Lower and quicker than any SUV through Mumbai's gaps, and quiet enough to take a call in. The E-Class is the marque the house sends most often: an executive from the airport to BKC, a day of meetings, an evening out that should feel like an evening out. It carries two people and their work with no fuss at all.
Two in the rear in comfort; three for a short journey. Your sarathi in front.
Two large cases in the boot, or three cabin bags; a laptop bag beside you.
An executive's day; the airport to a hotel in town; an evening at a restaurant or a club; a client you want met well.
A current-generation E-Class on commercial plates, from a partner the house has driven with. The chauffeur knows the car; the sarathi knows you — your temperature, your music, the name on the board.
Before a Marque car is named the house sees its registration, its permit, its commercial insurance and its fitness certificate, and meets the chauffeur who comes with it. Only a car on commercial plates carries a guest of the house. The sarathi rides with you; the partner's chauffeur drives.
A Marque figure is written for each journey — the car, the sarathi, fuel, tolls, parking and GST in one line — usually within the hour between 7 AM and 11 PM. The house names one car and holds it once the written figure is settled. Nothing is added on the day.
Reserve the Mercedes-Benz E-ClassChoose Marque, name the car. The figure follows in writing.