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I really like to sleep till late on a Sunday morning. The only time I am willing to give up on sleep is either when I am going for my motorcycle ride, or for an auto event. Last Sunday was spent at the Modern Classic Car Rally 2023 which was jointly organised by Autocar, Vredestein Tyres, Gulf Oil & Autoglym. The event was hosted at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Mumbai, where it all started.

This thread is all about pictures. Pictures of some classics, some modern classics & some vintage cars. Enjoy the visual treat!

It is always a good idea to start a show out in the open, in Mumbai, early in the day:


I have a habit to reach before time. It gives me extra time to sip a cup of coffee peacefully:


But soon, it started to get sunny...


...and crowded:


And this is how it looked before the rally was flagged off:


The turnout was impressive.

Jaguar E-Type

The older it gets, the better it looks!






Citroen DS

French styling at its best:








Hummer

The war veteran:

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BMW 3 Series

The evergreen E30:


E36:


E46:


E21:


Audi 100

This is probable the one car that made Audi a household name in India:


BMW 5-Series

E39 M5:


Audi RS4



Chevrolet Corvette

C4:


Lexus SC430



Mercedes-Benz SEC





Nissan Patrol



Alfa Romeo 2000 Berlina



Alfa Romeo Giulia



VW Golf



Mercedes-Benz SLK



Mazda MX-5



Mercedes-Benz SL

R107:


R129:


Saab 9-3 convertible



Mercedes-Benz W124 Coupe



Toyota Town Ace



Audi TT



Toyota Sera



Nissan 300ZX



Ferrari Mondial Quattrovalvole



Nissan Skyline GT-R



Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe



Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

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Bentley Brooklands



Aston Martin DBS



Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph



Jaguar XJ40



Pontiac Firebird Trans AM

4th-gen:


2nd-gen:


MG Midget 1500



Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda



Ford Mustang





Mitsubishi Pajero



Land Rover Defender 110



Toyota Land Cruiser J80



Range Rover



Toyota 4Runner



Ford F150



Chevrolet Caprice



Mercedes-Benz SL

R107:


R129:


Mercedes-Benz SEC



Honda S2000



Nissan Patrol



Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG



Mercedes-Benz SEC



BMW 3-Series

E36:


Mercedes-Benz SLK

R170:


R171:


Mini Cooper S



Me + BHPian Dippy:


The kids in this frame have a really good taste in cars:

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Motorcycles



















That's it! Those were all the motorcycles on display. Dear God (& couples), please create more bike enthusiasts.

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A short video of the parade at Bandra Reclamation

https://youtu.be/GtOXv8Mdpg8

The planned route:


Italians on the same route. This was complimentary.

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The Parade

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All in all, this was a Sunday well spent!

[Aditya]

Thread moved out from the Assembly Line. Thanks for sharing!

[//M]

Lovely coverage.

Must have been such a treat to watch the youngtimer classics, vintage cars and future classics out on a drive together. Thanks for this wonderful thread !

[GTO]

Superb report, Parry! Thanks a ton for sharing. I was out for a brunch on Sunday and saw a lot of these beauties around town. The line-up here is so much more interesting than pure classic car shows or pure supercar parades. The imports from the 80s & 90s are especially droolworthy!

[nitro.1000bhp]

A right hand drive Humvee!!?? When and for who did they make those for? Or is it a later conversion? Intrigued indeed.

Don't give a hoot about lambos and Ferraris but those old brick mercs are simply . Wish I had some spare cash to attain one of those when they were selling for attainable moneys. Sigh!

Great photos and good coverage more like this please.

[LEOMAN]

Those were the days! The designing of 80s-90s-20s were just amazing. Where we had cars with character and soul. Todays cars are just a machine which commutes from point A to point B. They don't have the specific character and charm of yesteryears. If I can do time travel I would go back what an era.

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Thanks for the pics Parry!! I did not take many pics this time and wanted to capture these beauties with my eyes. The 4 cars that really made my day were :

• Bentley Brooklands - my most favorite modern Bentley.
• Saab 9-3 Convertible - probably the only 1 in the country. Makes it rarer than many Ferrari's and Lambo's. Its a 20 year old car and immaculately maintained.
• Rolls Royce Silver Seraph - another rare car and probably the only one in the country. Again, immaculately maintained.
• Jaguar E Type twins

[Animesh]

This is a Mahindra Thar (used to be owned by Cricketer Surya Kumar Yadav who got totally sick of the dead metal weight) and not a Nissan Jonga.

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attac...re-rally35.jpg

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Originally Posted by nitro.1000bhp

A right hand drive Humvee!!?? When and for who did they make those for? Or is it a later conversion? Intrigued indeed.

The owner had the most talking to do, at the show. The sheer size of this one, even though parked in a corner, grabbed everyones attention. And it was not even in a flashy colour.

One guy walked up to him and said, when I drive my modified Gypsy, people ask me if I am driving a Hummer.