GIVEN THE BOOT

A SEDAN IN THE LONG-TERM GARAGE — HOW NOVEL

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Like it or not — and I'm ambivalent SUVs of all sizes, shapes and pretences have had a stranglehold on the Indian automotive market for years now. Buyers can't seem to get enough of them, even if many are glorified hatchbacks; 90 per cent of the cars I've driven in the recent past have been SUVs. I've almost forgotten what sedans are like to live with, so it was a stroke of luck that Volkswagen called me out of the blue and asked if I wanted to keep a Virtus for a while; the car was already in Goa, fortuitously.