Motorjournals by PSN Jr.

  Ninety-five thousand screaming fans, the deafening scream of 2.4-litre V8 engines tearing down a 1.06-kilometer straight, and Sebastian Vettel dropping to his knees to bow before his championship-winning Red Bull RB9 . For three brief years between 2011 and 2013, the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) in Greater Noida was the center of the global motorsport universe. And then, as quickly as the circus arrived, it vanished into thin air. Over the past decade, a lazy, revisionist narrative took root among casual observers: India simply wasn't a racing nation. Cricket rules all, ticket sales slumped, and the Indian audience didn't care enough to sustain a Formula 1 calendar slot. That explanation is as convenient as it is completely false. The hard truth nobody in bureaucratic corridors wants to admit is this: Formula 1 didn’t pack its bags and leave India because the grandstands were empty. It was suffocated by a lethal cocktail of bureaucratic hostility, predatory tax classifi...

  Green number plates, silent cabins, and 0– 100 km/h times that once belonged exclusively to Italian exotics — the performance EV revolution in India is well underway. Mass-market brands and luxury carmakers alike are churning out dual-motor setups and punchy single-motor crossovers that put absurd amounts of horsepower within reach of regular buyers. On paper, this democratisation of speed sounds fantastic. But in real-world Indian conditions, it is turning into a recipe for disaster. The hard truth nobody wants to acknowledge is this: most Indian drivers are simply not equipped to handle high-performance electric vehicles. We have spent decades mastering the forgiving, progressive power curves of naturally aspirated hatchbacks and turbocharged diesels. Swapping that muscle memory overnight for sub-5-second hyper-acceleration without proper orientation is why we are seeing a spike in avoidable EV crashes across our cities and highways. The Muscle Memory Trap To understand why...

Earlier this week in Thane’s Panchpakhadi area, a Tata Sierra test‑drive vehicle crashed through roadside barricades, hit an autorickshaw and two two‑wheelers, and plunged into an under‑construction pit nearly 20 feet deep.  The SUV was reportedly being driven by a woman customer with a relative and a dealership staff member on board. Incredibly, all three survived with injuries described as non‑life‑threatening — a result of timely airbag deployment, proper seatbelt use, and a strong safety shell that kept the cabin largely intact. It was a frightening accident, but also a powerful real‑world validation of how advanced safety engineering saves lives. ▪️How Fast Was It Going? Eyewitness videos show the SUV accelerating rapidly before clipping vehicles and breaking through multiple barricades. While no official speed figures have been shared, the sequence of impacts tells a clear story: the car was moving too fast for a narrow, crowded lane near a construction site. Driving isn’t ju...