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    Idemitsu IRG 7: Nano Tailored Oil

    Idemitsu brings you a nano tailored formulation, offering you great acceleration and unrivalled precision.

    Idemitsu’s dedication to precision since 1911 to tailor make oils exceeds customers’ expectations. Idemitsu introduces its flagship, and high premium, fully synthetic and semi-synthetic products which offer not just best in class protection but also highly consistent performance. These oils boost the engine’s maximum power and offer excellent fuel efficiency. New IDEMITSU engine oils are…

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    16
    Dec
    2022
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    Audi Track Day: I’m Levitating

    Audi India lined up their superlative RS5 Sportback, RS Q8, S5 Sportback, and the e-tron at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) recently and driving their RS models has left us in a trance of sorts.

    Recently, Audi India, invited us to the Audi Experience Performance Weekends to drive some of their fast cars on the racetrack at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC), in Greater Noida, and we haven’t stopped grinning since. The Audi India line up for the event included the RS5 Sportback, RS Q8, S5 Sportback, and the e-tron.…

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    RACHNA TYAGI
    28
    Nov
    2022
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    “The next stage from turnaround is transformation”: Rakesh Srivastava

    Rakesh Srivastava, Managing Director, Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd (NMIPL), talks to TURN OF SPEED about the company’s game plan ahead.

    At Nissan India’s event mega event in New Delhi, where the company showcased three of their SUVs, the Qashqai, the Juke, and the X-Trail, we spoke with Rakesh Srivastava, Managing Director, Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd (NMIPL), about their new products, their India business plans, and how Indians are all set to brace newer technologies.…

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    RACHNA TYAGI
    19
    Oct
    2022
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    Going Going Ghosn

    When two award-winning Journalists, Nick Kostov and Sean McLain, from Wall Street Journal, embark on a mission to write the definitive book on auto industry leader, Carlos Ghosn, the world takes notice. Through their book, “Boundless: The Rise, Fall, And Escape of Carlos Ghosn” the duo not only give us front row seats to all the significant happenings in Ghosn’s jet-setting life, but also unravel his world, strand by strand, as all the action, including his daredevil escape – in a box- unfolds, taking readers on a thrilling, fast-paced journey across the world.

    What could possibly go wrong for Brazilian-born Lebanese businessman, Carlos Ghosn, who ran two Fortune 500 companies, Renault and Nissan, successfully and whom Time magazine, as well as Fortune magazine, called the “most influential global business executive,” “ahead of Bill Gates,” and “Asia’s businessman of the year respectively? Apparently, plenty. Two award-winning Journalists, Nick Kostov and…

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    RACHNA TYAGI
    22
    Sep
    2022
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    “The proof of the pudding is in the driving”: Ashish Gupta

    In conversation with Ashish Gupta, Brand Director, Volkswagen India.

    Volkswagen India just introduced the Virtus, one of the most awaited sedans in India today. We caught up with Ashish Gupta, Brand Director, Volkswagen India, and he had some rather interesting things to say about the past, the present and the future of Volkswagen cars. Read on… TOS: What have the reactions to your brand-new sedan,…

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    RACHNA TYAGI
    13
    Jun
    2022
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    Fancy the New Harley Davidson Nightster?

    New Harley Davidson Nightster is big on Performance and Design.

    Harley-Davidson has revealed the latest motorcycle in its line-up, the Nightster. The Nightster is the one of the first motorcycle to feature the brand’s 975cc liquid-cooled V-Twin. This is the brand’s latest move in the direction of phasing out the traditional air-cooled V-Twin engines. The American brand has also claimed that the motorcycle is a leap forward…

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    21
    Apr
    2022
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    BMW’s latest F 900 XR: Two in One

    BMW claims that the motorcycle is an uncompromising mix of sportiness and touring capabilities.

    BMW has launched the latest F 900 XR in the Indian market. The F 900 XR now comes with a price tag of INR 12.30 lakhs (Ex-Showroom). With the XR tag, BMW claims to deliver an uncompromising mix of sportiness and touring capability for this motorcycle. Not much has changed and the motorcycle still comes with a…

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    21
    Apr
    2022
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    Martin Uhlarik- Above the Curvv

    Martin Uhlarik, Head, Design, Tata Motors Limited, in a freewheeling chat with TURN OF SPEED talks not just about the design of the Curvv and all the exciting things happening at Tata Motors, but also about the densities of the ubiquitous white colour and the Tesla Cyber Truck, amongst other things.

    Tata Motors has introduced yet another concept – the Curvv. Martin Uhlarik, Head, Design, Tata Motors Limited, talks to us about the Curvv, telling us about their good record of not just translating their concepts pretty well but also of delivering promises.  TOS: Tata Motors is taking a big leap forward, tell us about the story…

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    RACHNA TYAGI
    14
    Apr
    2022
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    Triumph’s Tiger Sport 660 has arrived!

    The Tiger Sport 660 is newest and the most accessible bike in Triumph Motorcycles’ internationally acclaimed Tiger range. 

    After commencing bookings in December 2021, Triumph has officially launched the Tiger Sport 660 in the Indian market with a price tag of INR 8.95 lakhs (ex-showroom). Based on the Trident 660, the Tiger Sport 660 commands a premium of INR 1.50 lakhs over its naked sibling. The Tiger Sport 660 is newest and the most accessible motorcycle in Triumph…

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    11
    Apr
    2022
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    New Maserati Grecale is a visual treat!

    An extremely wide range of engines is being made available on the Maserati Grecale: conventional internal combustion, hybrid and, in a year’s time, Grecale will also be the first full- electric SUV in Maserati history.

    Maserati’s first electric SUV, the Grecale, has been developed at the Maserati Innovation Lab in Modena and produced at the Cassino plant. The electric-SUV as claimed by the brand strikes the perfect balance between versatility, elegance, performance and innovation, guaranteeing performance, comfort and safety. Along with the SUV being fully electric, the Grecale will also…

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    05
    Apr
    2022