The arrival of a Politician is not difficult to discover because most of the times they travel along with a  fleet of cars which generally comprises of SUVs. Just like other politicians, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin who has an affinity for cars, was recently seen with two brand new SUVs when he was visiting the flood-affected areas of Chennai. The new cars were Land Rover Defender cars.

Both the Land Rover Defender SUVs being used by CM Stalin were the Defender 110 SE variant, which were registered in August and October 2021, respectively, according to the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways’ Vahan portal. The Land Rover Defender SUVs are worth ₹1.12 crore each.

The Chief Minister has an affinity towards SUVs like these and already has other notable SUVs like a white-coloured Range Rover and a black-coloured Lexus LX 470 in his collection.

(With inputs from GQ India)

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Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Prakash Javadekar today inaugurated NATRAX- the High Speed Track(HST) in Indore which is the longest such track in Asia. NATRAX, developed in an area of 1000 acres of land  , is a one stop solution for all sorts of high speed performance tests for widest categories of vehicles from 2 wheelers to heavy tractor trailers

High-Speed Track is the heart of any proving ground for the auto sector. Today, inaugurated the longest high-speed track in Asia at Indore.

A proud moment for India and a key initiative in realising PM Shri @narendramodi 's vision of #AatmaNirbharBharat pic.twitter.com/lTnaz0ppQv

— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) June 29, 2021

Speaking at the e-inauguration of the world class 11.3 km High Speed Track, Javadekar stated that India is destined to become a hub of automobiles, manufacturing, and spare parts. The Minister said, we are fast moving towards an ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat’ and all round efforts are being made in this direction. He said, his ministry is committed to fulfil Prime Minister’s dream of ensuring that India becomes a hub of auto manufacturing. He said, expanding automobiles and manufacturing industries will help generate the employment.

The Minister further said that projects in railways, highways and waterways which were languishing for years are today getting completed because of the strong political will.

The NATRAX centre has multiple test capabilities like measurements of maximum speed, acceleration, constant speed fuel consumption, emission tests through real road driving simulation, high speed handling and stability evaluation during manoeuvred such as lane change, high speed durability testing, etc. and is a Centre of excellence for Vehicle Dynamics.

HST is used for measuring the maximum speed capability of high-end cars like BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Tesla and so forth which cannot be measured on any of the Indian test tracks.Being centrally located in Madhya Pradesh, it is accessible to most of the major OEMs. Foreign OEMs will be looking at NATRAX HST for the development of prototype cars for Indian conditions . At present, foreign OEMs go to their respective high speed track abroad for high speed test requirements.

It is one stop solution for all sorts of high speed performance tests, being one of the largest in the world. It can cater to widest category of vehicles; say from two wheelers to the heaviest tractor trailers.Vehicle can achieve max speed of 375 Kmph on curves with steering control and it has less banking on ovals making it also one of the safest test track globally.

(Published from PIB)

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