Author: Abhyjith K. Ashokan

‘DS’ isn’t really an abbreviation of any sort. It actually is a pun for the French word, ‘Déesse.’ Do you know what that means? Goddess! When a car is given such a name, that on its own is enough to create rather large shoes to fill, let alone those of a predecessor. And a proper predecessor…

” The ‘Insert car name….’ is ‘Insert country or brand name….’ s’ answer to the ‘Insert benchmark’s name’. “ This is a certain line we are all quite familiar with. Magazines do it, journalists do it, but I have a certain problem with this. It fails to capture the individual soul of the ‘answer’ and…

Finally I can forget that the word, ‘serious’ exists in the dictionary before I write about a car. And yes, the word, “car” may not be the first thing that comes to mind when one sees the Peel P50. This little piece of history looks like it may be a little child’s dream, more than…

Since 2009 to the present day, Rolls-Royce has had 2 main models in its lineup (excluding the Cullinan SUV, which was a more recent addition) ; The flagship Phantom and The Ghost, with cars like the Wraith, Coupe, Drophead Coupe and the Dawn being derivatives of them. But I have always felt that the Ghost…

Today is the official 30th anniversary of the Lamborghini Diablo. This calls for a celebration, Lamborghini style! But what was the Diablo all about? For starters, it was to become the successor to the Countach and the Miura. When the Miura was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show of 1966, it was revolutionary for introducing…

When I titled this post, “A Special One”, I did so with 2 reasons in mind. For starters, I’m writing a new post after a mad 2 years of absence. But as it can be said, one can only deviate from one’s path so far. As for the car itself, It certainly is special on…