[Aditya]

The Mercedes-Benz Classic Car Rally has become an annual affair now. The 2016 edition was held in Mumbai today. The cars lined up at Nariman Point and drove to Kala Nagar, Bandra and back via Peddar Road, Haji Ali, Worli Sea Face and the Bandra-Worli Sea Link.


As the cars came in, they were allotted participation numbers by the officials and...


... directed to their designated parking slots:


Star attraction of the show was once again, this Nurburg, which we saw a couple of years ago. Sheer class!












Close on its heels in desirability is this stunning convertible:








The massive Unimog was also present:

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Many familiar cars were in attendance:

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Coupes and convertibles. In terms of attraction, these rank the highest:

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Pontons:


























Future petrolhead in the making:


Fintails:

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W114 / W115 series:

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W123 series:








Seen this one when it was being worked on. The end result is stunning:

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190 and W124 series:

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S-Class cars over the years:

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Mercedes-Benz took the opportunity to showcase some of its new products:

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These constables appeared pleased to be leading the convoy:


The cars were flag-off by Mercedes India boss Roland Folger:

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Some pictures of the drive:



























































Of course, a classic car drive cannot be termed "complete" without getting your hands dirty. This one suffered from a momentary loss of brake pressure. It was fixed in minutes:

[AmarPaithankar]

Like the last two years, this year too witnessed an "only" Mercedes Benz car rally.
Last year's edition (on 13th December 2015) saw some very good Mercedes models and I expected a similar turnout. While 60-70% of the cars were repeats, there were many first timers, chiefly among them being a Mercedes Ponton based station wagon: UNIVERSAL belonging to my friend Rakhesh Mehta.
Having more than 28 1:18 scale models of the three pointed star, attending this event was very important for me.
Here is where I got to see some of my all time favorites like the 190E.
W124 series. S class, Fintail and Ponton models were also in abundance.

[AmarPaithankar]

Some more images of today's rally

[johannskaria]

Car which stole my heart at this year's rally.
The 190 SL

I loved capturing those interiors

[karan561]

Hey Aditya, Great report & thanks for sharing the entire experience in the form of this thread.

Also nice to see such an splendid line up & enthusiastic participation of Merc classics altogether here in Mumbai