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Bijoy Kumar Y BUSINESS STANDARD

Hyundai is readying a VFM Pajero baiter. Oh, what a beast

The setting was not exactly fitting. Vasant Kunj in Delhi, even with Rajasthani dust hanging in the hot and still air, is not exactly Mermisk-la, the newest, highest motorable road up there somewhere in the Himalayas.

Yet I had no choice; the Hyundai Terracan was there to be driven and I had to see whether the low-ratios really worked. So I took a cautious detour from tarmac and headed for the closest mole-hill I could find.

In all probability, I was driving over some yet-to-be-unearthed ruins which dated back some 3,000 years.

 

The Korean invader was least puzzled though

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First Published: Jun 21 2003 | 12:00 AM IST

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