Upright, square, unmistakable at a gate: the G-Class is the car that walks beside the city's most watched convoys. The house arranges it for the occasion — never from a list, always with its papers seen.
A wedding entry; the escort behind a bridal car; a convoy for a family of protocol; a monsoon ghat.
Most G-Classes in Mumbai are kept on private plates, and a car on private plates never carries a guest of the house. The house looks among the few on commercial plates, confirms the exact car with photographs, and tells you plainly if none can be had — offering a Defender or a Land Cruiser instead.
Thirty days, and a deposit that holds the car once it is named. Sooner, say so — the house tells you within the hour what is possible.
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 — however famous the car, however short the journey.
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, and the figure is not bargained over.
Reserve the Mercedes-Benz G-ClassChoose Marque, name the car. The figure follows in writing.