Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik I recently got stuck in Amsterdam for two days thanks to the Crowdstrike outage, which gave me a weekend’s worth of time to explore the glorious city. Amsterdam contains 165 canals that total over 60 miles in length, and on the streets that border them you’ll find some of the best carspotting … Read more
India’s automotive market is seeing a significant shift as manufacturers introduce a new body type previously limited to luxury segments. The launch of the Citroen Basalt and Tata Curvv EV, along with the upcoming Tata Curvv internal combustion engine (ICE) version, signals a growing focus on coupe SUVs in the mass market. This design, blending … Read more
Remember Opel Astra? It was India’s first tryst with German technology on the roads. With automatic transmission — a rarity in those days — ventilated disc brakes and a CFC-free air-conditioning system, Astra quickly became the car to dream for. It single-handedly launched the premium luxury sedan segment in India. Opel, then owned by Detroit, … Read more
Five months into 2024, the Indian automotive industry witnessed many unveils and launches. Several manufacturers launched all-new products while also updating the existing ones with new-gen iterations. However, there’s no slowing down. The remaining months of 2024 too will be packed with action. Major Automakers like Mahindra, Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki, and Citroen are expected … Read more
The average Indian in 2024 might prefer to buy a tank-sized automotive beauty with all the frills over a smaller car. However, what the desis seem to be rejecting, are turning out to be the backbone of India’s car exports. The SUV breeze has affected the sales of smaller cars and sedans in India over … Read more
French automaker Citroen is revamping its strategy to boost its sluggish car sales in India. A relatively new entrant to the Indian car market, Citroen plans to upgrade its entire portfolio, expand sales and service network by over threefold, and launch a new vehicle over the next one year, Aditya Jairaj, managing director and CEO, … Read more
French automaker Citroen on Thursday said it plans to scale up the sales network in India to over 200 outlets by the end of this year, a three-fold jump from its existing touchpoints. The addition of new dealerships, across urban, semi-urban, and rural markets will significantly increase the company’s footprint from its existing 58 outlets … Read more
French car maker Citroen has launched the much-anticipated C3 Aircross Automatic (AT) at a starting price of Rs 12.85 lakh, ex-showroom, making it the most budget-friendly automatic midsize SUV available in India. The C3 Aircross AT is the first automatic transmission model based on the company’s C-cubed platform.This SUV is offered in two variants namely, … Read more
This one is so weird even I can’t really do it justice, so here’s the museum’s explanation of what it is to do the job for me: Charles Deutsch and René Bonnet (DB) were important names in French motor racing between 1940 and 1960. Together they embarked on designing competition cars, first with Citroën engines, … Read more
The following article is an advertorial.Imagine a scenario where with a growing family, you have decided that you now need a bigger vehicle that can comfortably seat up to five but is something that can also be a fun daily driver for your office commutes. For these purposes, the plethora of shiny new mid-sized SUVs … Read more