Car Reviews

Sometime in 2011, after I drove the Nissan Sunny I thought to myself it's a good car. It's got a decent set of engines, the roomiest rear seat, the biggest boot but, there was one big problem - it was built to a budget. Are things any different with the new car? We find out.

Renault India gives the Fluence some styling updates and this, according to them, to push sales of the car in a segment which shows slow growth. We drive the car to find out if this strategy will work in their favour.

The Datsun Go is the next hatchback to enter the Indian market. New, as it may be, to India, Datsun has a rich heritage and the Go will be the first car among many to come to India. I drive it to find out more.

The 3rd generation of the MINI Cooper is here. The car will begin rolling out in markets the world over, and will make its way to India in 2014 too. Here's our review.

Honda comes out with the 4th generation of the City - a car that's, for generations together, been loved by Indians. We pit the new-gen City against the new-designed Verna to find out if the new kid has the old charms.

Maruti jumped on to the bandwagon with the Dzire and then even Honda looked into that direction for a compact sedan under 4-metres. Both concocted a car that appealed to the public. We drive both to find out who triumphs.

The Nissan Sunny in its automatic wants to do away with any grievances with its CVT X-Tronic system that helps maintain a good fuel efficiency of 17.67km/l and that too without succumbing to the rubber-band effect.

It is difficult to imagine a car with more features and a better performance at a reasonable Rs 2.99 lakhs than Maruti Alto 800. Not only has the engine been refined to keep pace with the present times, it is taller, have new distinctive aspects like slimmer front grille, petal-shaped headlamps, a new dashboard and new seat fabric alongwith CD/MP3 player, air-conditioning, power steering and front power windows for the LXi variant.