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THE GRAPEVINE
IN THE NEWS

2020
SLICKER CAYENNE TATA
NEXON EV

Ever looked at the Cayenne and wished that the rear passengers had less
head-room? Well, Porsche did, and gave us the Cayenne Coupe. It gets a With major manufac-
smooth sloping rear section that actually looks quite beautiful, unless you’re
the unlucky six-foot individual in the rear. But it’s a sportscar and the driver is turers getting into the
all that really matters. Engine options are a 3.0-litre V6 making 340 bhp and 1 electric vehicle segment,
a 4.0-litre V8 making 550 bhp. Priced at ` 1.31 crore for the former and ` 1.97 Tata Motors has jumped
crore for the latter, both ex-showroom, don’t expect to see them everywhere. in, too, with a fully elec-
tric version of the Nexon
compact SUV.
HOME DELIVERED FUEL We’ve all been there. Sitting at Compared to the
home, tired, and wishing someone Nexon currently on
would go fill our vehicle up for
sale, the Nexon EV
us. Well, that dream could soon tweaked front end. 2
become a reality. Bharat Petrole- will sport a slightly
um has begun doorstep delivery updated design with a
of diesel for industrial and bulk
customers in Noida. Use the Fill-
Now mobile app and a fuel-delivery
vehicle that can carry 400 litres of The Nexon EV will feature
fuel will show up at your desired a 30.2 kWh battery pack
location. Currently, this service 3 capable of 129 bhp and
isn’t available to private customers, 25 kgm, with a claimed
but the government is planning to range of over 300 km on
extend it to us, too. Time to write a full charge.
your MLA a letter, then?

menced bookings for the
SLEEPER NO MORE sleeper image over the years, and Tata has already com-
with the latest update it wants you to
car (for ` 21,000) which
know from the second you see it that atively more affordable op-4
will be launched in early
this is a different animal. The engine 2020. It will provide a rel-
remains the same 2.9-litre twin-tur-
bo V6 pumping out 450 bhp, but
the front has gotten more aggressive tion to the Hyundai Kona
than ever with new headlights, air EV and the MG ZS EV.
intakes and a larger grille. A car-
bon-fibre roof is standard, too. The
The Audi RS5 is one heck of a speed interior has been updated with a new
demon. At the same time, it always infotainment system and weight has
tends to slip under the radar as it didn’t been reduced as well. The RS5 finally
look that different from the standard A6. looks as scary as it is to drive and we
But Audi has been slowly shedding that should see it in India soon.

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