[A.K]

Originally Posted by wheeledwanderer

Wondering if it works this way - Buy expensive car, show loans and may be obtain tax benefits / rebates?

Interestingly, Shradhha Kapoor's car is registered to her personal name (as against a company/firm) and is purchased outright, without any loan/finance. Therefore, no benefits in terms of tax rebate in the form of depreciation or interest write-off is being claimed. I believe same is the case with Karthik Aryan's Urus, though his McLaren GT is a whole different tale.

[OffRoadFun]

A cruelty to the car which will probably never see a track!

[IamNikhil]

Originally Posted by A.K

Same is the case with Karthik Aryan's Urus, though his McLaren GT is a whole different tale.

As far as I remember, the McLaren GT was gifted to Kartik by Bhushan Kumar (T-Series) post the stupendous success of the film Bhool Bhulaiyya 2.

[A.K]

Originally Posted by IamNikhil

As far as I remember, the McLaren GT was gifted to Kartik by Bhushan Kumar (T-Series) post the stupendous success of the film Bhool Bhulaiyya 2.

Yes, exactly. The McLaren GT was a 'gift' but was registered to one of Bhushan Kumar's companies. So legally, the owner of the car is BK so that Karthik Aryan doesn't end up paying tax on the gift as the Indian IT Act taxes all gifts received exceeding the value of Rs. 50k from anyone who isn't a relative. Now what is interesting is if BK can claim tax benefits on the car since it is registered to his company -- depreciation on the asset? Maybe not since it is publicly a gift and isn't being used by his company per se. He's probably written it off as a business promotion expense. Same is the story with Om Raut's Ferrari F8 which was again gifted to him by BK. Apologies for going OT

[GTO]

Originally Posted by OffRoadFun

A cruelty to the car which will probably never see a track!

Not really. For someone who lives in Bombay, taking the car to the track is extremely inconvenient (truck it down to Buddh, logistics etc. etc.). If I owned a Supercar in Bombay and really wanted a track day, I'd enrol for one of the track days conducted by the luxury brands (like Porsche). Or go for one abroad.

Saif drives a Jeep Wrangler. No one asked him to go offroad, right? So why should we expect Shraddha to take her Lamborghini to the track & call it cruelty if she doesn't?

Frankly, these cars are a lot of F-U-N even if you don't track them. They are fun to ogle at, in your driveway. A damn piece of art! There is pride of ownership. The acceleration from 20 - 120 kmph will make a dead man giggle. A Lamborghini is fun to drive even on the empty Lonavla ghat early in the morning.

The point I'm making is, not every 911 Turbo owner has to drive his car at 9/10ths or 300 kmph to enjoy it, or justify it. Just like not every Wrangler owner has to take it hardcore offroading, a Hilux guy doesn't have to load up 500-kilos of cargo in the bed nor does a Hayabusa owner have to max out @ 140 kmph in 1st gear to justify his purchase. There is no "cruelty" in not doing that. To each his own .

Cars & Motorcycles are fun at any speed. 0 kmph...or 250 kmph. End of the day, I appreciate her enthusiasm and obvious love for cars. Every other female member of her fraternity buys a luxury SUV or Sedan...and here's an enthusiastic girl clearly living it up with a 2-door impractical sports car. We got to celebrate that as petrolheads.

Check out that smile!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP4Hwaojhuc

OT - look at her groove! And yes, she's sung a lot of movie songs herself. Till date, I never really liked Shraddha Kapoor, except for her moves in this song from Rock On 2. But now, after she bought a Lamborghini that's NOT a Urus, she's become one of my favourite bollywood actresses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHdsrhdHz-o

[ghodlur]

Originally Posted by GTO

The point I'm making is, not.and here's an enthusiastic girl clearly living it up with a 2-door impractical sports car. We got to celebrate that as petrolheads.

Check out that smile!

That engine growl even when idle is simply fantastic. I wish I could get a chance in my life time to drive one of these beauties but on an open road.

[ashis89]

Originally Posted by OffRoadFun

A cruelty to the car which will probably never see a track!

I wonder why is it a cruelty. Does BMW get to run at the Autobahn or every super bike owner take to the track? Does a tier 3/4 city dweller doesn’t deserve to buy a luxury German? Is every Thar running in Metro cities getting tortured? Is a German meant to be driven on farm lands? We don’t need to judge anyone what they do with their own money unless it is something illegal.

[fhdowntheline]

Yeah it is nice to see the actor drive her supercar rather than be seen driven around as is the perceived norm in Bollywood.

[vj123]

Originally Posted by OffRoadFun

A cruelty to the car which will probably never see a track!

One doesnt have to take a supercar to the track to enjoy it. Group drives with right bunch of people and roads are equally, if not more fun than track days.

Plenty of used performance cars across the globe are advertised by sellers that it has never been tracked as not everyone buy them for track days. Plenty of G wagons and Landrovers sold these days might never see a dirt road in their lifetime.

[RaghuVis]

Originally Posted by GTO

OT - look at her groove!

A rare petrolhead in the Hindi Film Industry!

Originally Posted by GTO

Till date, I never really liked Shraddha Kapoor, except for her moves in this song from Rock On 2. But now, after she bought a Lamborghini that's NOT a Urus, she's become one of my favourite bollywood actresses

Before making her a favorite, let us not forget that the same actress stood with a placard to stop cutting trees in Aarey for Metro and went on to give gyan about the environment and CO2 emissions. There was a tremendous delay in the Metro opening (still not open) because of these protests which is hurting normal middle class people for whom public transport is a lifeline.

Meanwhile the emissions of her car!

[A M]

Originally Posted by RaghuVis

A rare petrolhead in the Hindi Film Industry!


Before making her a favorite, let us not forget that the same actress stood with a placard to stop cutting trees in Aarey for Metro and went on to give gyan about the environment and CO2 emissions. There was a tremendous delay in the Metro opening (still not open) because of these protests which is hurting normal middle class people for whom public transport is a lifeline.

Meanwhile the emissions of her car!

I wrote about it in another post (that got deleted for being off-topic) but I'm saying it again. Being pro-environment does not mean you cannot enjoy the good things in life. Like the proverb goes, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Everyone's got to live a little. Maybe she planted a few trees to offset her carbon footprint. You never know!

[mayankk]

Love the fact that she's taken up ownership of the car as well!!

[RM Motorsports]

The "EverGreen" Anil Kapoor gets himself an Emerald Green Mercedes Benz Maybach S580.

[anjan_c2007]

A surprise switchover here from imports to a MG Gloster by Sunny Leone. Actress Sunny Leone recently shared her own woes, revealing that she lost three imported cars to heavy rains in Mumbai. Among the affected vehicles was her Mercedes-Benz 8-seater GL-Class.

Post these three losses, she decided to switch to an Indian car, the MG Gloster, and expressed her satisfaction with the change.

The imports:-

https://youtu.be/9VM4FkFVL9o?feature=shared

The new Gloster

https://youtu.be/v-Igu9GjgEA?feature=shared

Link :-

https://www.cartoq.com/sunny-leone-e...g-gloster-suv/

[VWAllstar]

Looks like BMW i7 is the hot favourite EV among the celebs. One can map professional progress of these celebs with the cars they own. In the case of EVs, upgrading from a Tata Nexon EV to BMW i7 would mean you are on path of "success"

PS: Link has few non Bollywood stars mentioned as well.

https://www.cartoq.com/famous-indian...andrasekharan/