About Siddharth Vinayak Patankar
Siddharth Vinayak PatankarConnect with this authorFormer senior primetime news anchor, financial correspondent, producer, and Chief Editor-Auto – Siddharth has worn many hats during his many years at NDTV. He conceived all the automobile based content for the NDTV network - including the annual carandbike Awards, and used to head the Auto Prime band of programming launched in 2014. He was a key driver behind carandbike.com – already the country's 2nd largest auto portal. Siddharth also created India’s biggest auto quiz, which ran for 7 seasons – the Mahindra AQ. Besides all this, Siddharth is the first Asian journalist to be appointed as a Director on the Steering Committee for the prestigious World Car Awards in 2016. He has served on that jury since 2011, and is now Executive Director of World Car Awards since 2020. He is also Editor-in-Chief of carandbike.
Articles of Siddharth Vinayak Patankar
Ford Aims At Leadership In Autonomous Cars, Fully Autonomous Car By 2021
As the automotive industry moves towards autonomous driving technology, Ford Motor Company gives us a glimpse of what its future looks like and the cars we can expect from the manufacturer.
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Exclusive: 2016 Hyundai Elantra Review
We drive the sixth generation 2016 Hyundai Elantra that gets a host of upgrades
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Renault Kwid 1.0 Review
The Kwid's existing 0.8 litre engine has been reworked - by expanding its bore and stroke - to produce more capacity and indeed an extra 200 cc. We find out how it is to drive.
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Hyundai Subsidiary Kia Firms Up India Plans; Formal Announcement Soon
Kia Motors will launch an Indian operation soon. A formal announcement is expected in late September or early October - by when the plant's location would have also been locked in.
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Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe Review
We have already driven the GLE Coup and that car's been launched in India too. Now we are all set for the smaller coup SUV from Mercedes-Benz - the GLC Coup. And I am in North Italy's Aosta valley to test the car.
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Skoda Octavia RS Review
The Octavia is now in its 3rd generation. We have had it in India since October 2013, but unlike the last two gens we have not got the sportier performance RS version as yet. Power-hungry people rejoice! Skoda has finally confirmed the powerful Octavia will come to India in 2017. So for those of you who don't remember - let me tell you what an RS variant is.
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Why Audi Should Bring Us The A4 Manual
Audi launched the A4 in its 5th generation in the second half of 2015 in Europe. The car is bigger yet lighter than its predecessor and we have already reviewed it in our global drive. Audi is offering the new A4 with a wide array of engine options globally - starting from the conservative 1.4 litre TSI petrol and going all the way up to a 3-litre V6.
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Skoda Announces 4 New Cars For India; Significant After Sales Initiatives
Skoda Auto India has made very significant announcements to attempt a big turnaround in the Indian market. The plan is to focus on new products, and there is also an investment of Rs 100 crore on the after sales side.
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Despite Capacity Crunch Maruti Plans For Ignis, Baleno RS And New Swift
The Vitara Brezza has seen bookings crossing 100,000 units and the Baleno, Ciaz and S-Cross remain strong sellers, with long waiting periods now emerging across all these models. Maruti says there is very little it can do to change this scenario
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Nexa Looks Ahead To Expansion, New Model Introduction
It was called an experiment gone awry, but as it completes one year of operations, Maruti Suzuki's Nexa network is now looking like quite the success. The first model to come from Nexa (S-Cross) was a bit of slow starter, but a price correction, and the subsequent addition of the Baleno has seen Nexa clocking healthy sales now.
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Maruti Suzuki Hikes Prices Of All Its Models
Maruti Suzuki has increased prices on all its models. The Japanese carmaker has announced prices will be going up with immediate effect. The quantum of increase is Rs 1500-5000 on most models, but its two bestsellers have the larger hikes. The newest car in the Maruti portfolio, the subcompact SUV Vitara Brezza has a Rs 20,000 price hike which is quite steep.
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Royal Enfield Plumps Eicher Earnings In Q1; Profit Up By 59%
Royal Enfield is riding a wave and enjoying much success from its recently launched Himalayan seeing a demand of 1000+ motorcycles a month. This has boosted earnings at Eicher Motors for the first quarter of the current fiscal. Consolidated net profit in Q1 stood at Rs. 376.3 crore, which is a generous jump of 58.7 per cent from the same quarter a year ago. Here is the real kicker - of that profit a solid Rs.337.1 crore (or 89.5 per cent!) came from the motorcycle business.
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Sunil Kant Munjal To Step Down From Hero MotoCorp
One of the scions of the Brijmohan Lall family - Sunil Kant Munjal will relinquish his role as Joint-MD of Hero MotoCorp - the flagship two wheeler business.
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Ferrari GTC4Lusso Review
The GTC4Lusso is the latest model from the Maranello stable, and replaces the FF in the Ferrari lineup. In many ways this car is the model that picks up from where the predecessor left off, rather than driving in a whole new direction.
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Volvo XC90 T8 Coming In 4-Seater Excellence Variant
Volvo is bringing its much touted Excellence Trim available on the XC90 to India.
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Exclusive: Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine Hybrid Review
We drive Volvo's new range topping T8 twin engine or petrol hybrid XC90 and here's what we think about it.
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Next Generation Maruti Suzuki Swift Looks Edgy and Powerful in New Image
More details are now emerging on how the 2017 Suzuki Swift will be a slightly different vehicle than the current model. Different how you ask?
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Facelifted Maruti Alto 800 Takes on New Datsun redi-GO and Renault Kwid
We pit the facelifted Maruti Suzuki Alto against its closest rivals Renault Kwid and the newly launched Datsun redi-GO.
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Volvo S90 D5 & T6 Review
We drive the all-new Volvo S90 to find out what does this flagship sedan from the Swedish carmaker has to offer.
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Rolls-Royce Unveils Vision Next 100 Years Concept
In a grand unveil, Roll-Royce Motor Cars has shown us the first concept car ever in its rich history as a carmaker. The Vision Next 100 points to the future of luxury mobility according to Rolls-Royce.
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