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Fisker Ocean electric SUV confirmed for India launch

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 The Ocean will be sold here in top-spec Extreme guise and will be called the Vigyan Edition. California-based electric carmaker Fisker Inc. has just announced a limited edition of the Ocean electric SUV for the Indian market. Fisker will be bringing the Ocean SUV to India in its top-spec Extreme version, which will be limited to just 100 units. The India-spec model is called the Ocean Extreme Vigyan Edition, named after the company's India headquarters in Hyderabad that it set up last April. Fisker says the all-electric SUV will be homologated for India by September, with deliveries set to commence by the fourth quarter of 2023. 1. Fisker Ocean Extreme has a WLTP range of up to 707km 2. It's a highly sustainable SUV with recycled interior trims 3. India will get just 100 units of the Ocean Extreme We had reported about Fisker's interest in bringing the Ocean SUV to India back in January 2020, and it's plans are finally coming to fruition after the SUV entered productio

2001 Acura Integra Type R vs. 2023 Honda Civic Type R: The Circle Is Complete

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 Twenty-six years later, the Civic Type R has finally learned all the Integra Type R's tricks. It's the shifter. The visual connection is obvious - it's the same shift knob, and not by accident - but it goes deeper, all the way to transmission it actuates. More than any other single part, the shifter in the 2023 Honda Civic Type R is the most tangible physical and spiritual connection to the legendary Acura Integra Type R. This generation Civic Type R shares more conceptually with the Integra Type R than any Honda or Acura-badged sports coupe or sedan in the preceding 26 years. The way it drives, the way it behaves when pushed to its limit, and the way it makes the driver feel all channel the Integra in ways no other car quite has. Enough effusive ink has been poured out in tributes to the Integra Type R over the years you'd be forgiven for thinking this is just another work of Honda fanboy navel-gazing. As you can see from the photos, it's not. We're not lookin

Kia Seltos facelift makes India debut

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  Seltos Facelift Gets 3 Engine Options , including the new 1.5 turbo petrol; bookings open July 14. Kia India has unveiled the Seltos facelift and, with it, has added many features as well as reintroduced the turbo-petrol engine. Bookings for the Seltos facelift will open on July 14. 1. Kia Seltos facelift gets a new Pewter Olive colour 2. GT Line, X Line trims gets a slightly different bodykit  3. Seltos facelift gets 16 ADAS features The Seltos was launched in India in August 2019 and the midlife refresh has arrived after almost four years, though the SUV received a facelift globally in 2022. Kia said that it has sold more than five lakh Seltos units since launch. Compared to the outgoing model, the Seltos facelift gets a slightly larger bumper, body- coloured inserts in the fog lamp housing, redesigned headlights with new LED daytime running lamps that extend into the grille and the four-block design for the fog lamps. The Seltos facelift gets 18-inch, dual-tone alloy wheels that w