During 2004 I was chatting with my friend at work. It was a casual discussion on the current trends and happenings in the country. Starting from politics to fuel prices, and that is when I heard the word Maybach (I first thought Mayback!). We all must have heard of Mercedes Benz, Daimler Chrysler etc.
Maybach is in the luxury car segment, should I say "super luxury". The car then would cost close to INR 5,00,00,000.00 (A lot of zeroes in there...). I assume that the cost of the car is excluding taxes. These cars were booked even before they came to the market. I still cannot imagine that how can one spend so much on a car in India. This also gives us the idea of the purchasing power of a selective few Indian Citizens. The other big question in my mind is, where will he/she drive this car?
Now Maybach is back in India, they are launching a new vehicle (News from NDTV) and I assume people will again pile up their orders. Ours will be the only country where we can see cycles worth Rs 500 and cars worth 5 crores on the same road. GOD bless India!
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Maybach is in the luxury car segment, should I say "super luxury". The car then would cost close to INR 5,00,00,000.00 (A lot of zeroes in there...). I assume that the cost of the car is excluding taxes. These cars were booked even before they came to the market. I still cannot imagine that how can one spend so much on a car in India. This also gives us the idea of the purchasing power of a selective few Indian Citizens. The other big question in my mind is, where will he/she drive this car?
Now Maybach is back in India, they are launching a new vehicle (News from NDTV) and I assume people will again pile up their orders. Ours will be the only country where we can see cycles worth Rs 500 and cars worth 5 crores on the same road. GOD bless India!
Images - Courtesy Google
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