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This car had a lot riding on it just by the use of the name “Dino” the son of Enzo Ferrari. Born in the year 1932 the first son of Enzo Ferrari his full name was Alfredo Ferrari, Dino was groomed from the age of 15 attending one of the finest schools in Europe and he was later on responsible for cars such as the 750 Monza. All the dreams that Enzo Ferrari had of his son leading the empire came crashing down. Dino suffered from a medical condition known as Muscular Dystrophy at the age of 24, passing away in June of 1956.  Enzo like any other parent was devastated. The Dino series of racing cars were named in honour of his son. Dino was initially a standalone brand and they built 6 cylinder roadsters. The 206 was technically not a Ferrari but a Dino yet it was Maranello’s first mid-engined road car. Now we all know that Enzo loves his V12 engines however since his beloved son made the suggestion of using a V6 it was carried out this V6 was originally intended to be used...

An article on how and why the Edsel is a failure to many in the car industry  Ford was an ambitious company who had faced and was yet to face one of the biggest hurdles in their entire career. The year is 1949 and ford was doing well with their existing brands such as Lincoln at the top as the luxury brand, Ford as the regular and inexpensive division, Mercury that sat above Ford. Ford saw the need to fill in the gap between Ford and Mercury, hence came along the brand Edsel created by Henry Ford the second along with his business partners. The designer was Roy Brown. The grand unveiling was September 4, 1957, designated as "E-Day" by Ford Motor Company. The car was initially named as the “E” car for short or as experimental car. The car was going to rival the cars from General Motors and was going to put Ford as the number one car manufacturer. But what it did become was an example of poor marketing bad timing and a huge flop that affected many of the mastermind...

I was recently going through Road & Track car magazine on a day when I had run out of any interesting cars to research and write about, until I stumbled across this racing company. Lister is a British racing and race Car Company from the 50’s and has won several races in Britain and other countries. The cars were built in Cambridge and built by Brian Lister. Some of the models listed on their website or rather manufactured by them are the Lister Knobbly a car with a hand beaten aluminium body underneath which lies a Jaguar 3.8L V6 engine a four speed gear box this car has the power to impress both on paper and on road, the power out is 330 horse power. Just 330hp? Let me just remind you that it weighs just 787 kg. 0-60 takes just 4.3 sec. this car is all back to basic, track focused beast.   To add to the line-up Lister has a Lister Knobbly Sir Stirling Moss version of it. This model is a replica of the car that Stirling Moss himself drove to victory in 1958 at Silvers...

Honda Amaze The first paragraph contains all the technical details and history of the car and the following paragraphs will be about my opinion when compared with its competition. The last paragraph is my final verdict. To start of the new Amaze is built on a completely new platform, that being said the same engines have been reworked and used even in the new car. There are the same petrol and diesel engines on offer. The petrol unit is a 1.2L rev-happy engine is available in two option of a cvt or a 5 speed manual transmission the power output is 90hp and 110nm of torque this is the same as the old version. The manual gets 19.5km/L and the auto gets 19km/L. the diesel engine is also fitted with a manual or a cvt, it is the first time the diesel is being offered with the cvt. The manual diesel churns out 100hp and 200nm of torque, shift to the cvt and the output reduces to 80hp and 160nm of torque, this has been done for a much smoother power delivery, if it was ...

Is Toyota’s late entry going to affect the Yaris? I recently got a chance to test drive the Yaris that was launched on April 25 th , now when I mention that I got a chance to test drive the car I mean to say that I was the passenger and my dad was driving. The car we test drove was the 1.5 cvt in V spec, which is one model below the VX.  What segment is it positioned in or which cars does it compete with?   The Yaris competes with cars like the Hyundai Verna, Honda City, Skoda Rapid, Volkswagen Vento and the last one that is the Maruti Ciaz. When compared it is not ahead of all its competitors but it has a lot of features that are practical. Notice how I mentioned the Ciaz at last, that’s because it has nothing to bring it even close to the Yaris, now having said that it is a good attempt from Maruti’s side. The Yaris has the right amount of features to give the City a run for its money same case with the Verna. The talking point here is the standard safety f...