Founded in October 2007, the Force India team hasn't fared too well in the world of split second timing. What originally used to be the Spyker F1 team, now bought by Kingfisher tycoon Vijay Mallya and Jan and Michael Mol of Volmac and Media Republic is a team that represents the dreams of a billion people. however, the success that these two have seen in their own empires is a far cry from the Force India venture.



The first car was called the VJM-01 after Vijay Mallya himself and the second is to be called VJM-02. The VJM-02 will be powered by a Mercedes Benz engine and also haveMcLaren-Mercedes gearboxes, new hydraulic systems and the all new Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS). This of course seems to be the ray of hope for both the team and the fans. But as of now there's no telling any outcome in Formula One.


The gameplan is set for the next season and the Force India team is banking on Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil to tear up the racetracks and win the team a podium position.

Why buy a new car?

There is a well known cliché that says, ‘never lend your wife or your car’. Now clichés are clichés because they are true. In this case the truth lies in the subjectivity of the statement; if you subject it to assimilated ownership and practicality i.e. Thus in retrospect, cars have achieved the status of life partners for men. A man and his car are almost as inseparable as a honeymooning couple. The newness of the leather, the factory finish, the virgin gloss of the metallic paint and the slightly detuned engine, all add to the novelty of the experience and sparks off the beginning of what could possible be a life – long relationship. It’s almost like discovering another human.

The advantage of course is that a car doesn’t talk back or turn around to slap you in the face. Instead it labours, sometimes with effort, for years on end, sputtering every now and then while craving for attention but not until a good ten years are done and the clocks have looped from the mileage. And it’s not just the reliability of the machine but the very feel of the matrix of moving parts that does something fantastical to our senses. Apart from the excessive adrenaline being pumped into your veins at higher speeds, just the sheer soft and steady locomotion of the automobile with you in it, lends to life an experience that was necessarily absent around a hundred years ago.

The introduction of a moving box on wheels must surely have bemused our mustached and bespectacled grandfathers and the engineers that lived then, gave fruition to the vision of a few. It started in the most humble form and has grown in sophistication and utility through the decades. From a rickety spine deforming carriage to a climate controlled, self aware (GPS) legion of horses. The car as we know it has come a long way and we often take for granted that which was once considered a device of the future.