Mercedes calls it the S-Class of SUVs and for once the phrase is fair: three rows, a second row that is the S-Class rear seat raised four hundred millimetres, air suspension that makes the Western Express Highway feel resurfaced, and a presence at a gate that a saloon cannot manage. The car the house sends for a family of five with luggage, a wedding week, and the road to Lonavala in the rains.
Four in comfort across two rows; six for a family; seven at a pinch. Your sarathi in front.
Four large cases with the third row folded; two with it up.
A family week; a wedding gate; the ghats in the monsoon; a guest who should arrive above the traffic.
A current-generation GLS on commercial plates, from a partner the house has driven with. The chauffeur knows the car; the sarathi knows you.
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 GLSChoose Marque, name the car. The figure follows in writing.