evo India Magazine - January 2022

In this issue

It’s our 100th issue, and we're celebrating it with mega adventures From hitting the track in Lamborghini’s most potent Huracan yet, to taking the Thar deep in to the Himalayas, clocking 365kmph in a tuned Octavia, riding the Hero XPulse 4V to meet C S Santosh, tracing the Targa Florio route in a Bentley, doing a holiday road trip in the e-tron EV and banging in the first, exclusive laps of the new CoASTT track— there’s an adventure in here for every single kind of car and bike enthusiast. Audi Q7: It gets a fresh face and an updated interior architecture but more importantly, in line with the VW Group’s petrol-only strategy, it comes packing a V6 petrol engine. Volkswagen Tiguan: The 5-seater gets the usual facelift updates with refreshed styling and more tech inside along with a TSI engine. Skoda Kodiaq: This facelift also drops the TDI engine in favour of a TSI but there’s a lot going on underneath the skin as well — there are dynamic dampers and that significantly changes the way the L&K drives. Lamborghini Huracan STO: Essentially a hardcore RWD track car to go head-to-head with the GT department cars from Porsche, the Huracan STO is Lambo’s most hardcore version of the baby supercar yet. To Goa in the Audi e-tron: The biggest apprehension around EVs is can you do a road trip in them? We put our investigative journalism caps on and drove the 500km from Pune to Goa to find out. 365kmph in an Octavia: 10 years ago, evo went to the Bonneville salt flats and clocked a 365kmph top speed. We get reacquainted with this monster. Ducati Multistrada V4 S: Possibly the wildest ADV in the country today — the Multi gets the V4 engine from the Panigale, coupled with a new chassis, electronic suspension, a suite of electronic aids and even radar-based rider aids and safety systems. Long term test, Mahindra Thar to the LOC: We head to to Keran, a village on the LOC overlooking PoK in the northern reaches of Kashmir.