About Ameya Naik
Ameya NaikConnect with this authorAmeya chose cars over Shakespeare and has been in love with the Porsche 917, ever since he first laid his eyes on it. Cars are not just a mode of transport for him, but a passion, as can be seen in the way he talks about them. He believes - respect your car and the feeling will be reciprocated. He enjoys driving, which is probably a given, but its a stress buster, which is why he enjoys his job even more.
Articles of Ameya Naik
Renault Teams Up with Helly Hansen for Captur Special Edition
Renault has joined forces with outdoor sports and leisure clothing brand Helley Hansen for a limited-run Captur. With this limited-run edition, Renault is offering its Extended Grip system on the Captur, promising to improve grip on difficult terrains covered in sand, mud, snow and other surfaces.
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TVS Star City Plus Launched at Rs. 44,000
TVS has launched the all-new Star City Plus at Rs. 44000. The Star City Plus is the elder brother of the Star City and is built on the same platform as that of the TVS Phoenix 125.
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Triumph Motorcycles Opens 6th Dealership in Mumbai
Triumph Motorcycles opened their dealership facility in Mumbai, Shaman Triumph. This is the company's sixth dealership in India. Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Pune and Ahmedabad have already had their share of showrooms and Mumbai finally gets added to that list.
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Toyota Harnesses Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology to Power its American Headquarters
The first Toyota hydrogen fuel cell cars will reach the market next year, but the company is already exploiting the technology to cut costs and carbon emissions at one of its largest office complexes.
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BMW unveils the M4 Coupe DTM Safety car
BMW has unveiled their new M4 Coupe DTM safety car. We'd told you about BMW's safety car for the MotoGP when it was first revealed on the company's Facebook page and now here's one for DTM racing. This M4 Coupe DTM safety car is based on the road-going model and has been equipped with a BMW M Performance parts.
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Setco Automotive Ltd, India and Lingotes Especiales Enter into a Ferrous Foundry JV
Setco Automotive Ltd (Setco) and Lingotes Especiales S.A. (Lingotes) announced the formation of a 30 million Euros joint venture over 3 years called Lava Cast Pvt Ltd, focused on developing and manufacturing fully machined ferrous casting products for the automotive & other industries.
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Volvo to Open 4 New Showrooms in India
Volvo Auto India announced plans of opening four new showrooms this month. The Swedish car manufacturer has said that the new showrooms will come up in West Delhi, Surat, Chandigarh and Kolkata.
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Sarolea Makes a Return With the SP7 Electric Cafe Racer
Belgium's oldest motorcycle brand Sarolea is making a return, after a 50-year long hiatus, with an electric cafe racer made from carbon fibre - the SP7. The Sarolea Caf racer introduced itself to the world this past Saturday and will make its racing debut at the Isle of Man TT Zero later this year.
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Renault Releases Teaser Video of the Car That Will Take On The Nurburgring
We told you about Renault's Under 8 project recently and now the French car manufacturer has released a teaser video of its upcoming hardcore Megane RS Trophy edition. The car is set to be fully revealed on June 16.
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Two Decades on We Still Miss Ayrton Senna
Today marks the anniversary of one the biggest tragedy in motorsport history. It was today, 20 years ago, that Ayrton Senna died at the San Marino Grand Prix at the age of 34.
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Silverstone to play host to the world's biggest F1 parade
The world's biggest ever parade of Formula One cars will be staged at the Silverstone Classic from the 25th to 27th July. The cavalcade will be led by motorsport legend, 84-year old, Sir Stirling Moss and the event will celebrate 50 Grands prix at Silverstone.
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Triumph opens new dealership in Pune
Triumph Motorcycles opened a new showroom in Pune today. This is the British motorcycle manufacturer's fourth dealership in India after Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kochi. The dealership also has an integrated after-sales service facility that features service bays and spare parts inventory.
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Volvo launches Project Drive Me
We told you about Google working on the autonomous car project and now Volvo, who announced that they too will be working on a driverless car in December, confirmed their autonomous Drive Me project is underway in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Fight to the Finish: Toyota Corolla Altis vs Hyundai Elantra vs Skoda Octavia
In an extremely competitive market, the one segment that has lost a significant amount of attention is the executive passenger cars. But this hasn't dampened the hopes of the manufacturers and we are looking at three cars that are fighting for the top spot - the Toyota Corolla Altis, the Hyundai Elantra and the Skoda Octavia.
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Trident Iceni, worlds fastest diesel sports car, goes on sale
British specialty marque Trident were working on making the fastest diesel sportscar and now it has announced that the Iceni will be available on order. The Iceni has been priced at approximately Rs. 98 lakhs.
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Rimac Concept_One finds takers and funds
We first saw Rimac Concept _One at the 2011 Frankfurt Motorshow. Brought to life by a Croation startup and styled by a team of designers who once worked with Pininfarnia, the Concept_One surpassed the expectations of on lookers on two counts.
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Aston Martin confirms all-new architecture for next-gen sports car
One can estimate that Aston Martin's VH platform has been around for 10 years now and finally the company has announced plans to develop a completely new architecture.
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Google updates its autonomous driving system
We'd heard about the project from Google about their autonomous driving system and eversince this project was given the nod to go ahead, there has been a considerable amount of interest that Google has managed to generate. A car that can drive itself, what else could one want!
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McLaren shows the MSO customised 650S
McLaren's Special Operations division has revealed a range of bespoke styling options for the 650S coupe and spider variants. This is essentially for those wanting to add a bit of customisation to the car which makes it a bit more niche and unique than the base-model of the 650S.
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Happy Birthday Ferruccio Lamborghini!
Today we celebrate the man behind these cars, a man without whom the name itself would not exist - Ferruccio Lamborghini. It was today, 98 years ago, that this brilliant man was born in Italy.
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