Rahul Tiwari

Made-in-India Luxury Cars: Which Are Assembled Locally, Which Are Imported, and What It Does to the Price

Most BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Volvo and Land Rover models sold in India are assembled here from imported kits, while Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari and Maserati cars are shipped in fully built. Local assembly has typically cut the showroom price by about 12 to 22 percent on the recent launches below. The latest example came on 27 October 2026, when the Defender 110 fell by up to Rs 34 lakh after JLR began assembling it in Pune.

Is Modifying Your Luxury Car Legal in India? Wraps, Exhausts, Alloys and the RTO Rules Explained

Some modifications are legal in India, but far fewer than most workshops suggest. Section 52 of the Motor Vehicles Act bars any change that makes a car differ from the particulars in its registration certificate (RC) as specified by the manufacturer, and the Supreme Court confirmed this strictly in 2019. A colour change needs RTO approval first, so a wrap in a new colour without an RC update is a problem. A louder aftermarket exhaust

Keyless Relay Theft in India: How Thieves Really Steal Luxury Cars and How to Stop Them

A relay attack lets thieves unlock and start a keyless car without touching your key: one device near the car, a second near your key, and the signal between them is stretched until the car thinks the key is beside it. It is a real risk for luxury cars with older keyless systems. But in India, the method that keeps showing up in police cases is a different one: thieves get into the car, plug

Carbon-Ceramic Brakes: Are They Worth the Cost on a Luxury Car in India?

For most luxury car owners in India, carbon-ceramic brakes are not worth the extra money. They are lighter, they shrug off heat that makes steel brakes fade, they don’t rust, and they make very little dust, but on the 2026 Porsche Cayenne Turbo they cost Rs 13.5 lakh as an option, according to Autocar India. They make sense on a heavy, very fast car that you drive hard on ghat roads or take on track

Audi Q5 vs BMW X3 vs Mercedes GLC vs Volvo XC60: Which Midsize Luxury SUV Should You Buy in India?

If you can stretch to about Rs 90 lakh on-road, the Mercedes-Benz GLC is the most complete midsize luxury SUV on sale in India right now: it has the biggest boot, the longest wheelbase and the most modern cabin of the four. The BMW X3 is the one to buy if you enjoy driving, but only in 30 xDrive form. The Volvo XC60 gives you the most equipment for the money in a single, fully

Buying a Pre-Owned Luxury EV in India: How to Check Battery Health and Transfer the Warranty

On a used luxury EV, the high-voltage battery decides the deal. Before you pay, get two things in writing from an authorised dealer: a battery health read-out for that VIN, and the exact date and kilometre limit on which its battery warranty ends. Most luxury EVs sold in India carry an 8-year battery warranty (the Mercedes EQE SUV was launched with 10 years), counted from the car’s first sale, not from your purchase. The warranty

History of Bugatti: The Name That Outlived Every Owner

Bugatti was founded by Ettore Bugatti, an Italian-born engineer, who set up his own car company in a disused tannery in Molsheim, Alsace, at the end of 1909. Over the next 117 years the name went from the most successful racing car of the 1920s to a near-total stop in the 1950s, a short-lived Italian revival in the 1990s, Volkswagen ownership from 1998, and the 1,000hp Veyron. In September 2026 it changed hands again: Porsche

Best Luxury Cars for Tall Drivers in India: Headroom, Legroom and Seat Position Compared

If you are over six feet tall, the luxury SUVs with the most front headroom on paper are the BMW X7, BMW X5 and Land Rover Defender 110, each with more than 1,030mm according to their makers’ figures. If your legs are the problem rather than your head, the Volvo XC60, Audi Q7 and Volvo XC90 give the most front legroom of the cars we compared, at more than 1,035mm. That split matters more than

History of Jaguar: A Century of Trying to Be a “Copy of Nothing”

Jaguar began in 1922 as the Swallow Sidecar Company in Blackpool, founded by William Lyons and William Walmsley, and first used the Jaguar name on a car in 1935. It changed its company name to Jaguar Cars in 1945, built the XK120 and E-Type, won Le Mans seven times, and passed through British Leyland, a stock market flotation and Ford before Tata Motors bought it, with Land Rover, in 2008. Since then Jaguar has been

Best Luxury Cars With the Biggest Boot Space in India

Of the luxury cars we compared, the Range Rover and the Land Rover Defender 110 have the biggest boots behind the rear seats, at 818 litres and 786 litres, by Land Rover’s block-measured figures. The BMW X5 is next at 650 litres, by BMW India’s figure. If you need seven seats and luggage space at the same time, the Defender 130 leaves the most room behind its third row, at 290 litres. At the other