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Sunday Drive by Hormazd Sorabjee: Legal@300

Aug 22, 2021 08:33 AM IST

The NATRAX facility outside Indore is a marvel of civil engineering where cars can safely and legally be tested to beyond 300 kph

Not since the Mumbai-Pune expressway was opened over 20 years ago have I been so excited about a road. But this is no ordinary road. It’s the only one of its kind in India and a marvel of civil engineering. Get this: 11.3 km of freshly-laid tarmac, four lanes wide and smooth as velvet; a pair of 2 km-long straights which have zero change in gradient and linked by two 2.6 km-long ‘parabolic’ or banked curves; 23 kilometres of fencing seal of this high-speed bowl.

The Mercedes AMG GTR is powered by a fire breathing 585 hp twin-turbo V8
The Mercedes AMG GTR is powered by a fire breathing 585 hp twin-turbo V8
The high-speed track is so well-engineered that 100 kph feels you’re crawling, 200 kph is like a gentle jog and 300 kph is like a steady cruise
The high-speed track is so well-engineered that 100 kph feels you’re crawling, 200 kph is like a gentle jog and 300 kph is like a steady cruise
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    Hormazd Sorabjee is one of the most senior and much loved auto journalists in India, and is the editor of Autocar India.

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