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Automobile enthusiasts share best pics of their cars / bikes from 2023

15th January 2024, 18:15 by Utkarsh Chaudhary

One of the petrolheads has a garage with a 15-year age gap between his vehicles - a 2006 Ford Fiesta 1.6 and a 2021 Skoda Superb L&K.

BHPian GForceEnjoyer recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

As per the classic Team-BHP tradition dating back to 2019, going strong through 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Please post the best pictures that you have of your vehicle! As specified in the thread title, they must be from 2023 only.

To begin, here's our Superb taking in the view from the side of a beautiful mountain road leading up to Horsley Hills.

Here's our Fiesta looking effortlessly timeless, chilling after a spirited 100-odd kilometre drive to a lake in the middle of nowhere.

Here's a "Superb" picture taken while the sun was getting low over us while at a rest stop on NH-44, during a drive from Pench to Hyderabad.

A picture taken while we had stopped for a drink of refreshing sugarcane juice on the way back from Ellora caves. We definitely needed it to keep cool, especially considering the wonderfully twisty roads that lay ahead!

Got drenched for this picture taken past 12:00 am on a rainy night, but it was absolutely worth it.

Does a picture of only the paint count? This is the Superb's Lava Blue shade in all its PPF-shielded glory.

Here's the Fiesta accompanied by some beautiful machines worth well over 7 times its price. Among this group, a FWD "ultimate driving machine" would be an apt description according to me.

This was the Superb looking all neat and clean as we set out on a monsoon drive to Pandharpur...

...Versus just a few hours later, at our hotel in Solapur. I guess this is proof that our Superb is anything but a garage queen. This picture is representative of all the fun you can have on an impromptu road trip; something we did a lot this year, carrying forward the positive trend from last year. Feels good after barely being able to travel during Covid19.

And to conclude this highly interesting and jam-packed year, here's a picture of both the cars together, from the time we took them both out at once. A 15-year age gap!

It's your turn now, fellow BHPians.

Here's what GTO had to say about the matter:

Always look forward to this thread, thanks for sharing.
My two favourite 4x4s. Why favourite? Fun, adventurous and most importantly, affordable. I'm a big fan of value-for-money fun machines that are accessible to all (versus say, a 70-lakh Wrangler or 1-crore Defender):
Both are incredibly special machines in their own way & a testament to how far the Indian car scene has come:
My longtime daily driver. 10 years up, and still fast, still luxurious, still terrific to drive, still great looking. A timeless machine:
Driving & Loving:
Open-top cruising in the festival of lights...
More open-top fun while road-tripping:
With my carefully-curated garage:
Between these, media test-drive cars and some others belonging to family / friends, I've driven about 50 cars this year:
A fun-mobile for all ages

Here's what BHPian shankar.balan had to say about the matter:

I LOVE posting pics of my vehicles so this thread is just perfect for me.
Here they are:
The Gypsy - in the early morning sun in Ooty in Jan 2023 and after getting its Convertible Top in Bangalore in August 2023 and in my Friend’s Estate again in Jan 2023.
The WRONGLER visiting Coorg (Harangi) in August 2023 and in the Ooty Grasslands in Jan 2023 and at a site in Bangalore in October 2023.
The Mini in the Nilgiris in October 2023 and in Coimbatore and Valparai in December 2023. Also the Mini and the Mini Mini in Valparai - December 2023.
I am sorry but it struck me that while I have posted my favourite 2023 photo of my Mini with my Mini Mini, I hadn’t posted my second favourite 2023 picture of my Mini (the one at the early morning start with the wisps of exhaust smoke rising up), taken just a few days ago.

Here's what BHPian rahulcmoulee had to say about the matter:

Here are a few shots of my beloved Meteor 350

Here's what BHPian Dr.AD had to say about the matter:

Was eagerly looking forward to this thread. Some lovely photographs here.
Here are my favorite photographs of my cars in year 2023.
My 320d somewhere near Ooty, Tamil Nadu:
At my favorite place, Hampi, Karnataka:
On the hills near Yercaud, Tamil Nadu:
Another shot on the rural roads near Yercaud:
My beloved ride in my beloved land, Goa:
In May 2023, I bought a new Thar Petrol 4x4 AT, and managed several drives and a couple of off-roading days too. Here are a few pictures of my Thar in 2023:
Near Lonavala, Maharashtra:
Overlooking the lovely valley in the monsoon time near Satara, Maharashtra:
At some random trail in Karnataka:
On a hilltop near Yercaud, Tamil Nadu:
Another shot on the hills near Yercaud: