I am going to enjoy those three drinks.
It's fine with you, right?
I don't think you can put that in the video but knowing me, that's fine, I'll drink it,
if it's free, I'll just drink it gladly.
Hey Cyrus, which is your favourite SUV in India?
Oh, the G63, simple.
Can we need a bit more normal?
Okay let me try, it's not possible, but okay, I'll answer that, the Thar, because it's got
three doors, three doors, I love it.
Maybe we should put it up against the Creta, will it be quicker?
That's a great idea because India's most popular SUV or more sought after SUV versus India's
most sold SUV and that's the magic of this because Signal 2 Signal presented by ACKO
Insurance gives us the chance to put up these two cars which wouldn't normally go up against
each other on a drag strip, on an airstrip, whatever you want to call it, flat out against
each other to see which one comes out on top.
Yes, because everybody loved the idea and only ACKO Insurance believed in it.
Okay, I am going to bet on the Thar.
Yeah, okay fine, I'll bet on the Creta then.
Let's go, let's see who's faster.
The Mahindra Thar, an off-road lifestyle vehicle that shocked us all by how quick it is by
destroying the Tata Safari on the drag strip.
And now this much loved SUV is back, back for round two, back to take on India's most
popular SUV in terms of sales, the Hyundai Creta.
Driving the Creta would be Ameya Dandekar from ZigWheels and don't tell him I said this
but he really is one of the best drivers in the auto journalist fraternity.
All right, time to race the Creta against the Thar, AC off, gearbox in sports mode,
I'll just line up properly.
3...2...1...go!
It's pretty much the same as the Safari, isn't it?
Oh, I'm catching up I'm catching up, I'm catching up!
Oh, this is close.
Oh, that was close, the Creta actually did not catch up quite at the end, for half a car's length behind though.
That was close wasn't it?
My start wasn't that great because it bogged down initially but I was really catching up
with...so, do I get another drink now?
I should have made that bet before we started.
You better have luck on your side because I'm ready for you this time, Cyrus.
You know who's on both our sides?
It's ACKO Insurance.
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Okay, cool cool cool, let's get back to racing.
Right now Ameya thinks that now that I'm in the Creta, if I get the launch bang on I have
a chance to win.
That was so close between this and the Creta, I'm sure if Cyrus gets the start right, that
can win it, it's just tricky to get that car off the line, that's the only problem.
3...2...1...go!
Oh, he's screwed up the start.
Oh he's catching up, he's catching up, he's coming, it's gonna be really close.
Oh my god, (inaudible)
What a close race this was.
No way, come on.
Dude, clearly you got a better start than me, I told you that car can beat this.
Actually I did not get a better start because I had huge wheel spin, but in the middle it
just caught up and went completely beserk.
So if you're saying you didn't get a good start, just imagine how bad my start was,
it's not like I'm changing gears myself, it's automatic transmission, right?
Yeah, but this thing really shows a whole bunch of power right in the mid range, it
just goes through, I still think that that's better, but no, since you've done a on one,
one-one rather, we'll do another one, but, I'm going to go back in the Thar now because
obviously that's the one I've chosen for this battle.
Okay, let's try.
All right, I'm gonna try a different technique now, I'm just gonna go on the throttle and
go off the brake straight away and not wait for the revs to build up because that way
the car is getting bogged down, let's see if that works.
Come on, come on, come on.
What the hell is happening?
Okay, I think none of the cars are really liking me today.
That's a victory and that's that.
I don't know what the hell I'm doing wrong.
Another very very close one, but I think it's safe to say, this one is the winner.
Or rather I've let the car down.
I am going to enjoy those three drinks...
It's fine with you right?
I don't think you can put that in the video.
But knowing me, yeah, it's fine, I'll drink it, if it's free I'll, just drink it gladly.
Mic drop, well technically, controller drop, but you know what, that's a race that I'd
been wanting to do for a very long time and you know what, ACKO Insurance made it possible.
Okay, it's not over yet, here's what you can expect in the next episode of Signal 2 Signal
presented by ACKO Insurance.
Look at that smile, look how happy he is, you know what's coming up?