India’s Car Story 25 Years into the New Millennium | Deep Drive Podcast Ep. 94 | Autocar India

Опубликовано 10 января 2026, 5:30

We've completed 25 years of the new century so it's a time as good as any to look back and reflect on how the Indian car market has evolved in the period. Hormazd Sorabjee - Editor, Autocar India - and Sergius Barretto - Managing Editor, Autocar India - go from past to present in this episode of the Autocar Deep Drive Podcast powered by Kotak Mahindra Prime.

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Chapters -
0:00 - Introduction
1:35 - How the car market has evolved
7:30 - India's road network
10:48 - Fuel prices
11:25 - Evolution of powertrains
17:02 - The EV story
20:20 - Automatic choice
21:55 - Rise of Indian carmakers
26:00 - The push for safety
28:30 - The carmakers that exited India
31:05 - The cars we loved (and hated)
35:15 - Carmakers that are struggling
37:40 - New players
39:35 - The next 25 years

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