We will find out what’s it like to drive next month — for now what do you think of the styling with the acres more LED lighting on #HyundaiVenue

New #HyundaiVenue gets 20mm longer wheelbase, is 30mm wider & 48mm taller. Length remains 3995mm (obviously under 4 meters) Cabin gets a panoramic curved display integrating two 12.3-inch screens Petrol and diesel engines carry over unchanged.

Octy RS launched at ₹49.99 lakh. Deliveries start Nov 5 And India allocation is already sold out. At ₹50 lakh it’s highly unlikely anybody will cancel their pre-orders either. So sold out! The question now is Golf GTI or Octy RS?

G-Class, now in diesel, petrol & electric in 🇮🇳 G 450d 👉 ₹2.9 crore G 580 electric 👉 ₹3.1 crore G 63 AMG 👉 ₹3.85 crore Also, only 50 units of diesel G 450d coming right now. Available to “select customers in India”

Thar finally gets a dead pedal. And it only took 5 years 😅 2WD diesel 👉 ₹9.99 lakh (AXT with steel wheels) 2WD petrol 👉 ₹13.99 lakh Top-end 4WD diesel 👉 ₹16.99 lakh 4WD petrol 👉 ₹16.25 lakh Were you expecting #Thar Roxx features on #MahindraThar 3-door? I was….

Skoda and service? It’s an ongoing and never ending process And more. Podcast live on evo India YT 👇 https://t.co/MPJviDLif4 And Spotify, and all podcast audio channels

Monte Carlo? Better positioning is planned, similar to GT at Volkswagen GST 2.0? If the current dhamaka will be sustained for the next months, that’ll be the true test of a market revival

Electrics? Still being evaluated, and Ashish points out to the slower than expected off take of EVs as a point in their favour (to go slow on EV) but also EV has to come CNG? Active consideration but TSI tech with CNG not so easy

And why the Slavia doesn’t sell as well as its sister car 👉 soon says Ashish, soon the Slavia will outsell Virtus More juicy bits 👇 Diesel Superb? That was his predecessor’s decision and they’re now again evaluating it

We also talk about why the (desperately needed) Kushaq update is taking so long 👉 Ashish doesn’t hide his frustration.

I ask Ashish why can’t they build a business case for assembling the Octy RS in 🇮🇳. I even post the example of BMW M340i (locally assembled, hence well priced — all relatively speaking of course). Long answer short, they don’t want to and can’t afford to burn their fingers

It of course starts with Octavia RS. Bookings open Oct 6, deliveries in Nov, and pricing in ballpark of Golf GTI (please, please Škoda don’t get carried away by GTI response)

Kodiaq RS should be on its way to India! That’s the big takeaway from our podcast with Škoda 🇮🇳 brand director Ashish Gupta who says they want to build the RS brand in India Podcast live on evo India YT 👇 https://t.co/MPJviDLif4 And Spotify, and all podcast audio channels

8,00,000km warranty. Whether battery warranty or full vehicle warranty not sure but I'm assuming it's the former Four levels of traction control including fully off. And 5 levels of regen ADAS on motorcycles is now a thing!

40hp power  610Nm wheel torque. 0-100kmph: 8.1s Top speed 145kmph

Finally there's an on board 1.6kW charger which is claimed to be the world's most power dense air cooled charger. But you've still got to carry the cable in your cargo pants (couldn't they have found space for a cable?)

Upto 323km IDC range for 10.2kWh 211km for 7.1kWh

Violette AI uses 3000 data points recorded every second and connected to the app to give owners real time info, including if your bike is being towed. Battery safety was talked about extensively but no details so assuming it's same as F77

Uses 77GHz rear radar to improve spatial awareness, can detect threats, and can adapt to roll, pitch and lean. This also includes lane change assist and rear collision warning Gets dual 1080p cameras (front and rear) with dual displays.

It even has blind spot warning! First time I'm seeing it on a motorcycle. UV is calling it Hypersense and CTO Niraj says it is inspired by aircraft radar and is different to how blind spot warning works on cars.