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
A new age of Discovery for Land Rover
The concept looks agile, near-production ready frankly, and very sharp. Design elements such as the stepped roof have been carried over, but the focus has been on versatility as well says the company.
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New Land Rover Discovery to break cover
Land Rover has spent a good part of the past three years modernizing its fleet, and now that the high-end Range Rover family is completely into a new generation cycle, its the turn of the utility luxury workhorse - the Discovery.
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Exclusive: GM India faces tough challenge says new boss Arvind Saxena
After a dream run with products like the Chevrolet Cruze and Beat in the past, GM has faced a tough run since 2012. And its new President & Managing Director Arvind Saxena says turning things around may well be the biggest challenge of his over-three-decade long career.
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Datsun GO's Sedan
Datsun has just released a sketch of the sedan that will be introduced in Russia on the 4th of April this year. This sedan will be the company's first car to be introduced in the Russian automotive market.
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Nissan - Global NCAP Feud Over Cars For Emerging Markets
There have been several reactions since NDTV first broke the story on the Global NCAP crash tests for Indian made cars in February. However, Andy Palmer, the head of Nissan's global product planning, has called the tests absurd.
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Review: 3rd Generation MINI Cooper
The 3rd generation of the MINI Cooper is here. The car will begin rolling out in markets the world over, and will make its way to India in 2014 too. Here's our review.
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Maruti Suzuki and M&M: Urgent need of subcompact SUVs
Two key automotive players say, they simply can't afford to wait any longer to jump in to the fray. We are talking about the country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki and the largest UV maker - Mahindra & Mahindra.
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Expect long waits for the Maruti Suzuki Celerio
We speak to Maruti Suzuki's Chairman, Mr. R.C Bhargava and find out that the waiting period for the companys Celerio might be longer than expected.
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Auto Expo: Winners of the 2014 CNB Awards for Excellence
The 2014 Auto Expo concluded a couple of weeks back and we handed out, for the first time, the CNB Awards for Excellence. Here is the list of the winners.
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First Look: New MINI Cooper
The latest generation of the MINI Cooper broke cover in the second half of 2013. And now it's ready for its global rollout.
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First Drive: Renault KWID Concept
We are the first to drive the Renault KWID Concept which was showcased at the Auto Expo. Here's what we thought of the concept.
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The Maruti 800 Rolls into the Sunset!
The legendary Maruti 800 bids goodbye to India after ruling roads for 31 years.
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Auto Expo 2014: Impressive and strong show
At the 12th Auto Expo manufacturers have been careful to not just present new cars and bikes, but have also kept the Indian buyer firmly in view, when doing so.
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Cyrus Mistry Takes Charge of Tata Motors
Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry will take charge of the company. Mr Mistry will head a Corporate Steering Committee which will oversee all the operations for the car and truck manufacturer.
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