Neither fast nor furious, over a hundred vintage and classic cars rolled out on Mumbai’s roads this Sunday. The Mumbai Vintage Car Rally is an annual affair organized by the Western Indian Automobile Association, where proud owners polish and grease their retired wheels for one grand exhibition at Horniman Circle.
Amongst the parade of shiny relics were custom made cars such as the Bentley Drop Head Coupe of the Maharaja of Mysore and Jawaharlal Nehru’s two-seater Mercedes Benz 190 SL. As a DNA article reports, Mumbai's police commissioner D Sivanandhan himself flagged off the rally in a Chrysler Windsor.
A welcome reprieve from regular Mumbai traffic, the rally is more than just an opportunity for owners to show off their envy-inducing wheels. For the hundreds that gather along the streets to watch them roll by it is a chance to glimpse a pre-independent India when the only cars on the roads were imported ones.
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