From sport compact to compact utility

The Ford Puma is back! And…it’s a Compact Utility Vehicle, or a CUV. But why? Wasn’t it a slightly under-appreciated, technically
9 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Automophiles Bangladesh Meet

This meet was arranged by Automophiles Bangladesh, which was formed by Senett Rahman, Mushfique Elahi, Samir Sakir, Al Shahriar
9 July 2019, 18:00 PM

2020 Audi Q7 refresh

Audi has decided to drag the slightly aging Q7 into another few years before a full re-do is implemented. The 5 or 7-seater SUV has been in production for a while now, tracing its roots back to 2003’s Pikes Peak Quattro concept, and the rest of Audi’s dynamic range seems to have left it behind a little bit.
2 July 2019, 18:00 PM

AUST team building car to compete in Formula Student UK

Team Primus, a student engineering team composed of 28 members from varying disciplines at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), is preparing to place an entry into Formula Student UK (FSUK), a motorsport competition for engineering students worldwide.
2 July 2019, 18:00 PM

A love letter to the Land Rover Defender

What makes the Land Rover One-Ten/Defender such a sensation world-wide? For the most part, it’s an old hat of a car— impractical and cumbersome. It’s adorned with wonky, serrated plastic bits and bobs that threaten to inflict gashes on your body.
2 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi drivers get 1-2 position at VW Ameo Cup

History was made at Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore, India, when FIA licensed Bangladeshi racers Avik Anwar and Aiman Sadat finished in a 1-2 position at the 2019 Volkswagen Ameo Cup on 23rd June.
25 June 2019, 18:00 PM

VW Club Bangladesh celebrates Beetle Day

VW Club Bangladesh celebrates Beetle Day
25 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Budget Daily: 1991 Toyota X81 Cressida

The Toyota Mark II has a long and storied past. Initially introduced as a mid-size sedan to cater to the emerging class of business owners and company executives in Japan—slotting neatly below the larger, more luxurious flagship model that is the Crown.
25 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Narayanganj local builds “Lamborghini”

“I had dreamt of buying a motorbike, but couldn’t due to fear of road accidents and lack of funds. But I did not let my dream of
18 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Return Of The King?

Return Of The King?
18 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Integration theory: 1991 Honda Integra DA

When Honda Motor Company expanded to North America as American Honda Motor Co. Inc. in Los Angeles in 1959, they made history
18 June 2019, 18:00 PM

BMW brings back lost Garmisch concept

BMW has decided to bring back the Garmisch concept, a design study from Bertone that was originally debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in 1970.
28 May 2019, 18:00 PM

The passing of a phoenix: Rest in peace, Niki Lauda

From 1971 to 1985, the world of Formula 1—the pinnacle of motorsport and automotive technology—was graced by the presence of Niki Lauda.
28 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Butter smooth performance: 1991 Toyota Mark II X81

It’s a rare moment when a locally built project car leaves everyone on the Shift team in utter awe—having seen countless hack jobs and botched builds over six years of sourcing Bangladeshi enthusiast builds, we’ve pretty much seen the entire spectrum of what is possible with the unique constraints placed on project car owners in the country. This is one of those moments.
28 May 2019, 18:00 PM

The Rolls Royce Cullinan for the tasteless and rich – Mansory Billionaire

Take the most offensive Rolls Royce ever made, hand it over to the masters of botching up perfectly fine cars, and what you get is the Mansory Billionaire—a lumbering monstrosity based on the Rolls Royce Cullinan.
21 May 2019, 18:00 PM

FWD Tofu run: Toyota AE91 Trueno

On May 1983, the world got the latest version of one of the most iconic sports cars from Toyota’s stable—a plucky, lightweight, chuck-able (albeit underpowered) two door coupe based on their best-selling sedan, the Corolla/Sprinter.
21 May 2019, 18:00 PM

All the Initial D Truenos

If you’re a fan of Initial D, you will want at least one model car sitting on your desk. The simplest and relatively inexpensive is the Dream Tomica AE86 Trueno.
21 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Riders on the storm – AR Underground

Braving a cyclone to attend a car meet is no small feat. Yet, dedicated auto enthsuasists of the country showed up to Jamuna Future Park to attend Auto Rebellion Underground, a car meet featuring the cream of the crop of the car scene despite Cyclone Fani bearing down on them.
14 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Kawasaki Z125PRO

A motorcycle gets hit by a laser beam from Wayne Szalinski’s electromagnetic device and shrinks. But unlike his kids, it does not shrink to a quarter of an inch, which would have made a great collectible in its own right. Instead, it becomes the Kawasaki Z125, which is less science fiction
14 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Spanners in the works—how labour unrests shaped the auto industry as we know it today

Since the early days of the automobile, the importance of skilled labour was readily understood by the pioneers of the industry and in most cases, exploited.
7 May 2019, 18:00 PM