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2024 Nissan GT-R: 17 Years and Counting - Rush

Just when we thought time was up for the R35 GT-R, Nissan pulls it out of the casket, updates it for 2024 and makes us wonder - is this the last hurrah of the fabled sports car from Japan? Adithya Gopal has all the details.

It’s 2024 and the R35 Nissan GT-R turns 17 years old. That doesn’t stop Nissan from carrying out yet another set of engine and aero tweaks, throwing in new paint jobs and calling it a day. New for this year is a Premium Edition T-spec and the Track Edition, borrowing parts f

ZIG Opinion: Displays Over Displacement - ZigWheels

Can you recollect the last time a car was launched without a touchscreen infotainment system? Not long ago, touchscreen units were a feature reserved for expensive cars. Today, it is the norm. Even the most affordable car sold in India comes with one. Move further up the price chain and the number of screens also proportionally steps up.

The obsession has reached a point where Indian buyers are influenced by the size of a touchscreen unit. For a country fixated on “kitna deti hai?”, the current

Gorgeous and Green: 2024 Maserati GranCabrio Folgore - Rush

The Trident beats its peers to the four-seater electric convertible game with the GranCabrio Folgore. Three motors, 751 bhp, 280 miles of range, drop-dead looks and a neck heater are the standout bits, as Adithya Gopal explains.

Folgore is Maserati’s way of saying electric. And the latest to benefit from the Folgore treatment is the GranCabrio. Similar to the GranTurismo Folgore, the 3.0-litre V6 has been swapped for three electric motors to produce 751 bhp and 1350 Nm. Yours from £185,610, the

A Scale Model That Costs More Than An Actual Car? Trust Rolls-Royce To Come Up With One - ZigWheels

Not everyone can afford an entry level Rolls-Royce, let alone the Cullinan with its fat price tag north of Rs 7 crore. But Rolls-Royce has your back. You can buy this highly detailed Cullinan scale model that can even be customised to your liking. But there’s a small catch. You’ve got to take a call here. It’s either the 1:8 scale model of the Cullinan or an actual car, like say a brand new Honda Civic. Yes, an actual Honda Civic that you can drive around with your family against a scale model w

Toyota to enter Supercars 2026 with V8 Supra | Professional Motorsport World

Toyota Australia is set to enter the Repco Supercars Championship with the GR Supra from 2026. The Japanese brand has committed for five years and will be the third car maker to commit to the Supercars Gen3 era, following Ford and Chevrolet.
Toyota has teamed with Walkinshaw Andretti United as its homologation partner to run two Supras driven by Chaz Mostert and Ryan Wood. The second team is yet to be announced.The GR Supra will use Toyota’s 2UR-GSE all-aluminum, quad-cam, naturally aspirated V8...

ZigOpinion: India’s Newfound Love For Affordable Sporty Cars Such - ZigWheels

India has a shortage of sportier cars on a budget – the real deal and not the sorry sticker jobs that are unmemorable. History saw many entrants in this niche club and to be honest, nothing really clicked. Most of them turned out to be sales duds and some sold reasonable digits, but not one car tasted success if you solely go by the numbers. Just when we thought a revival might be out of the cards, there has been some activity in the enthusiast-oriented space of late. So, what’s changed?

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Do Carmakers Need SUVs To Thrive? - ZigWheels

Love it or hate it; you definitely can’t ignore that SUVs are currently the body style that the majority prefer. You can’t also miss the obvious fact that a large number of carmakers are surviving on SUV sales alone. It has come to a point where carmakers are completely depending on SUVs for market share and they need these high-riders to save them from going bankrupt. Sedans were the favoured body style from the time we know, but as it stands now, we know carmakers who are completely giving up

The New Toyota Copen GR Shows Us Why We Need Kei Cars In India

The Japs are the coolest people in our books. Why? They took some stringent regulations that would only result in econoboxes and made tiny sports cars out of them. We are talking about Kei sport cars here -- and there’s a new one on sale in Japan. Toyota has transformed the sombre Daihatsu Copen by adding some colour along with a tinge of Gazoo Racing treatment, calling it the Toyota Copen GR Sport. This adorable-looking micro sports convertible and a couple of others like this are keeping us up

BorgWarner develops world’s largest twin turbo for Corvette ZR1 | Automotive Powertrain Technology International

As per an agreement, BorgWarner is to deliver its turbochargers for the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. The twin turbo in question is the largest passenger car turbocharger in the world.
The turbos will be coupled with GM’s 5.5-liter flat-plane crankshaft V8 engine, producing 1,064hp and 828 lb-ft of torque (1,122Nm) in the Corvette ZR1. According to BorgWarner, GM’s decision to select its twin ball-bearing turbochargers was influenced by BorgWarner’s involvement in the NTT IndyCar Series.The turbo feat...

JDM Unicorns That Won’t Even Pop Up In Your Dreams - ZigWheels

...because they are as rare as hen’s teeth. I’ve said this before and I’ll say this again -- the Japanese are the coolest people in my books. The reason for my affection towards Japan primarily stems from the love for anything JDM. Mocked by the whole world for producing “soulless” and “boring” cars, the Japanese go out of the line once in a while and make drool-worthy cars that make us go weak in the knees. The recent example of something like that would be the super-cool Yaris GR. Iconic names