John Abraham

Sunday afternoon saw the cream of Indian Royalty gather at the lawns of the Taj Land’s End Hotel in Mumbai for The Third Cartier Travel with Style Concours d’Elégance 2013 – an extravagant exhibition of vintage cars and motorbikes, many of which are owned by the former erstwhile Royal families of India.

Prince Michael of Kent with Princess Ezra of Hyderabad

Curated by the highly respected Indian automotive expert - His Highness Manvendra Singh of Barwani - and orchestrated by car aficionado and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall’s brother, Mark Shand, the Cartier Concours d’Elégance showcases some of the rarest and best-preserved vintage automobiles from across India. Among the famous judges was Prince Michael of Kent, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. 

Meiyang Chang

Kitu Gidwani

Enjoying the chilled champagne, lavish luncheon and taking in the dazzling vintage beauties were John Abraham, Gautam Singhania, Natasha and Adar Poonawalla, Praful and Poorna Patel, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Nisha Jamwal, Adi and Uma Dubash, Arjun Khanna, Sushma Reddy, Dipali Goenka,Amrita Puri, Pria Kataria Puri, Komal Wazir, Maria Goretti, Narendra Kumar, Haseena Jethmalani, Rita Dhody, Reshma Bombaywala, Satish and Madhoo Shah, Meera Zaveri, Puru Rajkumar, Yuvrani Sangita Sinh of Kathiwada, Gauri Pohoomul, VJ’s Yudisthir & Ramona and Monica Vazirali.

Nisha Jamvwal

Sushama Reddy

Ritika and Sameer Dattani

Yudi Urs

Sagarika, Yudi Urs and Ramona Arena

Ramona Arena

Sumit and Pria Kataria Puri

Maharaja Gaj Singh II of Jodhpur

The Best Car of the show was Rolls Royce Phantom II (1935) owned by HH Maharaja Gaj Singh II of Jodhpur 

The Best Car of the show was Rolls Royce 1935 Phantom II owned by HH Maharaja Gaj Singhj II of Jodhpur.

Manavendra Singh Bharwani, Curator of the Cartier Travel With Style Concours

Maria Goretti

Subodh Nath with his Pre-War Classic winner motorcycle

The Best Motorcycle of the show was the Indian 1915 Model owned by Subodh Nath.

Yuvraj & Yuvrani Jadeja of Rajkot with their Star Of India Rolls Royce Phantom

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Pix: Ranjit Rodricks for MissMalini

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