Aniruddha's Blog

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. ...

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...