A Tri Pointed Star Travelogue with Pics: Trip to the Mercedes Benz Plant Chakan, Pune

Dippy · 20th April 2009, 16:54

Some more pictures from AMG Sunday which I left out earlier

ravi@64bhp · 20th April 2009, 17:16

Great pics Dippy. Thanks for sharing them. Great to see the Mercedes Plant.

Dippy · 20th April 2009, 17:32

I'm wondering how no one has yet commented on the first picture of this thread, The Brembo factory at Chakan.

IndianNomad · 20th April 2009, 18:33

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Originally Posted by Dippy

I'm wondering how no one has yet commented on the first picture of this thread, The Brembo factory at Chakan.

Brembo - World renowed brake manufacturer, this plant near pune manufactures motorcycle braking systems under its Breco brand name. It will handle production of braking systems for small and medium capacity motorcycles.

narayan · 20th April 2009, 18:40

Dippy - superb travelogue !! mind blowing and wish you more such travels

it was news to me that C & E class cars are painted at TATA MOTORS !!

the MCLASS looks classy especially with that uniquely fitted spare wheel in the tail gate

the narration is superb and the photography - mindblowing

the pictures on the assembly process is nothing short of "Discovery channel" material

thanks for posting

anekho · 20th April 2009, 19:27

also, did you guys get anything to take home? i mean like books (referring to pic 6 on this page), brochures etc.

cheers

karthik247 · 20th April 2009, 19:29

All the cars look great... But that black BMW M3 is just in another league. Looks freakin' awesome!

michael schume · 20th April 2009, 21:51

Wow yaar. Absolutely fantastic.
Next time make sure theres room for one more

Dippy · 20th April 2009, 21:58

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Originally Posted by anekho

also, did you guys get anything to take home? i mean like books (referring to pic 6 on this page), brochures etc.

cheers

I got a desk calendar to take home with me. I already have the AMG brochure at home.

Raj1008 · 20th April 2009, 23:04

Wow its like a trip to Neverland! Lucky you!

nickatnite · 21st April 2009, 00:56

Thanks for this treat.

Dippy · 21st April 2009, 10:04

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Originally Posted by v1p3r

Nice pics. Did you get to push the AMGs on a test-track?

We were restricted to driving the AMGs inside the Plant premises only because just few days before our visit, an auto journo of a popular car mag crashed the CLS63 AMG pretty badly at Lonavla( trying to be over adventurous by turning off TC) so they have become quite strict now.

But we were happy since the roads inside the plant are great too as you can see in the pictures

rjstyles69 · 21st April 2009, 12:38

dippy your thread and experience is nothing short of being called Mercedes Nirvana. Very few people have had a shot at something this good.

BTW who did the photography part ? I see some brilliantly composed images. Once again complete bling thread man, I am jealous

.

Dippy · 21st April 2009, 12:46

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Originally Posted by rjstyles69

dippy your thread and experience is nothing short of being called Mercedes Nirvana. Very few people have had a shot at something this good.

BTW who did the photography part ? I see some brilliantly composed images. Once again complete bling thread man, I am jealous

.

Thanks rj. I agree it was total Mercedes Nirvana. I have never seen so many Mercedes cars in one place at one time ever in my life. Meeting Dr. Aulbur was also agreat experience. A perfect gentleman and very friendly.

The photos were clicked by my brother Kartik(Fireblader85) and the image composition was done by me.

ajmat · 21st April 2009, 12:53

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Originally Posted by Dippy

an auto journo of a popular car mag crashed the CLS63 AMG pretty badly at Lonavla( trying to be over adventurous by turning off TC) so they have become quite strict now.

But we were happy since the roads inside the plant are great too as you can see in the pictures

I thought the SLK 55 also went through a fender bender during the first Delhi road show

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narayan Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,114 Thanked: 2,372 Times View My Garage	Dippy - superb travelogue !! mind blowing and wish you more such travels it was news to me that C & E class cars are painted at TATA MOTORS !! the MCLASS looks classy especially with that uniquely fitted spare wheel in the tail gate the narration is superb and the photography - mindblowing the pictures on the assembly process is nothing short of "Discovery channel" material thanks for posting Last edited by narayan : 20th April 2009 at 18:41.
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rjstyles69 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bengalooru.. Posts: 4,343 Thanked: 842 Times View My Garage	dippy your thread and experience is nothing short of being called Mercedes Nirvana. Very few people have had a shot at something this good. BTW who did the photography part ? I see some brilliantly composed images. Once again complete bling thread man, I am jealous .
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