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Recently someone asked me if I collected anything. I replied I didn't and pondered on this for a while until it hit me that I have the habit of collecting the list of cars and bikes I have ridden and driven in my young 8 years of driving experience.

This list is my effort on persuading people to let me drive their cars, riding 400 km just to drive an old Jeep for 20 km, pursuing some friends for days/months together, test drives, road trips, and last but not the least, my passion for driving.

With no association to any automotive media apart from our own forum, I am rather proud of this list since it has taken years of effort on my come across these many models of vehicles, brands and variants.

This list contains all the vehicles which I have ridden/driven myself and not just sit as a passenger. Between my dad and I, we own the following vehicles:
1. 2001 Maruti Zen VX
2. 1995 Maruti 800
3. 2018 Maruti Swift LXi
4. 2013 Toyota Fortuner 4WD
5. 2012 Honda CBR250R
6. 2014 Royal Enfield Classic Chrome 500
7. 2019 Royal Enfield Interceptor 650
8. 2015 Piaggio Vespa
9. 2007 Honda Dio

Apart from the above:

Top 3 Favorite cars:
1. Ford Fiesta: I have driven cars like the older gen. BMW 3 and 5 series and still rate the Fiesta on top for the widest smile per buck that I have ever had.
2. Maruti Swift Zxi/Zdi: I am yet to drive a hatchback like the GTi or the Mini but amongst my list, the previous gen Swift tops my favorites for being so involving to drive. I have driven all the generations and infact own the current gen model.
3. Mercedes Benz GL450(1st Gen): I love big SUVs and in IMHO this is the mother of all SUVs. The sheer size and presence have made this my poster car and would love to own the GLS63 AMG some day.

Top 3 Favorite bikes:
1. Royal Enfield Himalayan: Surprise surprise! I have heard almost all the horror stories WRT the Himalayan including the recently notorious pic of the bike breaking in half. However, when this bike works, it is one of the most fun bikes I have been on. The stance, the engine, the suspension, all of them come together to make a bike that I never thought RE could pull off.
2. KTM 390 Duke: For sheer fun for the least moola, there is probably no other bike that comes closer to this. I hate their reliability and would probably never own one but I would never say no to a chance of riding one.
3. Bajaj Chetak: Cheap thrills. No better way to put this.


I do have a list of least favorites and uninvolving vehicles but I wouldn't want to hurt any member's feelings and hence refrain from sharing the same.
In any case, the list is just my opinion and do not mean to hurt anyone.

The reason for sharing this thread is that I wanted to know if anyone else maintains such a list and I would love to go through it.

Note: 1. Admins, please remove the thread if deemed irrelevant.
2. Please feel free to ask variants and details if any since the list might miss out some of these.

An excellent thread idea, thanks for sharing! Here is a related thread - how many km in total have you driven?

Thanks to Team-BHP, I am fortunate enough to drive every new car that is launched in India, and then some more (due to travels, friends etc.).

In total since the '90s, I have easily driven over 500 cars :). In the last 6 months alone, I have driven:

- Mercedes E63S AMG
- BMW M5
- Porsche Cayman
- Chevrolet Corvette
- Audi E-Tron
- Tesla Model 3
- Range Rover LWB
- Mercedes GLE-Class
- MG Hector
- Hyundai Venue
- Maruti Ciaz 1.5L D
- Honda Civic
- Ford Endeavour Facelift
- Ford Figo Facelift
- New Maruti WagonR
- Tata Harrier
- Mahindra XUV300
- Toyota Camry Hybrid
- Honda CR-V
- Audi Q5
- Audi A3
- And more...

In the next 8 weeks, I have the following lined up:
- Compass Trailhawk
- Kia Seltos
- Hyundai Kona
- Maruti XL6
- And some more...

Life is good :D. I hit the highway about three times / month.

My List

1. Premier Padmini.
2. Maruti 800
3. Honda Civic.
4. Hyundai Verna.
5. Hyundai Elantra (test drive).
6. Hyundai Creta (test drive).
7. Maruti Scross (test drive).
8. Toyota Yaris (test drive).
9. Suzuki Swift (2019).

If you remove the test driven cars it would be just a few no.

My list (excludes test drives but includes rentals)

1) Premier Padmini (learnt driving from a driving school)
2) Maruti 800
3) Ambassador
4) Premier118 NE (the above three belonged to my parents)
5) Maruti Omni (was the pool car for a friend’s chummery)
6) Maruti Zen (my first car)
7) Honda City Gxi (The dolphin shaped)
8) Hyundai Getz
9) Skoda Superb 1.8 TSi DSG
10) Mercedes B180
11) Mercedes C200 (both rental cars in the UK in 2010)
12) Dodge Grand Caravan
13) Toyota Camry (Rentals in the USA in 2011 - my first left hand drive driving experience)
14) Volkswagen Vento 1.6 MPI AT (one of our two current cars)
15) Volvo S80 (rental in the USA in 2013- did California Route 1 in this car)
16) Volvo V70 (rental in Germany in 2014 - touched 190 kph for the first time in this car - yes, it was legal and was overtaken by others at that speed)
17) Audi Q5
18) Mitsubishi Outlander (both rentals in Australia in 2016)
19) Mercedes E220d (rental in the UK in 2017)
20) BMW X3 20d (my main current car)
21) Hyundai Sonata (rental in USA in 2018)
22) Infiniti QX 60 (rental in USA in 2018 - did the Blue Ridge Drive on this one)
23) Mercedes E450AMG (rental in Germany in 2019 - my top speed - 200 kph)
24) BMW X2 18i (rental in Spain in 2019)

Not a bad list.

Have test driven a much larger number of cars.

I have driven a large number of cars over the years, in various countries. The number of rentals I have had over the years is quite staggering. Bit of a blur, especially the American cars, can not tell them apart.

Can not remember them all, (or even some of the correct model designations) but here goes:

VW Beetle (original one), Golf, Polo, Touran, Passat, Sirocco, transporter
Peugeot 404, 504, 208
Opel Ascona, Commodere, Manta, Rekord, Omega, Kadet
Renault 4, 25, 18, Espace
Jeep Cherokee, Grand Cherokee,
Alfa Romeo, Sud, 33, 146, 156, 166, Spider (all version), 2600
Volvo, 340, 360, 700-series, V70, 40, 60, 90, Amazon
DKW 1100
Citroen 2CV, Xantia, DS
Simca, 1100, Rally 2
Daf 66
Datsum 120Y
Dodge Challenger
Audi, 60, 80, A4, A6, A8, Quattro
BMW 2002, 1602, 5-series various, 6 series, 7 series
Landrover, series 1 & 2, Discovery, various Range Rovers
Corvetter 64
Ford, Fiesta, Ka, Sierra (all models) Mondeo (all models) Focus, Transit, Capri, Taunus, Escort
Jaguar, various XJ series 1-3, XJR, XK8, F, XE, mk2
Triumph, TR3, 4, 5, 250, 6, 7, Stag
Porsche 356, 911, Panamera
Honda Civic
MGB, MGC
Mini
Austin Allegro, Maestro
Fiat, 124, 132, X19, Miafiori, 850 Ritmo
Chrysler Voyager Neon
Lancia Beta, Kappa, Thesis
Mazda 323, 626. MX5
Mercedes, W123, 200 series, E class
Rover 600
Saab 900, 9000
Skoda Octavia,
Suzuki Alto Ignis
Toyota Corolla, land cruiser, Prius
Wiesman, GT
Tesla model 3,
NSU Ro 80
Jensen Healy
Reliant Robin
Willy
Nekaf Jeep

Jeroen

Not many but been happy with almost every car that I had (never had any petrol motor)

- Ford Escort 1.8 LX (Purchased as CKD immediately after the Mahindra Ford JV in India. Still with us after completing 2,40,000 km)
- Tata Indica DLS (Beater car from 2003 onwards, completed 1,15,000 km before it was sold out to Fiat dealership in exchange of Punto)
- Hyundai Verna (From 2008 onwards until it got stolen in 2016. Served me well for about 78,000 km)
- Fiat Punto Emotion (Beater car after Indica serving me from 2013. Going strong at 80,000 km)
- Ford Ecosport TDCi (Replacement of Verna. Munching miles since 2016)

:)

My list in chronological order:

1. Mahindra MM540
2. Mahindra CJ 500
3. Maruti Esteem
4. Maruti Alto
5. Tata Indica
6. HM Ambassador
7. Maruti Dzire
8. Maruti Swift
9. Tata Nano XTA
10. Maruti Gypsy
11. Mahindra XUV 500

My list in no order as such

1. Tata Indica Vista, Nexon, Hexa, Tigor JTP
2. Mercedes Benz C 200 K, E220d
3. Jaguar XE, XF, XJ, F-Pace and F-Type (At an experience drive event)
4. Range Rover Sport (Different experience event)
5. Toyota Glanza AT and Corolla Quest AT

@Jeroen, I have to ask. Did you roll this car at any point? (Top Gear anyone? :uncontrol)

My first driving experience was on MM540 in 1985, few are TD's done for others and many are owned by others. A list of all vehicles driven by me are

1. MM 540, everyone called it as a Jeep.
2. Maruti 800
3. Maruti Alto
4. Maruti Wagon R
5. Maruti Swift
6. Maruti Ritz
7. Maruti Ertiga
8. Chevy Spark
9. Chevy UVA
10. Chevy BEAT
11. Chevy SAIL UVA
12. Chevy Enjoy
13. Hyundai Santro
14. Hyundai i10
15. Hyundai i20
16. Hyundai Accent
17. Hyundai Grand X-cent
18. Hyundai Grand i10
19. Tata Vista
20. Tata Indica
21. Tata Nexon
22. Tata Hexa
23. Fiat Punto
24. Fiat Linea
25. Skoda Fabia
26. Skoda Rapid
27. Ford Fiesta
28. Ford Figo
29. Ford Ecosport
30. Renault Duster
31. Renault Pulse
32. Nissan Micra
33. Nissan Terrano
34. Mahindra XUV5OO
35. Mahindra TUV
36. Mahindra Verito
37. Honda WR-V

My List is as below
Cars I have owned:
1. Fiat Palio
2. Ford Figo
moved to USA
3. Nissan Murrano
4. Toyota Camry
5. Honda Odeyssey
6. Toyota Rav4
7. Toyota 4Runner TRD Offroad - Best I ever owned :D
moved back to India
8. Renault Kwid AMT (current car for short runs)
9. Renault Duster (daily driver)

Other than the above
While I was in USA
1. Ford Fusion
2. Chevrolet Impala
3. Jeep Grand Cherokee
4. Dodge Charger (300 hp) - Friend's
5. Dodge Charger (Black Edition) - Friend's
6. Nissan Altima
7.Jeep Wrangler 2 door
and many more.

Now this post is making me feel like going back to States. stupid:

Wow people have driven a lot of cars on this forum. My list is rater small
1. Opel Astra
2. Fiat Palio
3. Honda Brio
4. Hyundai xcent
5. I10
6. Swift
7. Nexon

Not counting test drive here.

I started penning down my list and it was fun. Starting from Premier Padmini and ending at TD of Kia Seltos. It's a very very long list between Padmini and Seltos. I am fortunate enough to drive almost all kind of cars including some of the supercars. I am sorry but I don't have the patience to recall and write down all the cars.

Mahindra MM 540
Mahindra Scorpio
Maruti 800
Maruti Alto
Maruti Esteem
Ford Fiesta
Maruti Zen
Ford Ecosport
Toyota Innova
BMW 7 series
Toyota MR2
Toyota Corolla
Nissan Sentra
Toyota Landcruiser
Jimny/Shogun (can't remember which it was)
Kia Rio
Audi A4
Land Rover Discovery
Honda Civic
Maruti Baleno
Toyota Celica
Toyota Camry
Fiat Panorama
Datsun pickup (don't know the model)
Hyundai Accent
Maruti Omni
Renault Duster
Ambassador
VW Golf
Willys Jeep (1950's model)
Mahindra CJ 500
Hyundai Verna
Hyundai Eon
Fiat Punto

Am sure there are some cars I am forgetting

How does one ever forget that episode?

https://youtu.be/QQh56geU0X8

I'll never forget the moment in it when Clarkson rolls it over and goes - "I'm fifty years old and I'm lying by the side of the road!" lol:

Here is my list, excluding test drives

Fiat Linea T-Jet
Cheverlot Spark
Maruti Swift Vdi
Maruti Ritz
Ford Figo 1.4 TdCi
Ford Figo Aspire 1.5 TdCi
Ford Ecosport-Ecoboost
Honda City 1.5 iVTEC
Honda Brio
Hyundai Creta 1.6 CRDi
Hyundai i20 1.4 CRDi
Mahindra XUV500
Mahindra Bolero
BMW Mini
Range rover