Monday, September 12, 2011

Magazine-Autocar-Sep. 2011


* Exclusive first India drive of the Brio, Honda’s most important new model in years. How good is Honda's take on a budget hatchback?
* Scoop! First info and first pics of the Skoda Lauretta that’s ready for an October launch.
* First drive bonanza: Jaguar XJ 3.0 V6 diesel, Merc C200 CGI, Force One SUV, New Tata Indica Vista Quadrajet, Skoda Laura vRS, and new Volkswagen Jetta.
* Tested: New BMW X3, New Maruti Swift, Tata Aria 4x2, and Tata’s 14-tonne Mine Protected Vehicle!
* Mega 10-hatchback shootout: All-new Swift takes on its 1.2-litre petrol-engined competition.
* Autocar Track Test: India’s best driver, Narain Karthikeyan, drives India’s best driver’s cars.
* Sachin's fastest 100! Cricket legend has a day out with us in a McLaren MP4-12C, Ferrari 458 Italia, and an Ariel Atom.
* MP4-12C goes head to head with 458 Italia.
* Blasts from the past battle hard -- Ferrari 250GT SWB vs Aston Martin DB4GT; and the Ferrari California driven in Italy.
* Ratan Tata speaks from the heart about the Nano, JLR and much more.
* We drive across Rajasthan in the sublime Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé.
* Is it really the Mille Miglia-winning Merc 300 SLR with an AMG SLS on the busy streets of Delhi?
* Discover India as we travel to splendid Masinagudi.
* Lots of bike news and an adventurer-tourer battle between the Ducati Multistrada 1200 and BMW R 1200 GS.
* Cracker of a motorsport section: Guide to the best seats for the Indian GP. Check out why Force India shares a runway with Cessnas and a Boeing 747. Plus, German and Hungarian GP race reports and exclusive interviews with Vijay Mallya and Karun Chandhok.