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P S Balakrishnan

Sep 5, 2015, 10:26 PM

Circle of Life: Istanbul to Vienna

Interestingly, Istanbul was the first foreign city I ever set foot on albeit briefly, while Vienna was the last European city I visited.

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  Dhruv Behl | Sep 9, 2015

  An Exciting Adventure Ahead

  We spent the first day getting the war paint as it were put on the cars - the GLAadventure decals.

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  Siddharth Vinayak Patankar | Sep 5, 2015

  Great OverLand Adventure: Flag-Off at Mercedes-Benz Plant in Chakan, Pune

  Jitters, excitement - it is at times like these that one truly understands the meaning of such words. The occasion was after all a big one - the flag-off of the first ever around-the-world drive from India certainly qualifies as big!

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  Siddharth Vinayak Patankar | Sep 5, 2015

  Great OverLand Adventure: The Groundwork

  You know how you think you know it all, and not in an egotistical way either - and yet you don't? That's how we all felt - maybe more so in a combined sense - when we descended on a workshop to take us through the vehicles that will be our companions through the GLA Adventure.

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  Dhruv Behl | Sep 5, 2015

  Our Hero - the Mercedes-Benz GLA

  We recently drove to the Indo-Tibetan border to celebrate 69 years of India's independence - over the course of which we traversed over what the Border Roads Organization proudly referred to as 'The Most Treacherous Road in the World'.

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  Siddharth Vinayak Patankar | Sep 5, 2015

  Great OverLand Adventure: How It Came To Be

  The thing I will never forget is thinking, "Is he serious?" when I first spoke to the marketing head at Mercedes-Benz India about the possibility of us using Mercedes-Benz cars for a global drive I was keen to undertake under the Auto Prime umbrella at NDTV.

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  Ameya Naik | Aug 28, 2015

  Shah Rukh Khan Buys a Vanity Van Modified by DC; Exclusive Pictures Here

  The likes of John Abraham, Sanjay Dutt, and Salman Khan can be deemed genuine automobile connoisseurs. Another person who can be counted in the same league is Shah Rukh Khan, and here's a look at his latest vanity van.

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  Ameya Naik | Aug 26, 2015

  U.S Army Finds Replacement for the Ageing Humvee

  U.S. specialty truck maker Oshkosh Corp won a $6.75 billion contract to build 17,000 light tactical vehicles to replace the aging Humvees used by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. The U.S Army made the announcement yesterday.

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  Kritika Sethi | Aug 25, 2015

  NGT Issues Notices to DTC, Tata Motors, and Ashok Leyland

  The National Green Tribunal criticised the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) for often plying its air conditioned buses without passengers. The green court also issued notice to the suppliers of the buses, Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland, for improper maintenance of the buses.

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