The Road Rises: Cars That Refuse to Bow Down
In Bhubaneswar, where the sky can fall without warning and the earth grows restless beneath the wheels, a car must be more than a machine. It must be a companion. A creature with a spine tall enough to clear the cracks in the road and a soul light enough to dream. They call it ground clearance. But it’s more than numbers etched into brochures. It’s a story of resilience written in steel and suspension. A declaration that some vehicles were never meant to hug the earth—they were made to rise above it. The Mahindra Thar—a storm caught in stillness, 226 mm of rebellion on rubber. It doesn’t drive, it prowls. The Tata Safari, soft-spoken but firm, with 205 mm of unwavering grace. The Hyundai Creta and Kia Seltos follow, like twin silhouettes on the horizon—190 mm of unshakable urban defiance. And towering above them, the Toyota Fortuner—225 mm of quiet strength, like a monk who meditates on mountains. But what of the car that stumbles? The one that winces at every pothole, sighs over ev...