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Alonso, returning to F1, will test Renault’s latest car today

13/10/2020 Christine B. Holmes

Fernando Alonso, still left, with teammates Carlos Sainz and Nani Roma in the course of the Dakar Rally in January. (AP)

Double entire world champion Fernando Alonso reported he was ready for a clean start off as he tested the most current Renault Components Just one car in Barcelona on Tuesday.

The Spaniard, a two-instances Le Mans 24 Hrs winner, has not competed in a grand prix since he still left McLaren at the finish of 2018 but is returning next yr as substitution for departing Australian Daniel Ricciardo.

“It’s likely to be like a new beginning, obtaining astonished about

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2020 Maserati Levante S India review, test drive

12/10/2020 Christine B. Holmes

What is it?

Maserati’s beautiful-looking Levante has a lot of presence. Owing, in no tiny element, to the spot-on proportions, self-confident stance, and sharp-minimize specifics, it has an identity that’s all its own. Just finding found and creating an entrance, however, is not approximately more than enough. With the Trident on the grille and the guarantee of masses of general performance, the Levante should provide as well. So can the new-for- India, 430hp petrol walk the talk and provide a driving knowledge worthy of the Maserati badge?

Desirable lines seem to be to have aged very well it nonetheless attracts

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2021 Ford F-150 PowerBoost Hybrid gets its own, new torture test

06/10/2020 Christine B. Holmes

Ford wishes you to know that its Hybrid PowerBoost F-a hundred and fifty is just as challenging as its conventional non-hybrid versions of the truck. We’d assume nothing at all less, but Ford just launched a 5-moment video detailing all of the various torture assessments it topics the F-a hundred and fifty relatives to. You can enjoy it earlier mentioned — it is fairly academic and fun to enjoy, as maker tests films go.

The most intriguing element of the entire ordeal is Ford’s freshly-formulated torture check of the hybrid battery. Ford built a customized multi-axis bucking bronco rig for

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2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe India review, test drive

30/09/2020 Christine B. Holmes

What accurately is the Porsche Cayenne Coupe?

The new Porsche Cayenne Coupe, as the name suggests, is a swoopier, lower-roof edition of the standard Cayenne. Equivalent to the BMW X6 or the Mercedes GLE Coupe, this additional interesting wanting edition of the Cayenne capabilities a tighter-fitting roof, wider haunches and, from some angles, a glance that vaguely resembles the nose and profile of a 911. When lots of discover SUV-coupes to be frivolous, and they may well have a point, there’s no denying Porsche at least has its sportscar heritage and DNA to attract on. So, is the Coupe truly

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2020 Honda City review, road test

30/09/2020 Christine B. Holmes

Honda has deployed the acquainted 100hp, one.5-litre, i-DTEC diesel engine to electrical power the Town, but it now contains a NOx Storage Catalyst (NSC) and a diesel particulate filter (DPF) to satisfy BS6 emission norms. It is much quieter and extra refined than the preceding version. With modifications to the styles of certain elements, these as the chain circumstance, combustion pump protection, bracket and oval catalytic converter, as properly as the inclusion of added ribs for the engine block and a address-tightening floating structure, Honda has managed to noticeably lessen the squeaking and rattling seem from the engine. Vibrations far

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In NASCAR playoffs, a positive coronavirus test means you’re out

07/09/2020 Christine B. Holmes

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR has decided it will not grant COVID-19 aid throughout the playoffs, this means a constructive coronavirus examination will stop a driver’s championship bid.

The playoffs start off Sunday at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina with no a protection net for the 16 individuals throughout the pandemic. It’s up to each individual driver to shield on their own from COVID-19, knowing there is no cushion for missing a race.

“I’m likely not likely to go to college or university and strike up a keg stand,” Clint Bowyer reported. “If you have COVID, you just cannot race.

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Maruti Suzuki S-Cross petrol review, test drive

05/09/2020 Christine B. Holmes

What is it?

Crossover by identify, crossover by layout, the Maruti Suzuki S-Cross is a kind of halfway property amongst an SUV and a large hatch. Made to deliver the very best of the two worlds, and do it well, the S-Cross, nevertheless, started off everyday living in India, at something of a drawback. No, there wasn’t everything intrinsically wrong with it, and it was not lacking in any important place both considerably from it. It truly is just that the drooping bonnet and crouching profile did not just match with what Indian purchasers count on an SUV should glimpse

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2020 Tata Harrier review, road test

04/09/2020 Christine B. Holmes

For this 2020 update, Tata engineers have experimented with to improve the Harrier’s NVH (noise, vibration, harshness), which was one of the sore details of the 2019 edition. The engine mounts have been softened for far better absorption of vibrations, added audio insulation has been utilized, and the injection timing of the BS6 engine has been recalibrated for additional progressive combustion, thereby cutting down the harsh diesel clatter. Our audio meter did indicate decreased decibels at idle, but the diesel rattle is however audible inside the cabin, and it turns into louder with an improve in engine speed. Highway noise

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Exhaust test | 2020 Maserati Quattroporte vs ’13 Dodge Challenger SRT8

28/08/2020 Christine B. Holmes

The 2020 Maserati Quattroporte is an Italian luxurious sedan that will come in several flavors. Not too long ago, we have experienced a pair pass by way of the Autoblog brief-time period loaner fleet, and I determined to choose the possibility to history an exhaust clip and see regardless of whether it is louder than my 2013 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392.

You assumed we were accomplished with this, failed to you? Hah.

The Maserati is a bit of an odd duck. Like the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio, which kicked off this series, it is an Italian sedan driven by a

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Moose Test Shows How To Drive Porsche Taycan Turbo S Fast

26/08/2020 Christine B. Holmes

At seventy seven.five inches huge excluding the mirrors, the Taycan has to navigate through the exact same lateral length as some a great deal smaller sized automobiles, so the chances of producing speak to with the cones are only that a great deal bigger. The Product three, for instance, is 4.seven inches narrower.

In case you were asking yourself no matter whether various driving modes in fact do make a distinction, the Taycan check proves this, with Sport + exhibiting enhanced maneuverability and regulate compared with the Standard driving mode, producing it the safer preference for faster driving alongside a

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2020 Datsun Redigo facelift review, test drive

22/08/2020 Christine B. Holmes

What is it?

The Redigo has been Datsun’s contender for competing in the entry-stage hatchback section against the likes of the Renault Kwid, Maruti Suzuki Alto and the S-Presso. However the Japanese automaker has been holding speed with regular function additions to its funds offering, at any time given that its debut back in 2016, it has launched a key facelift this time all over, coinciding with the implementation of the most up-to-date safety and emissions rules. The 2020 Datsun Redigo brings in sharper styling, much more machines, an up to date set of powertrains and some

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NASCAR champ Jimmie Johnson enamored with IndyCar after test

30/07/2020 Christine B. Holmes

Jimmie Johnson eventually fulfilled his childhood dream of driving an Indy car with a check session Tuesday. When the seven-time NASCAR champion completed turning laps, he was marketed on figuring out how to race future yr in the IndyCar Collection.

“It only lit the fire far more. I want to do this far more than at any time in advance of,” Johnson said in a telephone job interview with The Associated Push. “It was one thing new, one thing diverse. NASCAR has been so fantastic to me, and I am so very pleased of the results I’ve experienced. But to

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Skoda Rapid 1.0 TSI review, road test

27/07/2020 Christine B. Holmes

Codenamed EA211, this 999cc, threecylinder turbocharged petrol engine is an internationally acclaimed motor recognized for its nutritious total of performance. It gets immediate injection, so it will come with a set of merits, wherein a specific total of gasoline is sprayed into the cylinder immediately at pressures as large as 350 bar (very large for a petrol engine), enabling successful combustion. What’s extra is this motor leaves low quantities of residue like CO2 and NOx, creating it comply with the most stringent world wide emission specifications of now.

Shared with the Volkswagen Polo and Vento, this 1.-litre TSI motor makes

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2020 Volkswagen Vento 1.0 TSI review, test drive

16/07/2020 Christine B. Holmes

What is it?

The Volkswagen Vento demands no introduction, after all, this Honda Town-rival has been on sale in India for just about a decade now. With periodic updates, strengths like its solid create and driving manners, Volkswagen has managed to maintain its gross sales afloat despite the competitiveness, which have long gone by means of generation updates in excess of the several years.In its hottest, 2020 iteration, the talking place is its all-new 1.-litre turbo-petrol engine that it shares with the Volkswagen Polo and Skoda Immediate. This motor replaces all the engines from its variety – 1.6-litre the natural

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2020 Mercedes-Benz GLS India review, test drive

15/07/2020 Christine B. Holmes

What is it?

When they rebranded the prior gen ‘X166’ GL-class to be known as the GLS midway by way of its lifestyle cycle, the strategy was to cement its place in the array as the ‘S-class of SUVs’. On the other hand, as it was just a facelift based on more mature architecture, it wasn’t fairly up to the undertaking. On the other hand, with the new ‘X167’ GLS’s, there’s a increased possibility of the massive SUV reaching the limousine’s large bar. That’s due to the fact this 1 was created from the get-go to be much more of

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2020 Maruti Suzuki Dzire facelift review, test drive

15/07/2020 Christine B. Holmes

At any time performed ‘spot the difference’ with a facelifted car or truck? Of system, you have. “Is that a new bumper? Have the lights changed?”… it can be actually complicated to tell at periods. But there is no such dilemma below – Maruti Suzuki’s 2020 Dzire is a car or truck that seems extremely various, even at a mere look.

Most layout improvements on the 2020 Dzire are concentrated on the nose.

In position of the slim chrome grille now sits a tall Audi-like, single-body hexagonal ‘Bulgarian beard’. The variety plate is now incorporated into the grille, the fogs

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2020 Volkswagen T-Roc review, test drive

15/07/2020 Christine B. Holmes

What is it?

To say the Volkswagen T-Roc swims versus the tide of Indian SUV conference is an massive understatement. We Indians are likely to equate SUVs with measurement and bombastic road presence, and normally, cost is a direct correlation – the extra pricey an SUV is, the greater it desires to be. Even among the crossovers, the preferred vote nonetheless goes to the tall, chunky, squared-jawed style, so considerably so that even hatchbacks have began to ape the seem. And then there’s the continued desire for diesel power with vehicles like this. So this compact crossover with its low-slung

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“Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown” announced with nebulous trailer

08/07/2020 Christine B. Holmes

Video game publisher Nacon hosted a digital push convention to reveal some of its forthcoming titles, and one particular of them revives a sequence that has often proven tons of guarantee: “Examination Generate Unlimited.” Not only that, but it has a bike racing simulation game on the way. Having said that, neither title came with many specifics as they are just about every a approaches out from release.

“Examination Generate Unlimited Photo voltaic Crown” is absolutely the largest news, as it will be the third in a sequence that last had a release in 2011. The teaser trailer isn’t going

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2020 Honda City review, test drive

02/07/2020 Christine B. Holmes

What is it?

SUVs might rule the roost now, but the Metropolis, even 22 several years on, is continue to alive and kicking, and is a person of the longest-managing nameplates presently on sale in India. The City’s India tale started in 1998 and we’ve experienced four versions because. The initial three cars and trucks had been all quite unique in character, with every design currently being a achievements for Honda.

Uncharacteristically then, the 4th-era was additional of an evolution, but thanks to the further advancements and introduction of a diesel solution, it went on to come to be the

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2 dead, 140 test positive for Covid-19; production is on, Auto News, ET Auto

27/06/2020 Christine B. Holmes

The company will be shutting its plant on Saturday and Sunday for sanitisation purpose and production is expected to resume on Monday morning. — The enterprise will be shutting its plant on Saturday and Sunday for sanitisation purpose and manufacturing is anticipated to resume on Monday morning.

MUMBAI: Leading two- and three-wheelers maker Bajaj Vehicle on Friday stated that two of its staff members succumbed to Covid-19 and a hundred and forty many others have tested positive for the infection at its plant in Aurangabad but the facility carries on to perform commonly.

The assertion arrives just after some media reviews proposed that Bajaj Vehicle had to shut the plant at Waluj near Aurangabad.

“We have additional than 8,one hundred staff members and contractors

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