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The cover story for issue 153 takes us back to 2006-2010, the years when India's car scene grew up — sedans went mainstream, hatchbacks went premium, and the first useable mid-size SUVs arrived. Editor Sirish Chandran navigates the cars of the decade, starting with the Volkswagen Polo, the car that not only redefined what a small car's road manners could be in India but also led directly to the creation of this magazine — without the Polo's rally programme, there's no evo India. Elsewhere there's the Mitsubishi Cedia that dominated INRC rally grids in wild N+ spec, the Abarth Grande Punto and the skunk-works engineering story behind it, the Honda Civic with its afterburner taillights, the Tata Nano's one-lakh-rupee promise, the Skoda Yeti that arrived years ahead of the mid-SUV boom, and more. Real owners of these cars — some still running them after a decade or two — share what it's been like to live with them.

As a companion to the India feature, evo Eras also looks back at the performance icons of 2000s UK — Murcielago, 997-gen 911, Audi R8, Golf GTI — plus the bikes that shaped Indian motorcycling between 2005 and 2010.

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Former Red Bull power unit technician and pit crew member Calum Nicholas takes us inside the team's sub-two-second pitstops, what made Max Verstappen exceptional from the start, and the chaos of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from a perspective the cameras never showed

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The cover story for issue 153 takes us back to 2006-2010, the years when India's car scene grew up — sedans went mainstream, hatchbacks went premium, and the first useable mid-size SUVs arrived. Editor Sirish Chandran navigates the cars of the decade, starting with the Volkswagen Polo, the car that not only redefined what a small car's road manners could be in India but also led directly to the creation of this magazine — without the Polo's rally programme, there's no evo India. Elsewhere there's the Mitsubishi Cedia that dominated INRC rally grids in wild N+ spec, the Abarth Grande Punto and the skunk-works engineering story behind it, the Honda Civic with its afterburner taillights, the Tata Nano's one-lakh-rupee promise, the Skoda Yeti that arrived years ahead of the mid-SUV boom, and more. Real owners of these cars — some still running them after a decade or two — share what it's been like to live with them.

As a companion to the India feature, evo Eras also looks back at the performance icons of 2000s UK — Murcielago, 997-gen 911, Audi R8, Golf GTI — plus the bikes that shaped Indian motorcycling between 2005 and 2010.

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AMG's flagship goes all-electric, with three axial-flux motors producing up to 1153bhp and a system that recreates the sound and feel of a V8 through speakers and seat-vibration motors. We break down what this radical overhaul means for the brand's combustion future

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A second facelift brings a light bar, a larger 10.1-inch screen, 360-degree camera and ventilated seats, but the underlying car remains unchanged. We find out if mild updates are enough to hold the line against the segment-leading Virtus

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The enthusiast's mid-size SUV comparison test — we bring together the Skoda Kushaq, Volkswagen Taigun, Hyundai Creta N Line and Renault Duster to find which one rewards a driver the most.

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The most affordable V8 in India at ₹1.4 crore. The 5-litre supercharged engine under the hood has a history running through the Jaguar XKR-S and Project 8, from an era when big displacement and character mattered more than outright numbers.

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The best car in the world gets a facelift, and for India the bigger story is the new plug-in hybrid drivetrain — a genuinely useable EV range backed by a big in-line 6 for when you need to cover distance.

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Made in the UK, but as Indian as it is British — the V4 engine is assembled in India, the chassis is cast here, and the digital dash, CFD and carbon bodywork all have Indian roots. TVS bought Norton out of bankruptcy in 2020 and the Manx R is their first proper product.

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Motorcycling in India saw a paradigm shift towards performance in the late 2000s. We look back at the Pulsars, Apaches, R15s and the Bajaj Avenger that shaped a generation of Indian riders.

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Performance icons from the 2000s — Lamborghini Murciélago, Porsche 997-generation 911, Audi R8, E46 M3, Mini Cooper S, Aston Martin V8 Vantage and Volkswagen Golf GTI look back at the cars that defined enthusiast motoring in 2000s.

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The decade India discovered The Thrill of Driving. We bring together the Volkswagen Polo, Mitsubishi Cedia, Abarth Grande Punto, Honda Civic, Tata Nano, Hyundai i20, Toyota Fortuner, Toyota Innova, Skoda Yeti, Maruti Suzuki SX4, Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire, and the Mahindra-Renault Logan — the cars that built the foundation of enthusiast cars in India.

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Porsche 911 GT3 S/C
Take the best bits of the 911 GT3 and 911 S/T, and package them under an electric-folding fabric roof. Is a convertible the best way to enjoy a GT3 or should you stick to a coupe?

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The 2000s was the decade that shaped modern motoring in India. Liberalisation had already opened the gates for manufacturers in the 1990s, but it was in the new millenium when enthusiasts and laymen alike got truly spoilt for choice. SUVs like the Ford Endeavour, Mitsubishi Pajero, and the OG Scorpio brought proper road presence and showed how tough cars could be. Sedans like the Honda Accord, Skoda Octavia, and Honda City mixed luxury, performance, and everyday usability in a way we hadn’t experienced before. Family cars like the Toyota Qualis, Indigo Marina, and Maruti Suzuki Baleno Altura were perfect for ferrying the classic big Indian joint families.

On two wheels, the Hero Honda Karizma introduced performance motorcycling on a budget, while the Honda Activa and Dio were responsible for reshaping how daily commuting looks even today. The Pulsar democratised performance and manufacturers were even experimenting with products like the Eliminator. It was a decade when cars were loaded with mechanical hardware instead of electronics, and every person found a vehicle to fall in love with!

All this and more in the 152nd issue of evo India – grab your copy here: https://t.co/EDfZdxskVS

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Anantara Concorso Roma 2026
The inaugural Anantara Concorso in Rome features 70 rare and iconic cars like the Ferrari Testarossa, Lamborghini Miura, Bugatti EB110 GT, Maserati V4 Sport Zagato, and more.

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BMW F 450 GS
The new BMW perfectly sits in a gap between the single-cylinder ADVs like the Himalayan and Adventure, and premium ADVs like the F 900 GS and Triumph Tiger.

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Harley Davidson Breakout and Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
Freedom, excess, convenience, and bling are the four pillars of being a true-blue American, and these two are the perfect embodiments of the genre.

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Audi SQ8 v RS Q8 Performance v Q8
The new SQ8 gets the 4-litre twin-turbo V8 from the RS Q8 Performance but with a lower state of tune and at a price that slots it in neatly between the Q8 and RS Q8.

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Production SUV lap record at BIC
Does the Duster set the benchmark for handling in the mid-SUV segment? To find out we head to the Buddh International Circuit to set the lap record for the fastest Indian-production SUV.

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25 years of Porsche 911 GT3
If there’s a common thread running from the very first 996-generation to current 992.1 generation GT3 it is the rev-crazy naturally-aspirated flat-six and motorsport-grade suspension for exceptional lap times.

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2000-2005, biking in India
Bikes like Bajaj Pulsar and Hero Honda Karizma rocked the 2000s and kickstarted the enthusiast revolution.

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Mk 1 and Mk 4.5 Skoda Octavia vRS
The Octy RS introduced India to the joys of a turbo-petrol along with a whole host of go-faster mods and blooding a generation of enthu-cutlets.

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