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May 13, 2013 1 Comment

Lamborghini Egoista: History Repeats Itself!

Attention readers! If you haven’t come across this monstrosity in the “world wild web”, don’t be alarmed. It’s not a car that you’d be racing from Mars to Sirius with. It’s the new Lamborghini launched just too 40 hours ago, and it’s already CONTROVERSIAL !

TORO! TORO!

TORO! TORO!

Being a 90′s kid, I’ve seen the births of many Lamborghinis right from the Gallardo and all it’s variants right up to the latest LP570-4, to the Murcielagos and its variants after the first LP640-4 was launched, the Reventon, Aventador, the Aventador J, the Urus etc etc. I remember a week before my 12th birthday I first read an article about “Lamborghini to hit Indian Shores” in the local newspapers and have followed the release of these bulls into our already chaotic land right from the start. Yes, at the risk of sounding a complete lunatic, it’s safe to say that I play Lamborghinis quite close to my chest. And in my last 9 years of lunacy, i must say that this must be the first time I didn’t wave my Muleta (the red cape used by the Matador) frantically to welcome this new bull in my life.… Read More…

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February 11, 2013 3 Comments

Epiphanic Echoes #3: Car Philosophies From An Alfista

Today’s topic: On why the DELTAWING was TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!

There are two problems with proposing a revolutionary idea in this vast engineering playground. Firstly, there aren’t any! Before you could even begin to ink the idea as a result of your lucid dreaming, some bloke from another land would’ve already accomplished what you wanted to.

Secondly, and this is the more itchy one- As society, our reflex tells us to completely ridicule any sign of ingenuity when it presents itself through the eyes of a visionary. Naming the likes of Leonardo Davinci, Wright brothers, Marie Curey, justifies what I’m trying to say.… Read More…

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February 3, 2013 Leave a Comment

Toyota: The Automobile Industry’s Clairvoyant

ToyotaThe conflict between designers and engineers has always been a rough one. A car designer’s ground shaking idea almost always contradicts with an engineer’s definitive principles. In very few cases have both their minds coherently worked towards achieving the same motive without getting their hands dirty.

Jump to the video below and you get the feeling that Toyota’s design department worked covertly on a project that wanted to  revolutionize the future of mobility and the way we perceive an automobile in 2043.… Read More…
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December 18, 2012 Leave a Comment

Formula 1: A Sport Of Glamour, Heroism And Mind Games!

In the world of Formula 1, there are only two things that exist since it’s inception back in 1946- Ferrari, and powerful rivalry. Rivalry- Now don’t be mistaken for a moment that Formula 1 speaks highly about healthy competition and sets itself as a sparkling example of spirit, hope, strength and friendship. NO! The latter is spoken about only in hush whispers. Competition is only skin deep. Rivalry and enmity, now that’s the cream that goes down the history books more often than success stories, vicariously that we all like to live. After all, “The evil that men do lives on.”… Read More…

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October 13, 2012 3 Comments

Nissan Deltawing – The Tipping Point Of Racecars

At many levels, the job of a critic is quite simple. It is easy to toss away the hard work put in by someone by a few negative remarks. In the world of motorsports, a certain similar trend follows too. Many regard motor racing as an “expensive entertainment”. The concept of cars running in a loop around a track seems unnecessary to the unpassionate eye. There is a certain degree of uncomfortable gossip about motor racing committees surging in more money even as the world’s fuel resources are depleting.

 But little is known to such people that it’s the technologies on the race car that are eventually incorporated on road cars, and once every 10 years something new always comes up that changes the ball game. This time, it’s the NISSAN DELTAWING. And I reckon this right here is the very revolution that motorsport will be adapting to in the coming years.… Read More…
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August 14, 2012 1 Comment

Epiphanic Echoes #2 : Car Philosophies From An Alfista

Today’s topic: Sheer driving pleasure?

The tiring and endless saga to bridge the gap between what is real and what isn’t in the technology world finally seems to be getting somewhere. Software developers predict that soon you will be able to smell the aroma of a hot Mexican pasta while reading its recipe online. The gaming industry is making the experience so realistic for its gamers that it wouldn’t be surprising if one decides to randomly spray bullets in public imagining himself to be Captain Price of the Call of Duty franchise. Even the latest virtual personal assistant like Apple’s “Siri” seems to serve more than just its purpose for a few apple devotees, if you know what I mean.… Read More…

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July 19, 2012 Leave a Comment

No More LORD OF THE ‘RING’?

The Nurburgring under troubled clouds!

The Nurburgring under troubled clouds!

The death of Sergio Pininfarina 2 weeks back was a big shocker to us. The terrifying crash of Marussia’s only female test driver Maria de Villota was even more horrifying (particularly to the fans who wish for more women behind the wheel on the race track). Sombre days linger around us. And their still seems to be no light at the end of this dark tunnel.I used to boast about driving around an almost realistic Nurburgring in a Mercedes 300SL Gullwing thanks to Gran Turismo 5. And now the problems at the ‘ring shatters  my dreams of viewing a real race at Nordschliefe.… Read More…

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