille. A slim, long grille with Hyundai logo at the centre stretches between the Verna style headlamps on each end. The lower grille remains more or less similar in shape, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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