A New Yamaha Electric Scooter Just Surfaced in a Patent — Here’s What’s Real and What’s Guesswork

Yamaha electric scooter

A Japanese design registration has revealed a new, production-looking Yamaha electric scooter with an unusual centrally-mounted motor, belt drive, and an under-seat battery that may be swappable. It’s a genuinely intriguing glimpse — but before anyone gets excited, the single most important fact is this: it’s a patent filing, nothing more. Yamaha has announced no … Read more

MG’s Gaurav Gupta Couture Editions: 50 Cars That Aren’t Really About Selling Cars

MG Couture Editions

MG Select has unveiled Couture Editions of the Cyberster electric roadster and the M9 luxury MPV, created with couturier Gaurav Gupta and limited to just 50 units each, with prices to be announced on August 3. On the face of it, this is a niche curiosity — a hundred hand-finished cars most buyers will never … Read more

That “Tata Avinya” Spy Video Isn’t the Avinya — and the Real Story Is Bigger

Tata Avinya spied

A heavily camouflaged electric SUV was recently caught testing on Indian roads, and much of the internet immediately labelled it the upcoming Tata Avinya. It isn’t. According to Autocar India, the test mule is actually an Exeed Sterra ET — an SUV from Chery’s premium sub-brand — being used as a rolling test bed because … Read more

Honda ZR-V e:HEV Is on Sale at Around ₹40 Lakh: Who Actually Buys a Limited-Import Honda Hybrid?

Honda ZR-V eHEV Is on Sale at Around ₹40 Lakh

Honda’s ZR-V e:HEV has been on sale in India since its May 2026 launch, with deliveries running since mid-July, and it arrives as the most expensive Honda you can buy in the country. At roughly ₹40 lakh, brought in as a limited fully-imported model, it sits in a bracket where buyers have far bigger, plusher, … Read more

MG ADAPT Explained: One Platform, Four Powertrains — and Why That’s the Smart Bet for India

MG ADAPT platform

JSW MG Motor India has unveiled MG ADAPT, a modular vehicle architecture that can underpin a pure electric vehicle, a strong hybrid, a plug-in hybrid, or a range-extender EV from the same engineering base. The company is positioning it as India’s first multi-new-energy-vehicle platform. Strip away the acronym and the launch language, and what MG … Read more

Tata Now Sells Dark, Red Dark and Stealth Harriers. Here’s How to Actually Choose.

Tata Harrier Dark Edition

Tata Motors has added Dark Editions to the top-end Harrier Fearless Ultra and Safari Accomplished Ultra trims — roughly a week after launching Stealth Editions on those same two trims. Both sit alongside the existing Red Dark editions. That means a buyer walking into a showroom for a top-spec Harrier now faces three near-identical, black-themed, … Read more

Toyota Innova Hycross Facelift Spied: The Powertrain Is the Moat, and It Isn’t Changing

Toyota Innova Hycross facelift

The Toyota Innova Hycross has been spotted testing in India for the first time in facelifted form — a heavily camouflaged mule caught in Kerala, showing a revised front fascia, redesigned bumpers and new lighting elements front and rear. Reports point to a 2027 launch. But the most useful thing to understand about this update … Read more

Royal Enfield Himalayan 750: The Spy Shots Suggest a Tourer Wearing an Off-Road Name

Royal Enfield Himalayan 750

Royal Enfield’s Himalayan 750 has been spied testing in India repeatedly, its world premiere is confirmed for EICMA 2026, and an India launch is expected within roughly the next year. But the accumulated evidence from those spy shots points to something worth flagging before anyone builds expectations: this is shaping up to be a road-biased … Read more

Skoda Peaq EV With 647 km Range Is Coming to India — Maybe. The Price Is the Real Question.

Skoda Peaq EV India

Skoda has unveiled the Peaq, its largest and most advanced electric SUV yet, with a claimed range of up to 647 km, seven-seat practicality and a genuinely premium technology package. Skoda Auto India has confirmed the model is being evaluated for the Indian market. But before anyone starts planning a purchase, here’s the detail that … Read more

India Waived ₹2,700 Crore in CAFE-2 Penalties: Pragmatic Reset or Credibility Problem?

CAFE-2 penalty waiver

The Centre has reportedly waived roughly ₹2,700 crore in penalties levied on passenger vehicle manufacturers for missing fuel-efficiency targets under CAFE-2, and the automotive industry has treated it as a significant financial reprieve. But the more consequential question isn’t the money — it’s what the waiver does to the credibility of a regulation designed to … Read more