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Audi Q7

June 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Saw this near Pedder Road.

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Black Bentley

June 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Saw this beauty at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse in Bombay.

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Porsche showroom in Mumbai

June 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment

For the past several weeks I’ve noticed some work being done to a building near Kemps Corner. I figured it would be another lame clothing store but today I drove by and saw them putting up the signage for Porsche. The last letter “e” was put up first, I’ll take some pics next [...]

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Phantoms and Phones

May 31st, 2007 · 2 Comments

The Ruia brothers Shashi and Ravi run the Essar Group which is a USD 4 billion diversified group. Lately, they have been getting a lot of attention for their telecommunications portfolio. First, was the drawn out battle for Hutch and whether they would stay - there are. Secondly, the have entered the retail [...]

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Acura NSX in Bombay

March 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Just saw my first Acura NSX in Bombay and it almost brought a tear to my eye.

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Cars around Bombay

March 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Finally getting around to posting some car pics. The SL500 and 7 series were spotted on Carmichael Road. The Range Rover near Nariman Point and the Bentley on Warden Road. The 540 ain’t nothing special except the fact it is owned by the world’s 86th richest person, also spotted on Carmichael Road.
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A Tale of Two Ferrari’s

April 27th, 2006 · No Comments

Disclaimer: For you Ferrari fans this tale ends very badly where both Ferrari’s get f’d up. As many of you know several months ago there was an Enzo that was wrecked in Southern California and it opened up a pandora’s box for Stefan Eriksson. Just yesterday one of his buddies, Carl Freer, was arrested. Could [...]

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Carsolidation

April 13th, 2006 · No Comments

During the early 1900’s hundreds of car companies existed. Although, it seems there are many choices and many nameplates they are controlled by a handful of car conglomorates. I decided to put together a list of brands and their owners. The list is focused on the US market and does not include companies such as [...]

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2007 Mercedes Benz S Class

February 25th, 2006 · No Comments

The 9th generation S class was recently released, the 2007 S550 delivers 382 horsepower and 391 lb.-ft. of torque. The new S550, starts at USD 85,400 in the US and will start arriving in showrooms during February. To compare the Indian market to the US, in 2005 Mercedes sold 2019 cars in India. Fletcher [...]

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Only in LA LA Land

February 24th, 2006 · No Comments

Former Gizmondo executive Stefan Eriksson crashed his USD 1,000,000 Ferrari Enzo into a light pole and split it in two, while driving on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Cali. There are only 400 of these babies made, so I can only imagine the others will increase in price. But, here is where the Hollywood [...]

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