[KiloAlpha]

Spotted this older generation Range Rover in a basement parking in Bangalore.

[HighRevving]

Originally Posted by KiloAlpha

Spotted this older generation Range Rover in a basement parking in Bangalore.

There is an RTI document from 2018 which says this plate is fake. I wonder if this is still running around in 2022 with the same plates.




Full PDF here:
rti1818.pdf

[A.K]

Originally Posted by HighRevving

There is an RTI document from 2018 which says this plate is fake. I wonder if this is still running around in 2022 with the same plates.

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This is very peculiar since the owner of that Range Rover, per his social media, is an Indian representative to the UN. However, I am not sure about how the number plate privileges work for such members. There's infact two such Range Rovers, one white as pictured above and another one in bronze as attached. The car can be seen escorting a Rolls-Royce Phantom that it shares garage with, during some sort of a UN meeting in the city a few months ago.

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[Captain Slow]

Originally Posted by A.K

There's infact two such Range Rovers, one white as pictured above and another one in bronze as attached. The car can be seen escorting a Rolls-Royce Phantom that it shares garage with, during some sort of a UN meeting in the city a few months ago.

How can 2 cars have the same number? someone should Tag BTP !! they stop us for anything and everything and here these big cars get away with everything!

[volkman10]

Maruti Suzuki delivers Grand Vitara to the Ambassador of Japan.

Thank you, Ambassador of Japan Mr. Hiroshi Suzuki and Mrs. Suzuki, for giving us an opportunity to serve. A ‘Grand’ moment for us as you select Grand Vitara as your family car. Hope we live up to your expectations.

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Toyota Kluger Grande from New Delhi

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Toyota Hilux

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Y61 Nissan Patrol

[KiloAlpha]

Spotted this BMW X6 parked in front of a very nondescript apartment block in a very nondescript suburb of Bangalore.

What was it doing there? And why?

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Volkswagen Golf Mk5 from New Delhi

[Karthik.guru]

Originally Posted by A.K

This is very peculiar since the owner of that Range Rover, per his social media, is an Indian representative to the UN. However, I am not sure about how the number plate privileges work for such members. There's infact two such Range Rovers, one white as pictured above and another one in bronze as attached. The car can be seen escorting a Rolls-Royce Phantom that it shares garage with, during some sort of a UN meeting in the city a few months ago.

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Can you shed some light on who the owner is? its a public figure so its probably within TBHP rules to name them I recon. I tried looking for it in the source you shared but could not find anything.

The entire thing seems highly irregular to me, 2 cars with the same diplomatic plate & the plates being non-standardised, an RTI reply from MEA stating its not a number they have issued, and a UN vehicle escorting a private vehicle (albeit a Rolls-Royce). Red flags galore.

Also, AFAIK, representatives are usually IFS officers or politicians, won't they get cars registered under the administration/central government instead of UN registered cars?

Either someone rich thinks they're so above the law that they are flouting the UN charter, OR my understanding of the UN charter is severely flawed. Anyhow, would love to get to the bottom of this.

[Mr_Akira]

Originally Posted by KiloAlpha

Spotted this BMW X6 parked in front of a very nondescript apartment block in a very nondescript suburb of Bangalore.

Saw this recently being serviced in Girimaji's KR road, Bengaluru, sadly was not able to take a picture.

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Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT from New Delhi

[SR7]

Originally Posted by Karthik.guru

The entire thing seems highly irregular to me, 2 cars with the same diplomatic plate & the plates being non-standardised, an RTI reply from MEA stating its not a number they have issued, and a UN vehicle escorting a private vehicle (albeit a Rolls-Royce). Red flags galore.

Either someone rich thinks they're so above the law that they are flouting the UN charter, OR my understanding of the UN charter is severely flawed. Anyhow, would love to get to the bottom of this.

Is someone running spy ops & using some UN cover to get away with something? Or a genuine mixup?

Spies usually do some things in plain sight.

[udy]

Originally Posted by A.K

This is very peculiar since the owner of that Range Rover, per his social media, is an Indian representative to the UN. However, I am not sure about how the number plate privileges work for such members. There's infact two such Range Rovers, one white as pictured above and another one in bronze as attached. The car can be seen escorting a Rolls-Royce Phantom that it shares garage with, during some sort of a UN meeting in the city a few months ago.

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I happen to see the same or similar convoy yesterday at Koramanagala in Bangalore. This time it was a Rolls Royce Phantom in White and Gold, escorted by a BMW X7M and a Maybach, all having some kind of consular emblem and writing on the plates. No pictures as it was raining and I could see Czech Republic and European Union mentioned along with the UN Emblem on all three cars.

The Rolls Royce was Pune registered and the X7 and Maybach were Bangalore registered with a single number. The way the numbers were written on the plates was quite different with KA5X XX000 written on one side and then the large UN Emblem and Czech Republic in between and the single number in the corner. Not sure about the legality of it as even if these cars were attached to the consulate, they were locally registered and hence the plate might be illigal.