India Road trip on my new Z4 35i

[suvidh]

Got the car about 2 months ago. Already done over 5500 kms . Some pictures from the road trips here.

[Vintage]

what region of India - thank you for sharing the great pictures of your beautiful car and country

[T89]

Looks great!


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[lux good]

Nice one!
That must be one of the best cars on the road in India, all the cars i've seen over there look like the one's on your 3rd pic!!

[suvidh]

Originally Posted by VintageBMW

what region of India - thank you for sharing the great pictures of your beautiful car and country

I live at Mumbai. The pictures are Mumbai - Goa. one way drive is about 12 hours (although 600 kms one way ) single lane, beautiful mountain roads.

Originally Posted by lux good

Nice one!
That must be one of the best cars on the road in India, all the cars i've seen over there look like the one's on your 3rd pic!!

Yes top of the line, due to the high custom duty (120%) there are less number of imports. But in the cities you can see plenty of 3 series, 5 series on the roads since they are Assembled in india.

[Merefield]

Originally Posted by suvidh

I live at Mumbai. The pictures are Mumbai - Goa. one way drive is about 12 hours (although 600 kms one way ) single lane, beautiful mountain roads.



Yes top of the line, due to the high custom duty (120%) there are less number of imports. But in the cities you can see plenty of 3 series, 5 series on the roads since they are Assembled in india.

120%?!?!! Talk about protectionism!!!! Is that for private imports only?

How long will the Indian consumer tolerate that?!? Free trade FTW.

[Mr. ///M3 RD]

Nice pictures! My 2008 was Alpine White.

[suvidh]

Originally Posted by Merefield

120%?!?!! Talk about protectionism!!!! Is that for private imports only?

How long will the Indian consumer tolerate that?!? Free trade FTW.

All imports. I purchased offically via BMW showroom.

The rate has been high always and dont see that going down. And for 99% people it doesnt really matter as the 99% cars are made in india so there is no import duty.

BMW has assembly line here, so does MB, Audi and all the other mass car producing companies GM, Toyota, hundai, honda, almost everyone.

I guess its the same system in china as well, although duty is a little lower.

[suvidh]

Originally Posted by solgain@mac.com

Nice pictures! My 2008 was Alpine White.

thanks. I loved the alpine white with red interiors, saw the pictures somewhere on zpost before i ordered this combo, since the dealers only import the car on order. No test drive, No showroom sample

[Merefield]

Originally Posted by suvidh

All imports. I purchased offically via BMW showroom.

The rate has been high always and dont see that going down. And for 99% people it doesnt really matter as the 99% cars are made in india so there is no import duty.

BMW has assembly line here, so does MB, Audi and all the other mass car producing companies GM, Toyota, hundai, honda, almost everyone.

I guess its the same system in china as well, although duty is a little lower.

Crazy. As if the wage and FX differential weren't enough to encourage purchasing locally, they have to slap that tax on! That will not assist India in the longterm and merely encourage poor efficiency in local manufacturing.