India’s billion-dollar chip dream: 3 stocks betting it all on ‘Make in India’
Semiconductors are the foundation of today’s digital economy. They’re tiny chips that power everything from your smartphone and automobile to defence and medical devices. However, India currently imports nearly 90% of its domestic needs. This dependence on imports makes India vulnerable to supply chain risks, as seen in the post-pandemic period. To boost semiconductor manufacturing, the Indian government launched the India Semiconductor Mission with an outlay of ₹760 billion.

From Alto to Range Rover: GST 2.0 makes cars cheaper in India – Full list of savings on Kia, Tata, Maruti & more
In a major boost for car buyers, India’s leading automakers have announced substantial price cuts across their vehicle lineups, following the government’s implementation of GST 2.0. The move, effective immediately, lowers the GST rate on small cars from 28 per cent to 18 per cent, resulting in significant savings for consumers and making car ownership more affordable across the country. Industry experts suggest that these reductions, timed ahead of the festive season, could drive higher sales volumes while enhancing competition in the passenger vehicle segment.

Navaratri bonanza for buyers as car, bike makers roll out price cuts
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Draft rules to be notified making dealer liable once vehicle is sold

On December 13, 2001, a white Ambassador with a fake ministry sticker rolled into Parliament, carrying five armed men who launched a deadly terror attack. Investigations later revealed the car had changed hands several times, but the regional transport office (RTO) records still listed it under a prominent leasing and financial services firm. The paperwork had never caught up with reality.

GST reforms: New regime, but old problems persist for car dealers
 

Auto firms tap digital universe, coaching staff to steer leads to showrooms
 

Festive season car discounts: These are the 5 best SUVs to consider right now
The festive season is right around the corner, and with it comes the busiest period of the year for new car buyers. This is when OEMs such as Honda, Kia, and Volkswagen roll out some of their biggest discounts, making it the perfect time to bring home a new SUV. This year’s celebrations may get extra special, with the GST 2.0 reforms due to make several popular models such as the Honda Elevate, MG Hector, and Kia Seltos more affordable than before.

Citroen Aircross X may follow Basalt X, teased ahead of imminent launch. What's on offer?
Citroen India has released a new teaser for the Citroen Aircross X, which is slated for the festive season launch. The teaser hints that the upcoming model will follow the Citroen Basalt X in terms of some interior detailing and features. With pre-bookings already open for the SUV, the French automaker is expecting to fetch a sales spike during this festive season, buoyed by the introduction of the Basalt X and Aircross X.

Suzuki’s new Victoris is more than a grand Vitara in disguise, but can it take on the Hyundai Creta?

Jaipur: For Maruti Suzuki, the country’s largest carmaker, the SUV segment has been a bit of a hit and a miss. While it leads in the entry-level SUV category with its Brezza and Fronx models, the mid segment is where the company has uncharacteristically struggled to dominate in the face of a really formidable competitor – the Hyundai Creta. The Japanese carmaker’s ambition to become the market leader in the mid-SUV segment, one of the fastest-growing and crowded vehicle categories of the Indian car market, is somewhat reflected in the badging of its new product – the Victoris.

Maruti Suzuki India burns rubber, leaves key rivals in its rearview
 

VinFast appoints an Indian to lead the charge in India's market
Vietnamese carmaker VinFast has appointed Hyundai India's Tapan Ghosh, who is vice president and function head of sales, as its chief executive in India as it gears up to take on Indian carmakers Tata and Mahindra with its two newly launched electric sports utility vehicles.

From the corner office to the cockpit of the G-Wagen: Travelling with a CXO: Santosh Iyer
As the G-Wagen tilts to an alarming 35-degree angle sideways, Santosh Iyer firmly holds the steering wheel, his expression as calm as if he were navigating a boardroom.

Mahindra offers festive season savings on commercial vehicles
Source: Mahindra Auto

Toyota Legender Neo Drive 48V: Slight hybrid, big presence
Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) recently powered the Fortuner and Legender full-size SUVs with a mild hybrid system (it’s called the Neo Drive). I drove the Legender Neo Drive on roads around New Delhi and Gurgaon.

Studds Trooper D4 helmet review: Safety & comfort at a budget
I don’t often get a chance to review helmets (even though I should considering the profession I am in) mostly because of commitments involved around my daily routine. Studds Accessories reached out to me and offered a helmet of my choice to review it. For the uninitiated, Studds has had very limited interaction with the media fraternity until a couple of months ago.

GST 2.0: Don’t take the auto sector for a ride
Source Credit: Rahul Renavikar, The Financial Express (Delhi Print Edition)

2025 Royal Enfield Meteor 350 refreshed: 5 Big updates you can't miss
Royal Enfield has unveiled the 2025 iteration of its Meteor 350 cruiser, marking the first significant update since the model’s launch in 2020. The refreshed bike brings subtle design changes, new colour options, and a host of feature upgrades, enhancing its appeal across all four variants. Prices start at ₹1.96 lakh (ex-showroom) for the entry-level Fireball and rise to ₹2.16 lakh for the top-spec Supernova.

Yamaha FZ-S Fi Hybrid: More than a motor
Let me start with an elucidation – the new Yamaha FZ-S Fi Hybrid is not a full hybrid bike with an electric motor that runs it partly on electricity, but a mild hybrid that provides the extra punch and marginally improves the fuel efficiency.

Hero Xoom 160: Xoom and boom, the SUV of scooters
From cafés to college to even office, this scooter is sure to turn heads wherever you ride it to. It can be your ticket to thrills (like a motorcycle), but does it have the utility of a scooter? I rode it for a full day in urban traffic, to a market, and then took it on a highway, racing cars and motorcycles.

Dashcams go mainstream: From car Accessory to essential road safety tech
Every day on Indian roads, millions of unscripted stories unfold, some comic, some chaotic, others tragic. For decades, those stories relied on eyewitnesses, contested police reports, or luck with CCTV coverage. Today, a small but powerful piece of technology is rewriting that script — the dashboard camera. Once dismissed as a novelty, the dashcam has quietly become a frontline tech tool for drivers, insurers, and automakers.

Strike disrupts production at MRF’s Tiruvottiyur plant in North Chennai
Chennai: Nearly 800 workers at MRF’s Wimco Nagar manufacturing unit in Tiruvottiyur in North Chennai are on a strike over annual medical insurance premium. “We are extending our support to the striking workers,” A Soundararajan, State President, CITU. “Production has been affected in the last one week,” he told businessline.

Charging units for commercial EVs to be on Chandigarh outskirts

A decision in this regard was taken during a meeting of the Standing Committee of Administrator’s Advisory Council on Transport held recently.

2025 Mercedes Benz E 450 long term review, 3000km report
What perfect timing! A few days before my mother-in-law’s 75th birthday, the Mercedes-Benz E 450 entered our long-term fleet. Naturally, I grabbed the keys to chauffeur her to and from the party. Plus, with my sister-in-law coming down for the celebrations, I would have a nice car to do an airport run in.

6 things to know before buying the Hero Xoom 160
The Xoom 160 is our first taste of an indigenously developed liquid-cooled, maxi-scooter built specifically to take on the Yamaha Aerox 155. Here are a few things to keep in mind before considering the Hero Xoom 160. 

Every V8 engined car on sale in India
The venerable V8 engine is perhaps the most loved configuration of them all – and for good reason. Whether it’s a flat-plane screamer that revs to 8,000rpm or a rumbling, low-revving torque monster, no other layout offers the variety that a V8 can. Every V8, however, has one thing in common: they are exciting, and sometimes even manage to upstage the very car they’re in.

Triumph Thruxton 400 fuel economy tested, explained
The Thruxton 400 is a café racer, and is much more than just a Speed 400 with a fairing. It features a slightly more powerful engine, producing 42hp and 37.5Nm, which makes it the most powerful of all the Bajaj-made Triumph 400s. The bike also revs 1,000rpm higher (Redlines at 10,200rpm) and has a smaller rear sprocket than the Speed 400. Here’s a look at the Thruxton 400 mileage numbers from when we tested the bike.

KTM 250 Duke or TVS Apache RTR 310: Which is the better bike for daily commutes?
The KTM 250 Duke is a highly entertaining bike to ride and it proves to be good fun in the city as well. With the recent update, the bike now offers the same LED headamp and TFT display as seen in the KTM 390 Duke and it also has a bi-directional quickshifter as standard.

Should you buy a Royal Enfield Classic 650? Pros and cons explained
The Classic 650 is the answer to many people’s prayers who wanted a Royal Enfield Classic with genuine highway performance. But before you go ahead and pull the trigger on one, here are the bike’s pros and cons listed and explained in detail to help you make an informed decision. 

Navi Mumbai Street Circuit in the works for Indian Racing Festival
Racing Promotions Pvt. Ltd. (RPPL) and the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation have signed an MoU to build a new street circuit in Navi Mumbai. This is proposed to host the final round of the 2025 Indian Racing Festival, which includes the F4 Indian Championship and Indian Racing League, this December.

Hero Xpulse 210 long-term review, 900km report
Many months after the first ride event, we’ve finally gotten our hands on an Xpulse 210 for a long-term review, and so far, I’ve been loving life with this bike. Thehas consistently been upgraded over the years, but the 210 makes a far bigger step forward than all the previous increments combined.

Buying a used Renault Kiger: What to look out for
Launched in February 2021, the Kiger was Renault’s entry into the congested compact SUV space. A sister product of the Nissan Magnite, the Kiger stands out for its performance (turbo), space, and decent features list – all in a compact and affordable package. This naturally makes it an enticing option in the used market. Here’s all that you should consider before buying a used Renault Kiger.  

Opinion: The starkly different approaches of Ather and Ola
In December 2022, Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal tweeted that the Ola S1 would become India’s best selling scooter (petrol or electric) by August 2023. Not only did that never happen, but the company’s towering dominance in the electric two-wheeler space has been decimated over the last year or so.

Tata Harrier EV road test review
Having carved its place in India’s EV landscape, the Harrier EV is Tata’s boldest step yet. Based on the ICE Harrier’s proven formula, the electric model is built with an all-new architecture and brings all-wheel drive to the Harrier and Tata Motors. There’s imposing road presence, space, technology and a promise of strong performance, at a price that undercuts rivals. With so much going in its favour, we put it through our comprehensive road test to find out just how well it all comes together.

Every CNG car mileage as tested by Autocar India
CNG cars are a viable option today, with many carmakers like Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Hyundai offering mass-market models with a factory-fit CNG kit. Cars that run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) have lower running costs compared to the equivalent petrol and diesel cars, and produce lower emissions as well. Here, we list every CNG car that has been through Autocar India’s exhaustive and accurate fuel efficiency tests.

Data breach alert: Stellantis confirms third-party service exposed customer information – here’s what was compromised
Stellantis has reported a data breach involving a third-party service provider that supports its North American customer service operations on Sunday. The company said the unauthorised access, currently under investigation, exposed only basic contact information and did not compromise financial details or sensitive personal data.

Troubled Auto-parts firm First Brands goes quiet as loans plunge
Creditors to First Brands Group are tallying paper losses in the billions of dollars and trying to assess the widening damage from the unanswered questions swirling around the auto-parts supplier.

China's EV boom burdens auto insurers with mounting, chronic losses
China’s giant electric vehicle insurance market is flailing. Losses are piling up, as companies’ risk models haven’t kept up with changes in vehicle economics and driver behaviors.