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Porsche 911 takes on pothole-filled road in India, here's the truth behind viral clip
A video of a Porsche driving on a pothole-laden Indian road went viral, shocking auto enthusiasts on social media.
A video of a luxury Porsche 911 Carrera being driven on a pothole-filled Indian road has gone viral on social media, sparking a debate luxury vehicles in India. The video went viral after an auto enthusiast shared it on X, showing the expensive car maneuvering itself on the damaged road.
In the video, the car is seen traversing on a broken road filled with potholes. The low-slung car slowly drives over the potholes on the muddy road along an under-construction flyover. The car slowly drives on the side before it finally reaches a smooth path and picks up speed.
Truth behind viral clip
The video, which drew sharp reactions from social media users, alleged that the car's owner was struggling to drive it on the poor roads and even claimed that they paid “ ₹36 lakh in road tax just to drive this car on roads like this.”
However, the video was originally shot in collaboration with Porsche India to show how the car holds up against tough terrain. Automotive veteran and editor of evo India magazine, Sirish Chandran, was behind the wheel and shared the video on his Instagram account.
“Driving slowly is also a skill to be mastered if you want to survive in India. Testing its survival ability is exactly why we took the new 911 on a road trip through India. Result? Not one puncture. Not one scratch. Not one rattle. Not one warning light. We put the 911 Carrera through everything we could find from Delhi to Pune and she survived,” he wrote in the post.
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The video left many social media users in awe. “Driving in India is not for the faint hearted. It's like playing a video game with our lives at stake. Scary. But very Indian,” said one of them.
“Driving anything in India is not for beginners,” replied another user after Chandran stated in the video that driving a 911 in India “is not for beginners”.
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