In The Luxe Lane - Business Today
Instead, it's his favourite car - the Mercedes-Benz S-Class S 500. When first launched in India five years ago at the 2010 Auto Expo in Delhi, it was tagged "the best car ever made in the world" by the company's then CEO Wilfried Aulbur. Typical company PR-speak, we think - surely the likes of Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin, Porsche, Maserati and even Mercedes's direct competitors Audi and BMW would like to contest that. Says Hormazd Sorabjee, who has driven and tested practically every luxury car in the world, and the Editor of Autocar India: "Definitely, S 500 is the best in its class when it comes to premium luxury sedans. All the top carmakers like Audi and BMW also have very good cars, but S 500 is the best. " Tutu Dhawan, a former car rally champion who is now in the business of restoring old automobiles, shies away from calling it the "best", saying it is "one of the best", but adds that Mercedes cars have far greater aspirational value than Audi... Lean, trim and good looking, Gautam, 40 (though he looks younger), is the youngest member of the Delhi-based Punj family. Gautam's father N. P. Punj is the CMD of Lloyd Insulations, which manufactures insulation materials, pre-engineered buildings, fire-proofing and mechanical erection works, among other things, for industries ranging from ship building to steel. Source: www.businesstoday.in
