Home Car reviews oi-Promeet Ghosh By Promeet Ghosh Updated: Saturday, March 6, 2021, 17:29 [IST] Rating: 4.0 It has almost been less than two years since the seventh-gen 3 Series was launched in India. Earlier this year in January, BMW India brought in the long-wheelbase 3 Series Gran Limousine in the country. That however does not seem to be enough and just a couple of months later after the long-wheelbase launch, BMW has come up with the locally-assembled M340i xDrive. We had a chance to drive the all-new BMW M340i xDrive for a couple of days and boy the car left us staggered. One more thing is that this is the first M car to be assembled in India. So, we took the car and went for a drive in the city and on the highway and here is what we have to say about it. Exterior & Design At first glance, when you see the car upfront it will be difficult for you to tell that this is a performance-oriented sedan … [Read more...] about BMW M340i xDrive Review (First Drive): The First Locally Assembled ‘M’ Car
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Rosenqvist on IndyCar: I haven’t done anything as difficult
Rosenqvist won the NTT IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year title in 2019 with sixth place in the championship driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, but last year slipped to 11 th , despite scoring his first win in the series. For his third IndyCar season, he has joined Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet, partnering team incumbent Patricio O’Ward. Asked about the prospects for 2021 rookies Jimmie Johnson, Scott McLaughlin and Romain Grosjean – arriving from NASCAR, Supercars and Formula 1 respectively – Rosenqvist said they were going to find the move difficult. “I wish I could talk to myself now back in '19,” said the 29-year-old who arrived in IndyCar with a sparkling résumé that featured championships and multiple race wins in lower formulas. “It's a tough series. I haven't done anything else that is as difficult. I know many other people that came from F1 says the same thing. “You look at it from the outside, you think it's going to be like a simpler form of racing. But the … [Read more...] about Rosenqvist on IndyCar: I haven’t done anything as difficult
North Wales: Event preview
FULL ENTRY FOR BULLDOG INTERNATIONAL RALLY OF NORTH WALES Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire Car Club are delighted at the response to the first Bulldog International Rally of North Wales, which takes place next weekend, and has attracted a capacity entry. With almost 200 applications for the 180 places received, the organising team has been overwhelmed by the excitement that has greeted the new event. There are seven previous British Champions (Russell Brookes, Gwyndaf Evans, David Higgins, Mark Higgins, Dessie Nutt, Steve Perez and David Stokes) but only two past winners of the Bulldog (Brookes and Julian Reynolds) in the line up. Mark Higgins, from Abermule, has been given the top seed in the international event. Mark, a previous double British Champion, leads the International field in his TEG Sport Subaru. Chasing the Subaru will be over thirty of the UK's top junior (under 25) drivers all out to prove they can topple the previous champ. The international entry is … [Read more...] about North Wales: Event preview
Sébastien Ogier in ‘Historic’ run at Rallyday 2013
Ogier has all-but won the 2013 WRC Drivers’ title following his sixth win of the season on Rally Australia and the Volkswagen Motorsport driver was in demand on his debut at Rallyday, taking time out to chat to the large crowd on the main Rallyday interview stage, as well as signing hundreds and hundreds of autographs. The Frenchman, who is normally used to driving a Volkswagen Polo R WRC, got the chance to sample a genuine ex-works Group B Audi quattro A2, originally driven by 1984 World Rally Champion Stig Blomqvist, who was also attending the annual rally extravaganza in the West Country. It was Ogier’s first ever drive in a historic rally car and that made the day extra special for the 29-year-old, who flew over especially from France. “It was my first time at Rallyday and it was fun to drive the Audi quattro A2. I have never driven a historic car in my life until today. So it was a nice opportunity,” Ogier said. “It is very different to the Polo R WRC I drive normally. … [Read more...] about Sébastien Ogier in ‘Historic’ run at Rallyday 2013
How Mercedes could actually benefit from F1’s budget cap
Along with sustainability a key aim of Formula 1’s budget cap is to rein in the performance of the top teams by levelling the playing field. And yet in typical glass-full style Mercedes boss Toto Wolff sees the cap not as a hurdle for the Brackley team, but an opportunity to become even stronger. This sport has long been about spending power. It’s no coincidence that the teams that have dominated have had the biggest budgets, and until now, there has been no official limit to what they’ve been allowed to pump in. The 2021 FIA financial regulations, headlined by a budget cap of $145m, have changed all that. Many areas are excluded from that number, but it still represents a huge change of approach for Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari. All three have been busy shuffling staff into non-F1 projects, which explains why Ferrari has committed to a sportscar programme , and why Mercedes has been busy seeking customers for its Applied Science division. Read Also: … [Read more...] about How Mercedes could actually benefit from F1’s budget cap