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Hyundai Motor India has showcased the Ioniq 5 electric vehicle at the 2024 India Couture Week (ICW), making a statement of style and innovation.

This also marks Hyundai's second consecutive partnership with the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) for the prestigious ICW. With this collaboration, the carmaker aims to position its EV as a premium product, which combines the goodness of technology and design.

ICW is taking place between July 24-31 at the Taj Palace, New Delhi. It will feature collections from 14 esteemed Indian couturiers like Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla, Amit Aggarwal, Gaurav Gupta Couture and JJ Valaya, among others.

The Rolls-Royce Cullinan and the Cullinan Black Badge have received a big facelift! Now known as the Cullinan Series II and Cullinan Black Badge Series II, here are the key talking points:

EXTERIOR

🔸Redesigned front fascia: New lighting, tall DRLs, illuminated pantheon grille (a first for the Cullinan).

🔸Profile: A new feature line leading from the taillight forwards to the centre of the floating ‘RR’ centre caps on the rear wheel, updated lower valance surfaces finished in high-gloss black, bigger 23-inch wheels (a first for the Cullinan).

🔸Rear: each exhaust surround is finished in mirror-finish stainless steel; a new brushed stainless-steel protective plate runs between the exhausts.

🔸New paint option: Emperador Truffle with a bespoke ‘Crystal Over’ finish, a lacquer infused with glass particles.

INTERIOR

🔸A new pillar-to-pillar glass-panel fascia in the upper portion of the dashboard

🔸The redesigned instrument cluster and a new central infotainment screen run the SPIRIT operating system, first seen on the Spectre.  

🔸Connect up to two streaming devices to the rear screens. Any type of Bluetooth headphones can be paired with the rear seat infotainment system (a first for the Cullinan).

🔸A new ‘Spirit of Ecstasy’ Clock Cabinet on the passenger side of the fascia

BLACK BADGE

🔸Unique Black Badge exterior coachwork and interior details

"No matter if the front grille has the aesthetics of a brick – its mahoosive size has its power of attraction, it seems. And the same can be said about the car in general too. It rides on huge 22-inch wheels, measures 5.1 metres in length and is nearly two metres wide! So, rest assured, if you end up with the LX, be ready to garner attention like the Kardashians." - Divyank Kushagra Bansal

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Lexus India

Aston Martin’s V8 contender got a major refresh just a couple of months ago, and now it has reached our shores with an uber-cool base price of ₹3.99 crore (ex-showroom, excluding customisations). Here are a few of its highlights:

🔸665PS/800Nm from the Mercedes-sourced 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine, with perfect 50:50 weight distribution

🔸Top speed of 325km/h, 0-96.5km/h in 3.4 seconds

🔸It gets Active Vehicle Dynamics, Bilstein DTX adaptive dampers, Electronic Rear Differential, and AML-specific 21-inch Michelin Pilot S 5 tyres.