Car India – May 2019

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6 welcome

8 BUlleTIN

22 INBox

23 NewprodUcTs

103 oUr cars

104 ThegBU

feaTuRes

24 hyUNdaIwomaNofsUBsTaNce-I

OurseriesonsuccessfulwomeninIndiakicksoff

46 kIa desIgN

A behind-the-scenes look at Kia Motors’ design

philosophy

84 porscheworldroad show

Porsche’s hot, new models driven hard at the

BuddhInternationalCircuit

99 jkTyrewomeN’srallyToThe valley

We cover all the excitement and action from

JK Tyre’s women-only rally

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HE NEW HYUNDAI VENUE WAS UNVEILED AMIDST GLOBAL excitement as both India and New York saw the veil being lifted earlier in April. The new Venue will come equipped with

over SUV and the latest addition to Hyundai’s SUV family, set to join33 smart technologies of which 10 are India-specifi c features.The Hyundai Venue is a modern, sub-four-metre, compact

m their homes and workplaces. The Venue promises to off er a third reta, Tucson, and Santa Fe. The name Venue refers to the “third ” which is inside the car, where people spend most of the time apart

he new Venue takes inspiration from the Kona, available e which is trendy, unique, and stylish and gets next-gen connectivity.nationally, and features a new family-face front design akin to the

ew Santa Fe and larger Palisade. The interior is high-quality with anack cabin and elegant dashboard design with a touchscreen displaynted at the centre. It also packs new-age communication and

nectivity-based solutions for safety, convenience, and various Vehicrtainment systems including touchscreen infotainment and sat-nav.ndai BlueLink”, the marque’s global technology, provides e

agement Relationship Services. This new-age system has an in-builttamper-proof device powered by Vodafone-Idea eSIM and a Cloud-d Voice Recognition platform from Global AI (artifi cial intelligence)

pany. The BlueLink services will be complimentary for the fi rst threes, after which customers may renew their subscription. The Venue gets an electric sunroof, wireless phone charging, air purifi er, and

he Venue will be off ered with a 1.2-litre petrol, a more powerful e control.tre T-GDI turbo petrol, and the 1.4-litre turbo-diesel engine. The 1.

ol will be the fi rst Hyundai model in India to get the seven-speed -clutch automatic transmission. Making its début, the 1.0-litre three-der, T-GDI (turbocharged gasoline direct injection) petrol engine

es 120 PS and 172 Nm and is off ered with the option of manual mission or the in-house developed seven-speed dual-clutch matic transmission. The 1.2-litre VTVT petrol with 83 PS and 115 Nm

be available only with a fi ve-speed manual gearbox. The 1.4-litre ocharged, common-rail direct-injection engine makes 90 PS and 220 ndcomeswitha six-speedmanualtransmisson.

he new Hyundainnouncedinginmindat that time. ExpectthecompetitionVenuewill be launchedfromit to be pr ced from about Rs 8 lakh,theMarution 21 May and the price willSuzukiV taraBrezza

MahindraXUV300.

ows the way forward for Hyundai as the w-generation connected compact SUV

rean auto major ramps up its arsenal in at is probably the most burgeoning

gment worldwide

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mercedes-amgc 43 coUpé

Merc’s hard-top two-door

finally arrives, and in red-hot

AMG guise

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hyUNdaIveNUe

A deepdiveintotheins

andoutsofthenew

Koreanontheblock

92

125 yearsof

mercedesmoTor

sporT

The German brand’s

storied history in

competitive driving

explored

fiRsTdRives

36 porsche 911 carrera4scaBrIoleT

Drivingthedrop-topCarrera4Sleavesusimpressed

41 volvov60crosscoUNTryd 4 awd

Volvo’smid-sizeestategetsmoreoutdoorsy

42 BeNTleycoNTINeNTalgTcoNverTIBle

One last hurrahbeforethe 12 cylinderssign off?

inTeRview

50 yoNgs kIm

Wefindoutwhat’sinthepipelineforKiaMotors,

thenewestplayerintheIndianmarket

90 alexaNderkloTz

A glimpse into the future of safety in India from

Continental

TesTs

52 Bmwm2compeTITIoN

DownsizedBimmerdialleduptothemax

66 Bmwx4xdrive30d

ThemorecompactSAVis putthrough its paces

sHOOTOuT

72 porsche 911 carrerasvrIvals

Willthekingfinallybedethroned?

spORT

100 f1:Bahrain&china

102 wrc:corsica

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