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Royal Enfield Shotgun 650: The One-off Darkhorse
Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 is a kg lighter than the Super Meteor 650, comes with a plethora of features and has no direct rivals in the Indian market. Should you buy one? Read on to know more about this motorcycle…
Over the last few years, Royal Enfield has been on a roll and has introduced some of the most iconic motorcycles in the country. Be it roadsters, cruisers or adventure motorcycles, the brand has nailed it in practically every segment out there. However, the Royal Enfield portfolio in India was missing a single-seater neo-retro styled bobber…
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Volkswagen Taigun GT Plus Sport & Taigun GT Line: Let the ‘Black’ Magic Begin!
Here’s a closer look at the newly launched variants, of Volkswagen Taigun, the Taigun GT Plus Sport and the Taigun GT Line
At Volkswagen India’s annual brand conference 2024 last month, in Jaipur, the new GT Plus Sport and GT Line variants for the Taigun SUV in India were unveiled. Furthermore, the German brand democratised the Taigun range in three primary trims namely GT Edge, Chrome and Sport. Both the Taigun GT Plus Sport and Taigun GT…
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Mahindra Bolero Neo+: Modern, Spacious and Powerful
Here’s what’s new on the nine-seater configuration of the Mahindra Bolero Neo+
Mahindra & Mahindra, has always been a force to reckon with in the SUV segment in the Indian market with products such as Bolero, Scorpio and XUV700. The Bolero, in particular has been around for over two decades, yet the charm and popularity of this SUV has not faded. The company went a step ahead…
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Upcoming Four Wheelers 2024
Here’s a look at some of the most awaited cars and SUVs that are coming in 2024.
This year witnessed the launch of several new cars and SUVs in the Indian market from ICE vehicles to EVs to Hybrids, it seemed like everyone wanted to further strengthen their presence in the domestic market. Now, with the New Year around the corner, automakers are once again getting ready to launch a slew of…
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Upcoming Two Wheelers 2024
Here’s a look at what’s in store from the two-wheeler industry in the coming year.
Here’s a look at what’s in store from the two-wheeler industry in the coming year. While 2023 has been an eventful year for the two-wheeler industry, in India, with several new motorcycles, scooters and EVs being launched, with the New Year around the corner, OEMs are gearing up to introduce their latest offerings in the…
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Oliver Rowland and Dorian Boisdron: Past, present and future at Nissan Formula E Team
Driver and team director reflect on previous campaigns and look ahead to Season 10.
Nissan Formula E Team. They have been part of some of its most successful campaigns, including Season 6, when the outfit ended the year as vice-champion. Dorian has held the position of team director since 2022, while Oliver makes a return to the squad as an experienced driver to partner with promising youngster Sacha Fenestraz, following two years away.…
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Queen Bee
At the launch of the electric scooter, Zulu, earlier this week, Sulajja Firodia Motwani, Vice Chairperson, Kinetic Engineering and Founder & CEO, Kinetic Green Energy & Power Solutions Limited, spoke to TURN OF SPEED about Kinetic’s past, present and future for which she has aggressive and exciting plans.
Sulajja Firodia Motwani, Vice Chairperson, Kinetic Engineering and Founder & CEO, Kinetic Green Energy & Power Solutions Limited, who grew up counting Lunas and Kinetic Hondas on the road, is a determined woman and she is on a mission. With a super sharp focus of her light mobility company’s aim to build small electric vehicles with 1kW-10kW…
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The Adventurous Four?
There are road trip films and there are women empowerment films; The characters in “Dhak Dhak” try to straddle two motorcycles. Do they succeed? Read on and thou shalt be enlightened…
Director Tarun Dudeja’s film, Dhak Dhak, starring Ratna Pathak Shah as Manpreet Kaur Sethi, Dia Mirza as Uzma, Fatima Sana Shaikh as Sky, and Sanjana Sanghi as Manjari begins with the discussion of ahem… a loo, or should we say Shauchalay. With the words “Betiyaan dur na jaaye, Ghar Ghar Shauchalay Banaye” painted on a wall, and after some cliched Su Su jokes (Yes,…
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“A book deal and a film are in the offing:” Dakshina Krishna Kumar Murthy
Dakshina Krishna Kumar Murthy a.k.a. Shravan Kumar, and his mother, Choodarathna, who are on the last leg of the ‘Matru Seva Sankalp Yatra’ popped into this writer’s apartment for a chat last Sunday, and what a conversation it turned out to be! Amongst other things, we learnt that the duo has signed not just a book deal but also a film deal! Read on to learn more about the duo and their fascinating journey so far!
Paeans have been written about 44-year-old, Mysuru-based Dakshina Krishna Kumar Murthy, the ‘modern-day Shravan,’ who embarked on a journey in January, 2018, to show his 73-year-old mother, Choodarathna, Temples across India on his 2001 Bajaj Chetak scooter, the “only gift” from his Father, Dakshina Murthy. Now, in 2023, the duo has travelled not just across…
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Flex is the Next Big Thing: Mohan Savarkar, CPO, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited
Mohan Savarkar, Chief Product Officer, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited, on the road ahead for diesels, how ‘Flex’ is the next big thing, and the new safety-related technologies that the car manufacturer is equipping their vehicles with.
TURN OF SPEED caught up with Mohan Savarkar, Chief Product Officer, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited, during the New Tata Nexon drive in Jaipur where he spoke to us about the road ahead for diesels, how ‘Flex’ is the next big thing, and the new safety-related technologies that the car manufacturer is bringing on to their…
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