Aniruddha's Blog

The beginning The Renault R5 turbo was a beast, a rally car that dominated the tight tarmac circuits in the World Rally Championship (WRC). The small footprint and big power allowed it to slide around like nobody’s business, the R5 turbo was a replacement for the Alpine A1 that was outdated and being beaten by the Ferrari powered Lancia Stratos. The R5 Turbo would leave fans unsettled and in disbelieve about the cars handling and performance, the R5 would leave the each sharp turn with a loud bang from the exhaust and would shoot flames in the straight stretches, the flames and pops pushed the crowd behind the tape. The little hatchback borrowed turbo charging technology from formula one, the engine was a 1.4L engine as if it was a 1.5L then it would have been put into a class above where it would have been the weakest of the lot. The small French hatch could not have handled the massive 300 bhp from the 4L engine in the year 1972. In 1984 the car would sit on a brand new ch...

The Toyota Supra like all the other Japanese sports cars was a tuners dream, when launched it competed with the Nissan GTR’s Mazda RX-7, and Honda NSX. This blog is written to address the issue of how we are left with only one true Japanese sports car that has stuck to its grass roots, that is the Nissan GTR, the R35 is still the supercar beater that it always was but with a slightly higher price tag. The motive of this essay is to convey my thoughts on how Toyota killed the Supra yet it is re-born as a fierce samurai fighter who was raised in Germany. About the Supra The fighter was born as regular old sports car with low horse power, and highly reliable engine. The car starts its journey 40 years back in 1979 as the Celica Supra, the middle name a reference to its shared chassis with Toyota’s smaller Celica sports coupe.   Later in the 80’s the two models split the celiac was the smaller sports car but the more success full car was the supra. ...

The Volkswagen Phaeton is the first and the last full sized, S-class competitor to roll out of the Volkswagen group, sure you have the Arteon but we are talking about S-class competitor here. When the Phaeton was introduced it shared the same underpinnings of the Bentley continental, or rather the chassis of the Bentley was the exact same chassis as the phaeton. What was the motive or idea behind making this car? Don’t worry I know clearly that the Phaeton is not a stretched Passat with a stretched price tag, but let’s making things clear before geeking out about the huge amount engineering that went into this car. Ferdinand Piech wanted a car that would redefine the luxury segment and as the days of him being the chief engineer were coming to an end he wanted to produce one last car before he resigned, hence the Phaeton was born. Piech wanted a car that would do 187 mph on the autobahn and still maintain a steady temperature, the car was built like a tank with a...