Nissan showcases Terrano SUV

Leading Bollywood director, Kabir Khan, revealed the new model simulating three situations to reveal the vehicle's versatility. Pre-sales booking for the smart, rugged Nissan SUV will begin from 1st September, 2013

Nissan India President Kenichiro Yomura says the SUV segment in India will grow over 30 percent by 2016. The addition of the Terrano can only bring good fortune to a company which has a long and successful history of SUV in many countries such as Patron in Gulf countries and Pathfinder in USA

The Japanese auto maker plans to extend this hard earned reputation by offering its consumers the 4th generation Terrano, that has been finally unveiled in India. A lot of time was spent elaborating on the design cues that are so unique to the Nissan Terrano. Nissan’s fourth vehicle to be produced locally in their Oragadam Plant alongside the Micra, Sunny and Evalia has a bold and distinctive styling has been developed specifically for the Indian market keeping the lineage of Nissan’s advantage of a large assortment of SUV’s.

Leading Bollywood director, Kabir Khan, revealed the new model simulating three situations to reveal the vehicle’s versatility – a cityscape, campsite and luxury resort - reflecting the car’s ‘everyday, everywhere’ theme."

Speaking on the occasion, Kabir said, “I have directed many Action Blockbusters in my Bollywood career. Directing Nissan Terrano Blockbuster Showcase was indeed a very exciting, or must I say an adventurous venture for me as we had to bring alive 3 completely different aspects of the Nissan Terrano in front of a live audience.”

Nissan Terrano : Special Coverage

The Nissan Terrano has been praised highly by customers for its comfort, styling and performance since the nameplate was first introduced in 1986. It was so popular that second and third generations were launched. The latest fourth generation model, that was recently unveiled will soon be launched in India. The launch of the Terrano would mark Nissan's entry into the compact SUV segment. The final price is still being worked out, but the company has made it clear that it will be launched at a sub Rs 10 lakh price point. Find out what's different on Nissan's Terrano as compared to the popular Renault Duster in our special web coverage

First drive: Mahindra XUV5OO Borg Warner AWD

Mahindra has made its already capable XUV 5oo even better with the addition of a Borg Warner all-wheel drive system

Any manufacturer that needs to hold lucky draws to give away its cars to a few select owners who won’t have to wait in the long queue clearly indicates a mighty successful product and that’s something the XUV5OO has been right from the word go. With its bold and aggressive styling, powerful engine and a horde of features, it was pretty much the SUV to have as the long waiting list suggested.

Mahindra has left no stone unturned to provide the best with its premium SUV and recently switched to a Borg Warner on-demand all-wheel drive system. Being an SUV, adventurous owners are bound to be in situations which can get a little too tricky to be handled by a front wheel driven car.

And this is exactly when the AWD system comes into play. While it won’t exactly raise a ‘storm’ like the Super XUV5OO which did so well in the Desert Storm rally, it is more than capable of taming some trails and not to mention getting you out of tricky situations which call for more traction and grip.