My maruti doing 170 kmph

We were just roaming around trying to find a fuel station near the Golkonda fort and we found this nice stretch of STRAIGHT road and decided to give it a go. You will see this road on the way to ocean park. BTW its VXi (petrol).

Well, the top speed of the car was rated as 160 kmph in the manual and I wondered much of it was true. I once did 140 kmph but that was not a full blown attempt. The car itself hasn’t been modified in anyway except that I have replaced the hopeless JKTyre 165/85/R14 rubber with the Michelin Energy XM1+, 185/70/R14 and a set of Plati Alloys. The fuel used was the normal juice, no high octane stuff, I couldn’t find it in that area and going back was almost an extra 30km.

The car had four people in it so its was on the heavier side. Being a petrol vehicle, it didn’t have loads of torque hence it took a while to pull all the weight. Three attempts later I was able to find a clear way and it hit 170!

Btw, if you think my gear shifts suck, don’t, because, I was one hand driving (hehe). I was holding the camera with my right hand and the left hand was doing the steering and the shifts, also I needed to keep and eye on the road and balance the camera too.

I chose Vimeo coz the quality on it is way better than youtube, even youtube hd. If you cant view on vimeo here is the youtube video for you.

All the time I was under the impression that each car brand is completely independent and that the competition is fierce among them. I was wrong, for example, Volkswagen owns nine, NINE!, different brands some of which are Audi, Lambo, Bugatti, Porsche. I was quite amazed by that. So went on to research on other car brands.

The worst part of this search task was that I found some statements which really hurt my confidence in car knowledge. You see, after watching Top Gear in the amounts I do, we usually develop this feeling, rather, a belief that all Vauxhall cars are useless and that they are the worst of the lot. Its an impression Jezza creates in all the viewers by stressing that fact in almost all the episodes.

When I clicked on the Vauxhall wiki page, it had this.

Vauxhall Motors is a UK car company. It is a subsidiary of General Motors. Most current Vauxhall models are right-hand drive derivatives of GM’s Opel brand

That statement devastated me. Why? I have an Opel Corsa, and so now its can also be a Vauxhall Corsa. First when I heard of the Vauxhall Corsa, I though it was a coincidence that they had the same name, little I knew it was the same Corsa. Damn. But hey its not a Vauxhall Vectra and some Vauxhalls are good too! Take the VX220 for example, its better than the Lotus Elise!

I still love the corsa :D

Some of the major car companies and their brands…

Volkswagen:

• Audi (Germany)
• Bentley (Great Britan)
• Bugatti (France)
• Lamborghini (Italy)
• Porsche (Germany)
• SEAT (Spain)
• Škoda (Czech Republic)
• Volkswagen (Germany)
• Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (Germany)

General Motors

• Buick
• Cadillac
• Chevrolet
• GMC
• Daewoo
• Holden,
• Hummer
• Opel
• Pontiac
• Saab
• Saturn
• Vauxhall

Fiat

• Alfa Romeo
• Lancia
• Ferrari (Run autonomously)
• Fiat
• Maserati
• Iveco
• Autobianchi
• Innocenti
• Abarth

Ford

• Aston Martin
• Jaguar
• Ford
• Daimler (division of Jaguar)
• Land Rover
• Rover
• Volvo
• Mazda(33.4% share)

BMW:

• BMW
• Rolls Royce
• Mini

Toyota

• Toyota
• Lexus
• Scion

Honda:

• Honda
• Acura

Renault

• Dacia
• Renault F1
• Renault Samsung Motors
• Renault Sport

Now before you compare a lambo to an audi, think twice :P.