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
Review: 2015 Mahindra XUV500
Ever since Mahindra first launched the XUV 500 in September 2011; it managed to create an almost cult-like following for the vehicle. It's now received a facelift and we drive it to find out more.
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Review: 2015 Volkswagen Vento
The new Vento is only so new. Yes that is pretty much how it goes for most facelifts I know, but some mechanical changes would be nice too, eh?
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Is Renault Ready For the Big Time With the Kwid?
Renault will soon unveil its new small car for India. This has been Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn's pet project - to develop and produce an ultra low cost, yet high-appeal car to really break into the Maruti Suzuki bastion in India.
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2015 Audi RS7 Sportback Review
It is one of the very few cars that plays the dual role many sports sedans and coupes wish to play - most effectively. It can be your stately saloon, your racy 4-door coup, and also a thoroughbred sports fiend!
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Audi India to Launch the RS6 Avant on 4th June 2015
Audi India will launch the very exciting and performance-heavy RS6 Avant in India on June 4th. The move is a brave one in some senses, since India has traditionally not been a station wagon market.
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Volkswagen To Launch 5 Cars in 24 Months
Volkswagen will finally try and once again justify not just its reputation as a global auto behemoth, but also its investment in India with a renewed Indian market strategy. The plan outlines the launch of 5 new models for India over a 24 month period.
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Tata Nano GenX First Drive Review
The main task for the company now is to simply get a move on, and start focusing on the business end of how to make the car more desirable and appealing to the people it wants to sell the Nano to.
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Audi TT Review
Audi's original TT from the 1990s was a unique car that created almost its own sub-segment, and spawned many rivals. It has already achieved legendary status. And so Audi has no choice but to simply get it right with this model line in particular.
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Rolls-Royce Kicks-Off Work on SUV With Project Cullinan
It was in February that the inevitable first happened. After denying it for years, Rolls-Royce finally came out and said it - it was developing an SUV.
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Mercedes-Benz C-Class is World Car of the Year 2015
This year there was a field of really smart, efficient and dynamic nominees, and we have been bringing you all the updates on the process. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class has beaten the Ford Mustang and Volkswagen Passat to win the World Car of the Year 2015.
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Top Picks From 2015 New York Auto Show
The most significant debut at New York is undoubtedly the Jaguar XF. The second-generation sedan is shorter and in height and length over the previous car, and yet has an enhanced wheelbase and greater cabin room.
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Jaguar Land Rover Announces More Investment
A total of nearly $900 million will be invested in the company's various facilities, but Castle Bromwich gets the lion's share at $600 million to support the production of the new Jaguar XF.
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Ford's Next Car For India is the Figo Aspire Sub-compact Sedan
It is now a crowded yet rapidly expanding segment. And Ford Motor Co wants a piece of it. Ford's next product is the Figo Aspire - a new subcompact sedan to rival the best-selling Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire and Honda Amaze - besides the Tata Zest & Hyundai Xcent.
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Ford CEO in India to Open New Plant in Sanand
Fresh from opening Ford's 6th assembly plant in China, at Hangzhou, the Blue Oval's President & CEO, is now in India. Mark Fields is here to inaugurate Ford Motor Company's 2nd production facility in India, at Sanand just outside Ahmedabad.
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Next Generation Jaguar XF Breaks Cover
After filling a very obvious gap in its portfolio with the 3 Series rival - the XE - which only starts too drive into global markets this summer, Jaguar is on to its next leap. The 2nd generation of it's 5-Series competitor, the XF has been shown for the first time in London.
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Mercedes-Benz Aims For Top Spot In India This Year, Considers Exports
The three-pointed star came very close to toppling the 4 rings from the number one position in the premium car market in India in 2014. Both companies registered sales of over 10,000 units, and it was the highest ever sales for both in our market.
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EDAG, Magna And Quant Concept Sports Cars at the Geneva Motor Show
The Geneva Motor Show always throws up some crazy and innovative concept surprises, and it is no different this year. 3 cars have particularly transfixed me.
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Bentley EXP 10 Speed 6 Concept Wows Geneva
The two-seater sports coupe will likely go into production, even though Bentley refuses to confirm that at this time. The car is seemingly aimed at offering a more focused, performance-oriented car that will take on rivals like Ferrari, McLaren and even cousin Porsche more directly.
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Renault Should Consider Kadjar Crossover For India
It comes off the CMF or Common Module Family platform - which has also spawned it's alter ego - the Nissan Qashqai's latest generation a few months ago. The Kadjar will have 2 and 4 wheel drive variants.
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New Volvo XC90 Review
The second generation Volvo XC90 has come after a long gap - 12 years since the first generation was launched. So, Volvo certainly had to work very hard to ensure that it got things right. At the very start let me say - it has.
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