CAR magazine, overwhelmingly acknowledged as the world's best car magazine, has driven into India under the name of explosive and vibrant, as well as serious and sensuous, CAR India has been launched to satiate the discerning automobile enthusiast who knows his radiators from his air filters. CAR India is an authoritative automobile magazine, written for people with a burning passion for anything on four wheels.

Heartening Trend

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT

Car India

Next-generation Hyundai i20 • The next-generation i20 is out and about and it’s quite a stunner with several powertrain combinations and high-level safety tech on offer

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GMC Hummer EV

Porsche Panamera e-Hybrid Range Expands

We Hear

Audi A3 Sportback 40 TFSI e

Dacia Spring Electric Goes Live

BMW 4 Series Drops Top

New Jaguar XE and XF Revealed

Bugatti Bolide to Crack 500 km/h

Motul Launch ECO-TEC 5W-30 Fully Synthetic Engine Oil

Elon Musk Confirms Tesla Motors are Coming

Nissan Magnite Revealed for India

Launches

YOUR VIEWS

LETTER OF THE MONTH

UPS AND DOWNS • We compile and analyse sales data to find the most popular cars of the month past

Odisha Ody ssey: West • In the second leg of our road trip series in Odisha, we are westward-bound to see what this section of the state has in store

KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE… • It’s the car few saw coming: a Ferrari-fighter from shy, retiring Maserati. Here are seven reasons why the MC20 is giving Maranello sleepless nights

NEW BATTLE, OLD WAR • Maserati do not often battle Ferrari head-to-head. But when they do, it’s usually worth paying attention.

The Sonet Sojourn Gathers Pace • We continue our journey through Odisha and also take a deep dive into the Sonet’s road-tripping capabilities

New The Breed • The “compact SUV” segment has seen a global upward trend with several buyers choosing these over-inflated hatchbacks in high-heels over conventional hatchbacks or estate models, citing their all-road and all-weather capabilities as high priority

Absolutely Liberating • Sometimes a spontaneous road trip is exactly what you need… just drive and see where the road takes you

Safe Trip Checklist

‘Ensuring safety on the road while providing freedom of mobility’ • Following the introduction of two new tyre offerings in the mainstream volume segment, we have a chat with Claude d’Gama Rose, the Head of Tyres Business, Continental India, about the latest developments

The G5 • The latest and greatest supercars from each of the world’s leading supercar-making entities, together for the mother of all summit meetings

SECOND OPINION

SPORTS CAR OF THE YEAR 2020

SECOND OPINION

Blue is the colour

Steady as She Goes • Looks like a coupé, squats like an SUV, and goes like a scalded cat. We have taken the first-ever made-in-India AMG, the GLC 43 Coupé, out on a thorough test

Second Nature • The Hyundai Tucson is more gentle to the nature, looks sharper now and retains its sophisticated charm

This Sonet Is on It • The Kia Sonet has been drumming up interest by the bucket-load ever since the Korean brand first presented it as a concept to the Indian automotive consciousness. Now it is here and we have taken it out for a proper road test

2 FOR THE ROAD • The all-new 2 Series Gran Coupé is the latest entrant into the portfolio and it sits pretty in its price bracket as the only offering with fresh styling and a potent diesel engine

Zero MG CO2 • The MG ZS EV came by to spend some time with us. And, after one 18-hour charge, it was good to go for the whole week. From the car’s perspective, it’s 0 mg/km of carbon...