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Lets host a carnival in the Carnival. Few years ago in the Indian automobile market if anyone wanted a comfortable 7-seater the only name that used to pop up in everyone's mind used to be the king of MPV's Toyota Innova, which later got a generation update the all new Innova Crysta. Well now the concepts may have been changed with the introduction of the new South Korean brand the KIA. KIA had recently showcased their line-up for the Indian market of which the most attractive was the KIA CARNIVAL.  Standing tall, long and wide the Carnival measures 5115 X 3060 X 1985 (mm), which is already larger than it's main rival, the Crysta. It also means you can host a carnival inside the Carnival. COLOR SCHEME The Carnival will be on sale with 3 color schemes  - Aurora Black Pearl  - Glacier white Pearl - Steel silver On the interior it will be sporting a dual tone scheme of Black and Beige. Mechanically the Carnival comes with only BS-6 compliant 2...

- Tirth Pandya Remember the iconic Hollywood movie : The Italian Job ? The cast drives around in Go Kart like Mini Coopers swiftly, slaloming & power sliding through the town ! Well, if you don't, then Bollywood has obviously copied the movie again by using Mini Coopers 😑 & the movie is called Players . Mini India has introduced Mini Urban Drive which lets you get the Go-Kart like experience by means of various well planned activities. Mini Urban Drive is organized nationwide in various cities letting users push the car to it's extreme limit. #UrbanDrive #UrbanExperience  Yours truly was lucky enough to get invited to the Mini Urban Drive : Ahmedabad Edition which was organized on 18-19th January 2020 at Adani Shantigram. I selected the slot of 2:30PM on the beautiful afternoon of 18th January along with a friend of mine. We reached the venue sharp at 2:30PM & started clicking some pictures of the cute Mini convoy lined-up for ...

Renault India launched Triber  in August 2019 and recently they have also started exporting the mini MPV to international markets. Renault has done a great job with the Triber by packaging 7 seats in under 4 meter which are actually usable too. And now it seems they want to address its bigger shortcoming, that of a weak motor, by launching the Renault Triber Turbo Petrol next year. The only downside with the Triber, as we mentioned above, is the slightly underpowered 1.0 litre 3 cyl NA engine which produces a meek 72 ps of power and 96 Nm of torque. The Triber was supposed to get a 5-speed AMT but they procrastinated and shifted the launch to next year, once BS6 emission norms kick in. Renault recently announced that they will be launching a new variant of the Triber with a turbo petrol engine and also an AMT gearbox. The 1.0-litre turbo codenamed as HR10 is a 3-cylinder engine. However official power figures aren’t revealed yet but we expect it to produce arou...

- Tirth Pandya The RS is coming back to India! This news was shared by none other than Zac Hollis, Director of Skoda India. The company plans to introduce the Octavia vRS245 at the 2020 Auto Expo. The vRS was a popular model for the company when they launched it in 2017. It was so popular that the first lot of 250 units sold out in less than a week. The Octavia vRS245 will be brought to India in a limited capacity. They have set aside 200 units for India, which will be the last of the current-gen Octavia that we’ll see here. The  RS245 will get a  2.0-litre TSI turbocharged engine underneath the bonnet, which will produce 245PS of max power and 370Nm of peak torque. It gets an Automatic Transmission from VW Group’s very own 7-speed DSG. To get the most amount of power it has been provided with electronic limited slip differential on the front axle.The Octavia RS245 can go from 0-100kmph in just 6.6 seconds. That’s crazy isn’t it. On the inside, ...

- Gaurav C The 2020 Auto Expo is scheduled to take place from 7 February to 12 February 2020 at the Indian Expo Mart in Greater Noida. India's leading automotive show will be attended by 11 global car manufacturers, who will showcase a wealth of new technology and features in their upcoming new products. A shorter list of participants for the upcoming biennial automotive show can be linked to the downturn in the Indian automotive industry. Here are 11 car manufacturers that we hope to see at the Auto Expo 2020. 1) Maruti Suzuki India Pvt. Ltd. 2) Hyundai Motor Company 3) Tata Motors Pvt. Ltd. 4) Kia Motors India 5) MG Motor India Inc. 6) Skoda Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd. 7) Great Wall Motors SAIC It is expected that all the manufacturers will be showcasing their production ready as well as as concept line-up for the future. The Auto Expo will be taking place at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida from 7 - 13th February 2020. So lets kick off the list right away....