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Looking to buy an automatic subcompact SUV? You have only two options which are the Ford EcoSport AT and the Tata Nexon AMT! Here's our spec comparo.

The Toyota Innova is the king of the hill in India and in most south-east Asian countries when it comes to the MPV segment. With great comfortable interiors, outstanding build quality and an exterior design language that has evolved with age across generations, it is the segment benchmark. No wonder then that there are a plethora of MPVs that take inspiration from the Innova. The Maruti Suzuki Ertiga is one of the most popular affordable MPVs in the country. Currently still in its first generation in India since its launch in 2012, albeit with a facelift, the Ertiga will soon be replaced with a new generation, which is much larger and more tech laden than ever before. But that apart, the new Ertiga has a lot of references in terms of design to the Innova. So here is a pictorial comparison between the two MPVs, first in their original form an then in their current (in the case of the Innova Crysta) and future (in the case of the new Ertiga).

In a first, A snow artist creates an outline of the iconic Land Rover Defender on snow, high in the French Alps.

If you thought spending Rs 1 lakh on the number '1' in India was ostentatious, you'dbetter sit down for this one! What is possibly the most sought after number plate in the world, 'F1' in the United Kingdom has officially gone on sale for a staggering Rs 132 Crore!The F1 number plate has been on a variety of cars in the last decade since it came into private ownership including the likes of the Mercedes-McLaren SLR, custom Range Rovers and most notably, a Bugatti Veyron. Before the plates were sold in 2008 for about Rs 4 Crore, the plates were under the ownership of the Essex City Council since 1904. The plates have since been under the ownership of Afzal Kahn, owner of Kahn Design, a British firm that specialises in customised vehicles.

Pune seems to have found a solution for wrong side driving and the name spells out what exactly it does.

One morning, Mrs.Benz got onto her husbands Patentwagen and decided to embark on what we now know as the first ever long distance journey that was undertaken by an automobile! Without telling her husband and without informing the authorities (which at the time was a must), Bertha drove from Mannheim to Pforzheim a distance of 106 kms. Before this, the only trips undertaken by the Patentwagen were short trial drives made with support staff and returning to the start point. Bertha's drive however started at point A and ended at Point B making it record setting!

Volvo Cars boss Hakan Samuelsson has been honored by the World Car Awards with its inaugural World Car Person of the Year award at the ongoing Geneva Motor Show.

Almost a tradition now, the 2018 Auto Expo saw the king of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan grace the Hyundai pavilion. The Korean car brand has almost mimicked the actor's journey in films with its 20 years of presence in India, which makes him the longest-running brand ambassador in the world, in the automobile sector at least. Here are excerpts from our chat with the Indian film icon.