Experience the BMW 1 Series M Coupe virtually

by Siddharth Posted on 25 Apr 20121,175 Views0Comments



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The Auto Club Revolution is a free-to-play online racing game which allows users to race and customize real world cars. BMW collaborated with the game creators, Eutechnyx, to launch an exclusive "BMW Experience" page. A chance for those who always wanted to experience the feeling of driving a sports car without emptying their bank accounts

BMW has announced the launch of ‘BMW Experience’, an exclusive page on the popular Auto Club Revolution gaming website, which allows users to experience the BMW 1 Series Coupe on an exclusively developed race track. The free-to-play website requires players to register themselves on the site and install an app onto their device before they can start playing.

“Our customers are tech-savvy and love to be able to put their dream car together the way they want. Auto Club Revolution has the possibility to make our models accessible to a large number of car enthusiasts,” said Andreas-Christoph Hofmann, Vice President Brand Communication BMW. Both companies claim that the cars in the game handle as real as it can get to their on-road counterparts. “To reproduce the handling of the BMW 1 Series M Coupe in Auto Club Revolution in an authentic manner, we first took it out on the real racetrack. That is the only way to know exactly how the car corners, for example,” said Doug Wolff, Auto Club Revolution Team Lead.

The players can transfer their BMW 1 Series M Coupe to the main game once they have finished playing the preview level. Auto Club Revolution is a pretty popular online free-to-play racing game which allows users to test, race, customize and add optional features (for a price) to a real world car. The game features cars from around 40 car manufacturers, all of them meticulously developed by Eutechnyx with help from the respective manufacturers. Manufacturers may feature concepts and showcase concept cars on the site too. The game also features social features which allow players to interact, form groups and debate topics with other enthusiasts registered on the site. The game has been in development since late 2010 and the open beta version of the site went live in March. Eutechnyx is an independent game developer established in 1987.

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Lamborghini showroom now in Mumbai

by Abhishek Chaliha Posted on 26 Apr 201222,245 Views0 Comments



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Lamborghini has opened it's second showroom in India, specifically in Southern Mumbai's up-scale Prabhadevi area. The sportscar maker is looking to set up a National Sales Company in India with the help of its parent company Volkswagen. It Plans to sell up to 50 supercars in India by 2015. The supercar maker has big plans for upcoming SUV, Urus, in India

Italian maker of dreams, Automobili Lamborghini, has opened its second showroom in India, specifically in Southern Mumbai’s up-scale Prabhadevi area. Lamborghini’s first showroom in India happens to be Delhi based Exclusive Motors where their latest supercar, the Aventador, made its India debut. Lamborghini has appointed Autohanger as its dealer in Mumbai. The Italian supercar maker is a part of theVolkswagen Group with whose help they intend to setup its own National Sales Company (NSC). As of now Exclusive Motors serves Lamborghini customers in North India and the new showroom in Mumbai will serve customers in Western India.

Stephen Winkelmann, President and CEO, Automobili Lamborghini, was there to declare the showroom open. Talking about future plans of the raging bull in India he mentioned that Lamborghini plans to sell about 50 supercars by 2015 in India. 

In recent times India has seen supercar and sportscar makers like Aston Martin,Ferrari and Maserati storm into the market with their entire product range to meet demands. However, due to limited infrastructure in terms of driveable road network sales of low slung sportscars and supercars will remain constrained for the time being. This is why performance car makers like Lamborghini and Maserati are more equal than others with their upcoming luxury performance SUVs. 

Lamborghini’s upcoming SUV, the Urus was recently unveiled at the 2012 Beijing Motor Show. Winkelmann rightly expects the Urus to do well in the Indian market once the SUV hits the production lines at Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy home of the only Lamborghini factory. 

Lamborghini currently sells both its vehicles in India, the Gallardo and the all new Aventador.  The Lamborghini Gallardo comes with a 5.2 litre V10 engine and is priced upwards of Rs. 2 crore while the all-new Aventador comes with a 6.5 litre V12 engine and is priced close to Rs. 4 crore. 

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Mercedes-Benz E350 Cabriolet : First Drive

by Priyadarshan Bawikar Photography: Kunal Khadse Posted on 19 Apr 201233,497 Views1 Comments



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While most auto junkies lust after supercars, in our opinion, the most fun cars on real world roads are convertibles. Few things beat the feeling of freedom when you have no roof, and if you can enjoy this experience with three others, it just doesn't get better than this

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As brilliant as convertibles are to behold, there is a good reason that you don’t see too many of them on Indian roads – the weather. Unless you’re staying in the hills somewhere up north, chances are that you’ll experience extremely harsh summers, tropical monsoons and enough dust to fill a swimming pool each time you step out for a spin in the car. And let’s not forget the inherent danger of vandalism which rears its ugly head in almost every locality of every city in the country. But then again, the charm of driving a convertible with its top down, with a million miles of head room, is undeniable and the attention you get around town is incredibly flattering. And when you have a convertible car as handsome as this Mercedes-Benz E350 Cabriolet, you’ll be quick to forget any shortcomings a car with a folding cloth roof might hold.

There are no two ways to it. The current E-Class sedan is already a pretty handsome design. So when you lop the roof off, replace four doors with two long ones and shorten the length of the car, it can only get handsomer. With its crystal-cut head lights, angular lines and almost an absolute lack of curves, it looks more like it should belong floating in the marina at Monaco, rather than on the black top. And while it does have a lot of sporty touches such as massive 18-inch wheels shod with really low profile tyres, it looks like it was designed less for speed and more for cruising around at a fair clip in comfort, luxury and most importantly, oodles of style.

It’s much the same story on the inside as well. Classy black and beige leather trim all around which, even though not as modern and technology laden as some of the interiors you can find in other contemporary German luxury cars, exudes a sense of panache that is very typically current-gen Mercedes-Benz. The sportier steering wheel, the same one we find on the E-Class coupe is a nice touch, and lets you know, just by touch that you’re driving something more special than the regular E-Class. Space in the front is aplenty, and even the back seats can accommodate two adults quite easily. Getting in and out of the back is a fairly easy task as well, with the front seats folding forward at the touch of a lever, and only the ones with the most arthritic of joints will have any difficult in accessing the rear.

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