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The Tata Aeris was launched recently as a facelifted and reworked version of the Tigor, with a fresh and modern exterior look and a minimalistic interior brimming with features. The powertrain options, however, are the same as those of the Tigor. We recently drove the Aeris iCNG, and here are three reasons why you should consider buying it and two reasons that could deter you. Reasons to buy the Tata Aeris CNG Modern exterior design and well-equipped interior The Tata Aeris is clearly a step up from the Tigor and looks modern. It gets slim LED headlights with integrated LED daytime running lamps (DRLs) joined by a gloss-black trim, all of which give it a clean look. Some contrast is added via the front bumper, which features a black section around the wide air inlets. The new LED fog lamps and the clamshell bonnet also look good. In profile, the CNG variants’ 14-inch stylised steel wheels look undersized, particularly against the prominent wheel-arch cladding. Chrome elements on the...

It’s here, finally. Almost three years after the very first Triumph 400s debuted (Speed and Scrambler X), we have a Bonneville for the class, and it’s looking to redraw the boundaries for the retros. However, the 350cc class is silently one of the fiercest segments in India, with Royal Enfield leading it, predominantly with the Classic 350. We have Honda trying to eat away at that dominance with the CB350 and Jawa with its 350, but sales-wise at least, Royal Enfield has so far remained unassailable. Can the Hinckley-based manufacturer finally make its Indian-UK counterpart feel the heat? Let’s see. Triumph Bonneville T40 vs Rivals: Engine and output Triumph is off to a great start   Triumph Bonneville T40 Royal Enfield Classic 350 Honda CB350C Jawa 350 Engine 350cc, single-cylinder, liquid-cooled 349cc, single-cylinder, air-cooled 348.36cc, single-cylinder, air-cooled 334cc, single-cylinder, liquid-cooled Power 29hp at 7,000rpm 20.2hp at 6,100rpm 21hp at 5,500rpm 22.57hp at 7,000r...

Grace, Space, Pace. That's been a long-held Jaguar maxim, clearly no more the case, though, at least not that first part. Jaguar's new Type 01 ditches grace for a design that's very much in your face, or, styled with exuberant modernism, as the brand more eloquently puts it. Yes, exuberant it most certainly is; the sheer size and presence of the car are unapologetically bold, and we knew this would be the case when we saw the Type 00 concept . At the time, Jaguar said it would greatly influence the actual production car. Love it or hate it, you have to applaud Jaguar for keeping a majority of the concept's far-out ideas to the point where a lot of time was spent engineering the new Jaguar Electric Architecture (JEA) to make the design possible.  Strike a chord The front is dominated by Jaguar's new 'strikethrough' design element, which gives the bluff nose some character. Unlike most EVs that have a blanked-off front, the strikethrough simulates a grille,...

Skoda has added a new 1.5-litre hybrid powertrain to the Octavia, allowing it to run on electric power alone for short periods without being plugged in. It combines a 1.5-litre petrol engine with two electric motors and a 1.6kWh battery, which is charged through braking or by the petrol engine when required. It is offered with 136hp and 170hp system outputs.  from Autocar India https://ift.tt/KQ56pSq

A few months after introducing the 2026 S-Class facelift, Mercedes has launched its more luxurious Maybach counterpart . Priced at Rs 3.35 crore, the Maybach S-Class commands a premium of Rs 1.15 crore over the standard model. But apart from the Maybach badge, what exactly does it offer for the extra money? Here is everything you need to know. Note: LHD models used for representation Mercedes-Maybach S-Class vs Regular S-Class: Exterior   Unlike the standard S-Class, which features two exterior designs across variants, the Maybach S-Class gets a uniform exterior design throughout. The Maybach builds on the standard S-Class design, turning up the luxury quotient. At the front, it sports a Maybach-specific grille with fine vertical chrome slats and Maybach lettering at the top. The regular S-Class, by contrast, features horizontal chrome slats paired with a pattern of tri-star motifs.   Lower down, the standard S-Class's air intake details are replaced on the Maybach by a f...

It’s no secret that Volkswagen Group, the German behemoth that owns brands such as Audi, Bugatti and Lamborghini, is in financial trouble. Facing fierce competition from Chinese firms, the group already announced plans to lay off 50,000 employees in Germany alone by 2030, and the fate of several factories across the world has also become uncertain. We also received reports of the Volkswagen Group considering a simplified variant line-up for cars across its brands. It now appears the two-wheeler business will be impacted too. Ducati is one of the Volkswagen Group brands being evaluated for a possible sale In 2025, it reported EUR 925 million revenue and EUR 52 million operating profit Patritalia, another Italian company, had already made an offer for Ducati and MV Agusta Ducati sale is under evaluation, but no decisions have been made yet This isn’t the first time Ducati is being evaluated for sale Claudio Domenicali, CEO of the Borgo Panigale manufacturer, confirmed that the parent gr...

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The mid-size sedan segment has been witnessing a resurgence. Things have spruced up with facelifts introduced for the Hyundai Verna and Honda City, and Skoda has also joined the bandwagon by giving the Slavia a facelift of its own. This is the first major mid-life update for the sedan since it was launched in 2022 and brings comprehensive updates throughout. If you’re looking to buy the Skoda Slavia facelift, our list of reasons helps you decide if it's worth the wait or if it’s better to look elsewhere. Powerful and zippy engines      The Slavia facelift continues to offer the same 115hp/178Nm 1.0-litre 3-cylinder and 150hp/250Nm 1.5-litre 4-cylinder direct-injection turbo-petrol engines as its pre-facelift version. And it’s not a bad thing because both engines have enough pep. The talking point is the introduction of a new 8-speed torque converter automatic for the 1.0-litre engine, which replaces the older 6-speed unit. Shifts are smooth across gears, and manual mode ...

The C2501 is the affordable electric scooter from Chetak, priced at Rs.1.05 lakh (ex-showroom Mumbai, before subsidies). It gets two riding modes: Eco and Sport, and these modes are tuned for extracting maximum range rather than performance. Eco mode can get up to an indicated speed of 45kph, while the Sport mode can get up to an indicated speed of 60kph. The mode change can be made on the go using the D button. In Sport mode, the scooter covered 86.5km It has an efficiency of 34.6km/kWh The 750W charger tops up the flat battery in 3 hours Chetak C2501 Real World Riding Range For us, the performance in Eco mode felt like it was mainly tuned for crowded, narrow back roads or in stop-go traffic, so we decided to conduct our range test in the Sport mode. We started the test with a fully charged battery and made our way through our testing loop within the streets of South Mumbai. With 100 percent, the range indicator was showing a range of 112km in Sport mode. During the test, we made sur...