Author: Sparsh Matta

Intro The Tata Punch does not need much of an introduction anymore. Since its launch in 2021, it has consistently ranked among India’s top selling cars. That is not an accident. The Punch understood something that most cars in its price band ignored – that buyers at this price point do not just want a practical car. They want something that feels like an SUV, carries itself with confidence, and does not compromise their safety to achieve that. The 2026 facelift, launched in January 2026, is the most comprehensive update the Punch has received. It brings a revised exterior, a…

Intro Some cars earn their name. The Renault Duster is one of them. When it first arrived in India in 2012, the Duster changed what buyers expected from an affordable SUV. Strong ride quality, diesel efficiency, generous space, and a rugged honesty that felt refreshing. It built real loyalty. And then, quietly, it got old. By 2022, the Duster was outgunned on features and outpaced by a segment that had moved on rapidly. Renault pulled it from the market. Four years later, it is back. The third generation Duster launched in India on March 17, 2026, built on Renault’s new…

Intro The MG Gloster has always been a bit of a complicated conversation in India. Capable car, genuine off-road chops, decent enough interior but it wore its age on its face. Every time you parked it next to a Fortuner, something felt off. Not mechanically. Just visually. The proportions looked like they belonged to the previous decade, and no amount of feature additions could fix that. MG knew this. And the Majestor is their answer. Launched in May 2026, the Majestor is not really a replacement for the Gloster. MG is keeping both in the lineup. Instead, the Majestor sits…

Intro Some nameplates carry weight that numbers alone cannot explain. The Tata Sierra from the 1990s was not just a car. It was India’s first homegrown SUV with a genuinely distinctive silhouette, a three door layout, and a rear quarter glass design that made it look like nothing else on the road. For a generation of Indian car buyers, the Sierra was the first time a desi brand made something that felt aspirational rather than just affordable. That car stopped production in 2000. Twenty five years later, Tata is bringing it back, and they have not taken the easy route…

Kia has a very specific gift. They know how to read the room. When the Sonet launched, it understood that the sub-4-metre SUV buyer wanted features and presence over everything else. When the Seltos arrived, it rewrote what a mid-size SUV could look and feel like at that price. Both cars worked because Kia paid attention to what Indian buyers were actually asking for not just what they said they wanted, but what they were responding to. The Syros is Kia asking a different question. What if the next compact SUV did not try to look sporty? What if it…

Where Mahindra Stands Today Some cars walk into a room and demand your attention immediately. They are loud about it. They want you to notice. The XUV 7XO is not that kind of car. It is the other kind. The kind where you spend time with it and slowly realise it is more considered than it first appeared. The confidence here is real precisely because it does not need to perform. Mahindra has been on a long journey to arrive at this point. The ruggedness was never the question. That has always been in the DNA. The real question was…

Intro Maruti Suzuki has a very specific formula. Build something reliable, keep it affordable, price the service costs low, and make sure the resale value holds. That formula has worked for decades. The Fronx, however, is Maruti trying something slightly different. It is not just another practical hatchback. It takes the Baleno platform and dresses it in a crossover body with a sloping roofline, a stronger stance, and a face that actually tries to make a statement. More importantly, it adds Maruti’s Boosterjet 1.0 litre turbo petrol engine to the lineup. That engine changes what the Fronx is capable of.…

 Intro The Kia Seltos has never needed to prove itself. Since its launch in 2019, it has been one of the most consistent performers in the Indian compact SUV segment. It combined design confidence, feature richness, and reliable engineering at a price that made sense. Buyers responded accordingly. The 2026 generation, launched in January 2026, does not try to reinvent that formula. Instead, it refines it. Bigger dimensions, a new platform, a more mature cabin, and a substantially upgraded safety and technology package. The changes are not radical. However, they are meaningful. This review looks at the 2026 Seltos as…

Introduction There is a very specific kind of buyer who has been waiting for this car for a long time. They walked into a Tata showroom, fell in love with the Harrier’s face, sat inside, liked what they felt, asked the sales executive about petrol options, and were told there are none. And then they walked out and bought something else. It happened for years. The Harrier was a diesel only car in a market where a significant portion of urban buyers, especially in cities like Delhi, Ahmedabad, and the rest of NCR and Gujarat, either could not run diesel…

Intro Not every car needs to do everything. That is a simple idea, but most car buyers in India still struggle with it. We want the car to handle the daily office commute, handle the highway trip to the hills, handle school runs, handle groceries, and look good doing all of it. The result is a market full of compromise products trying to be everything and excelling at nothing. The MG Comet EV makes a very different argument. It is small, boxy, electric, and completely uninterested in being your only car. Instead, it wants to be the second car in…