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Sunday, August 10, 2025
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Topic: SUVs

From Gypsy, Scorpio, Fortuner to Thar—the journey of the Indian male SUV driver

In the US car culture, SUVs are all about safe, family-friendly, soccer-mom lifestyle. But In India, it is the complete opposite.

India’s China policy needs ‘consistency’ & how Indian middle-class is shifting gears to quality cars

Global media also takes note of how decades of caste discrimination has resulted in higher levels of child stunting rates in India & SC’s outlaw of ‘bulldozer justice’.

‘Overambitious’ car manufacturers pose risk to India’s auto market despite no dearth in demand

Automobile dealers’ body asserts there has been no slowdown in demand, but original equipment manufacturers are dumping vehicles for which there is stock already available.

Five-door Mahindra Thar ROXX is big, comfortable SUV. Just don’t throw it into corners

The Thar ROXX is nothing like its three-door sibling, and this is evident not just in the features and the quality of the interiors, but also in how well Mahindra has managed the noise, vibration, and harshness in the new SUV.

Driving Volkswagen Virtus for 24 hrs to beat national record—engine, tyres, speed, and medal

I participated in the National Automotive Test Tracks in Madhya Pradesh's Pithampur and won a medal. The tracks include an 11.36 km four-lane banked oval for sustaining speeds up to 250 kph.

Indians are buying more SUVs, less ‘mini’ cars. An optimistic & pessimistic way to look at it

Sales for C-segment SUVs have gone ballistic due to the addition of smartphone integration and ADAS, but poor sales figure for lower-priced units is worrying.

A slight French puzzle—Just where will the new Citroën C3 Aircross SUV slot in?

How is the C3 Aircross to drive? Quite nice actually. The 1.2 litre turbo petrol is an enthusiastic unit, it urges the driver to give it the beans.

Maruti Suzuki missed out on the SUV party. But Grand Vitara, Invicto show it’s pulling hard

Maruti Suzuki Invicto is a step up in the Suzuki Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Company tie-up.

C3 Aircross, Hyundai Exter, Honda’s upcoming big car shows the SUV fever isn’t dying in India

Hell froze when Ferrari, the Italian supercar manufacturer and the most hallowed of car brands, said they’d make an SUV.

Maruti Suzuki to focus on growing SUV segment, aims to double market share to 25% in FY24

Maruti has seen overall market share dented due to lack of SUV products. It hopes new lineup, including new Brezza variant, Grand Vitara & upcoming models, will pick up the slack.

On Camera

There’s a method in Trump’s Pakistan romance. It’s all about Gulf security

Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.