Supercars & Imports : Kolkata

sabret00the · 15th December 2009, 11:56

Saw a grey Q5 at Park Circus connector and a Black X6 on Durgapur Bridge the other day.

OT: I was flabbergasted after seeing the X6's butt. I dont recall seeing a bigger or wider butt of any other automobile ever in my life. Just to clear my doubts is the Humvee's but even bigger and wider?

shamik.bose · 18th December 2009, 21:18

Spotted this italian beauty @ Ballygunge today! Don't know which model though!

Sorry for the crappy pictures. They really don't do justice. Very nice car it was!

meghan · 18th December 2009, 21:34

@shamik - Wow! Nice sighting
Looks like a Fiat X1/9 - designed by Bertone

shamik.bose · 18th December 2009, 21:37

Thanks meghan! It is indeed a fiat x1/9! Did see the bertone label! That's why i said italian! :P

AyAn! · 18th December 2009, 22:27

Nice spotting! Now that's a rarity in India,I must say.Was it kolkata registered?

shamik.bose · 18th December 2009, 22:37

No. It had a Gujarat Registration. GJ-19

IndrojitSircar · 18th December 2009, 22:47

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Originally Posted by shamik.bose

No. It had a Gujarat Registration. GJ-19

This car was originally in the gondal collection.This belongs to a dear freind and a client of my fathers.

agspins · 18th December 2009, 23:07

IIRC There was one black X1 in Orissa(Bhubneshwar)i think,it was even featured in some automag in 90's....Correct me if i am wrong.

shamik.bose · 18th December 2009, 23:35

@IndrojitSircar: Can we have some better pics please?

IndrojitSircar · 18th December 2009, 23:38

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Originally Posted by shamik.bose

@IndrojitSircar: Can we have some better pics please?

Yes you surely can but you will have to wait a bit till i'm back in calcutta not before that.Hope that's alrite?

shamik.bose · 18th December 2009, 23:41

Absolutely none brother!

IndrojitSircar · 18th December 2009, 23:43

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Originally Posted by shamik.bose

Absolutely none brother!

Thank you.I also have a full set of pictures of Babi nobis's collection but i'm sorry i can't share them with you as i have been strictly been asked not to share it with anyone or put them on the net.

v12 · 18th December 2009, 23:54

Nice pics shamik. A similar silver colored X1/9 was featured in Auto India in the 90's. The owner should have retained the original wheels, these aftermarket ones do not suit this car one bit.

shamik.bose · 18th December 2009, 23:56

It looked good in the flesh v12. And he had painted the brake calipers red!

speedy · 19th December 2009, 00:10

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Originally Posted by IndrojitSircar

This car was originally in the gondal collection.This belongs to a dear freind and a client of my fathers.

Indrojit was this car blue at first? A friend of mine in Bombay related to the Gondals had one in blue with Gujrat plates and then sold it to a relative in Bangalore and then rumour had it that Hema bhai picked it up from there. I have driven and been driven in the X19 when it was with my friend in Bombay when we were in college thats a good 10/12 years ago.

There are two X19's i know off and if this is not the same as my friends car then three now. One in Delhi (yellow), Bangalore (blue when it left Bombay) and Kolkata (yellow) each.

15th December 2009, 11:56	#691
sabret00the BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: YYC \| BLR \| CCU Posts: 692 Thanked: 55 Times View My Garage	Saw a grey Q5 at Park Circus connector and a Black X6 on Durgapur Bridge the other day. OT: I was flabbergasted after seeing the X6's butt. I dont recall seeing a bigger or wider butt of any other automobile ever in my life. Just to clear my doubts is the Humvee's but even bigger and wider?
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18th December 2009, 21:18	#692
shamik.bose Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 1,684 Thanked: 133 Times	Spotted this italian beauty @ Ballygunge today! Don't know which model though! Sorry for the crappy pictures. They really don't do justice. Very nice car it was! Attached Thumbnails
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18th December 2009, 21:34	#693
meghan BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mountain View Posts: 114 Thanked: 20 Times View My Garage	@shamik - Wow! Nice sighting Looks like a Fiat X1/9 - designed by Bertone
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18th December 2009, 21:37	#694
shamik.bose Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 1,684 Thanked: 133 Times	Thanks meghan! It is indeed a fiat x1/9! Did see the bertone label! That's why i said italian! :P
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18th December 2009, 22:27	#695
AyAn! Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Durgapur/Calcutta/Pune Posts: 2,169 Thanked: 869 Times	Nice spotting! Now that's a rarity in India,I must say.Was it kolkata registered?
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18th December 2009, 22:37	#696
shamik.bose Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 1,684 Thanked: 133 Times	No. It had a Gujarat Registration. GJ-19
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18th December 2009, 23:07	#698
agspins Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: MH-31 Posts: 1,653 Thanked: 508 Times View My Garage	IIRC There was one black X1 in Orissa(Bhubneshwar)i think,it was even featured in some automag in 90's....Correct me if i am wrong.
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18th December 2009, 23:35	#699
shamik.bose Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 1,684 Thanked: 133 Times	@IndrojitSircar: Can we have some better pics please?
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18th December 2009, 23:41	#701
shamik.bose Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 1,684 Thanked: 133 Times	Absolutely none brother!
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18th December 2009, 23:54	#703
v12 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 6,739 Thanked: 7,213 Times View My Garage	Nice pics shamik. A similar silver colored X1/9 was featured in Auto India in the 90's. The owner should have retained the original wheels, these aftermarket ones do not suit this car one bit.
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18th December 2009, 23:56	#704
shamik.bose Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 1,684 Thanked: 133 Times	It looked good in the flesh v12. And he had painted the brake calipers red!
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