Supercars & Imports : Kolkata

carlover84 · 18th January 2010, 12:25

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Originally Posted by planet_rocker

Nice Pics - i hope you took permission from the owner about posting these pics online on an open forum? Registration plates should have been blanked out IMO.

I have clicked these pics in a exhibition/Public Place not in his Private premisses, So I don't think I need to take permission....

MODS :- If you think I am right then keep this post or delete it, I will post a new
one again without the Plates....Cheers

//M · 18th January 2010, 17:11

Ah finally some good images of the black F430. Fantastic pics carlover. I remember seeing the black F430 near Alipur and regretted for not being able to snap it. Lucky you !!

shamik.bose · 18th January 2010, 17:41

This is great. Was it @ the Statesman Concourse? That's one hell of a collection! Great luck that you got to see them!

IndrojitSircar · 19th January 2010, 01:08

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Originally Posted by shamik.bose

This is great. Was it @ the Statesman Concourse? That's one hell of a collection! Great luck that you got to see them!

The Statesman Concourse is for only vintage and classic cars.However the tolly car show is a mix of vintage,classic and imports.I hope no offence .

shamik.bose · 19th January 2010, 08:30

No offence taken. Thanks for clearing it up! Cheers.

Sivasankar · 19th January 2010, 21:47

@carlover - great pictures there... good to see a black F430... does the owner of the 430 also collect classics?

IndrojitSircar · 20th January 2010, 01:06

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Originally Posted by Sivasankar

@carlover - great pictures there... good to see a black F430... does the owner of the 430 also collect classics?

Well he had a Jaguar mark II which was recently sold to a big collector.He has a 1971 VW beetle and owns half a Lagonda M45 in Delhi.The Jaguar used to be looked after by my dad.

vagu · 20th January 2010, 21:07

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Originally Posted by IndrojitSircar

owns half a Lagonda M45 in Delhi.

as in a very bad condition?? or is it something else

IndrojitSircar · 20th January 2010, 23:10

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Originally Posted by vagu

as in a very bad condition?? or is it something else

Good one.

No its not that, he and someone else have this car in partnership.Its perfectly complete and running.

speedy · 21st January 2010, 11:59

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Originally Posted by vagu

as in a very bad condition?? or is it something else

Not at all. The car was on display at the Cartier show in Mumbai. Two people had jointly bought the car, hence the Half ownership.

sabret00the · 22nd January 2010, 00:42

Saw a BMW M5 on the Park Circus - Science City connector today on my way to office. The car looks amazing in flesh. OSL Prestige was written at the bottom of the license plates. It was riding on ultra low profile very wide tires and it was sporting huge BMW rims (Could be 17").

While returing from office saw a silver grey Porsche Cayenne parked in a Chetla lane (near Desher Khabar). I was rather surprised to see that the owner had the guts to park the car on the open road in such a locality.

anish9000 · 22nd January 2010, 00:46

This is a regular 5 series with the M5 badge.

Pancham · 22nd January 2010, 00:55

You broke my heart anish. I seriously thought it was a M5 and that too in Kolkata. But how did you make out that it is not an original M5?
And regarding the Cayenne. Does it mean the city has a new Porsche?

v12 · 22nd January 2010, 01:25

A regular 5-series with M badging. Distinguishing features :

The M5 does not have rear reflectors on the bumpers.
The number plate recess is smaller and rectangular whereas the regular 5 series is wider and is trapezoid shaped.

anish9000 · 22nd January 2010, 02:16

@ Pancham : u got the answer above, apart from that, notice the cutout for the exhaust.
Dont know whether there is a new Cayenne but expensive SUV's sure are increasing in number.

18th January 2010, 17:11	#782
//M Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: New Delhi Posts: 6,202 Thanked: 22,921 Times	Ah finally some good images of the black F430. Fantastic pics carlover. I remember seeing the black F430 near Alipur and regretted for not being able to snap it. Lucky you !!
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18th January 2010, 17:41	#783
shamik.bose Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 1,684 Thanked: 133 Times	This is great. Was it @ the Statesman Concourse? That's one hell of a collection! Great luck that you got to see them!
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19th January 2010, 08:30	#785
shamik.bose Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 1,684 Thanked: 133 Times	No offence taken. Thanks for clearing it up! Cheers.
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Sivasankar BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chennai Posts: 915 Thanked: 301 Times	@carlover - great pictures there... good to see a black F430... does the owner of the 430 also collect classics?
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22nd January 2010, 00:42	#791
sabret00the BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: YYC \| BLR \| CCU Posts: 692 Thanked: 55 Times View My Garage	Saw a BMW M5 on the Park Circus - Science City connector today on my way to office. The car looks amazing in flesh. OSL Prestige was written at the bottom of the license plates. It was riding on ultra low profile very wide tires and it was sporting huge BMW rims (Could be 17"). While returing from office saw a silver grey Porsche Cayenne parked in a Chetla lane (near Desher Khabar). I was rather surprised to see that the owner had the guts to park the car on the open road in such a locality. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by sabret00the : 22nd January 2010 at 00:46.
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22nd January 2010, 00:46	#792
anish9000 BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kolkata Posts: 220 Thanked: 19 Times View My Garage	This is a regular 5 series with the M5 badge.
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22nd January 2010, 00:55	#793
Pancham Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Kolkata/NCR Posts: 1,756 Thanked: 2,652 Times	You broke my heart anish. I seriously thought it was a M5 and that too in Kolkata. But how did you make out that it is not an original M5? And regarding the Cayenne. Does it mean the city has a new Porsche? Last edited by Pancham : 22nd January 2010 at 00:56.
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22nd January 2010, 01:25	#794
v12 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 6,739 Thanked: 7,213 Times View My Garage	A regular 5-series with M badging. Distinguishing features : The M5 does not have rear reflectors on the bumpers. The number plate recess is smaller and rectangular whereas the regular 5 series is wider and is trapezoid shaped.
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22nd January 2010, 02:16	#795
anish9000 BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kolkata Posts: 220 Thanked: 19 Times View My Garage	@ Pancham : u got the answer above, apart from that, notice the cutout for the exhaust. Dont know whether there is a new Cayenne but expensive SUV's sure are increasing in number.
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