WHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF Maharashtra? That is a question that we intended to answer by touring this massive state in the compact and capable Hyundai Venue. Using a car equipped with the latest technology and design to experience history and culture, that’s almost poetic.
Unlike our choice of wheels, our choice of dates for this trip was far from ideal because we found ourselves in the middle of an early onset of monsoon with imminent alerts along the charted route. However, we were in a car that could handle the weather and, on that trust, we headed for Aurangabad with some rain and an open highway for company. On this stretch, the Venue munched miles effortlessly, the three-cylinder, turbo-petrol engine was in its element and delivered a steady wave