Our Bollywood stars often splurge on an expensive set of wheels to add to their already vast garages. Earlier this year, we had a look at some of the latest cars and SUVs of the Tinseltown. Today, we have a look some more additions to the garages of Bollywood鈥檚 rich and famous. Young Bollywood actress Huma Qureshi recently brought home a new Mercedes-Benz GLE SUV. Prices of the Mercedes-Benz GLE start at Rs. 61.90 lakh and go up to Rs. 74.90. The SUV offers a good mix of performance and luxury. The GLE-Class was earlier called the M-Class. However, the nomenclature was changed with the introduction of the facelift. The GLE comes with a bolder grille, updated headlamps, LED tail lights, electric seat adjustments with memory, COMAND interface and five driving modes. The Dharmendra family already has a huge collection of high-end SUVs and sedans. The latest addition to their garage comes in the form of this brand-new Range Rover Sport that Bobby Deol recently purchased. This high-end SUV costs Rs 1.20 crore.
Bobby鈥檚 Range Rover Sport comes with a 3.0-litre diesel engine that produces a maximum power of 289 bhp and a peak torque of 289 Nm. Shamita Shetty recently purchased the petrol variant of the BMW 6-Series Gran Turismo. The BMW 630i GT has an ex-showroom price of Rs 60.8 lakh. It鈥檚 available in both petrol and diesel engine variants and is locally assembled at the company鈥檚 Chennai facility. The Mercedes G63 AMG is among the most capable luxury off-roaders. The latest Bollywood star to have bought this luxury SUV is Jimmy Shergill. The G63 AMG costs a whopping Rs. 2.19 crores. It is powered by a 5.5-litre V8 petrol engine that outputs a maximum power of 544 Bhp and a peak torque of 760 Nm. Varun Sharma plays the role of 鈥楥hucha鈥?in the Fukrey series of movies. He recently bought a spanking new BMW 630i GT. The BMW 630i GT is powered by the same petrol engine that comes with the new-gen 5-Series. The 2.0-litre, turbocharged engine offers 258 bhp.
It comes mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission that sends power to the rear wheels. Abhishek Bachchan recently bought a Mercedes-Benz GL63 AMG, which is basically the AMG-tuned variant of the GLS luxury SUV. The Mercedes GL63 AMG costs Rs. 1.66 crore. It鈥檚 powered by a 5.5-litre turbocharged 8-cylinder petrol engine that outputs 550 hp and comes mated to a 7-speed automatic transmission. Farhan Akhtar recently acquired the Jeep Grand Cherokee luxury SUV. The Grand Cherokee can be said to be the Jeep Compass鈥?big brother. Prices of the Jeep Grand Cherokee start from Rs. 75.15 lakh in India. It comes to us via CBU route. Sanjay Dutt bought the new-gen 7-Series in January this year. Basically, the actor has gifted this car to his kids, who have been seen travelling in this high-end sedan on quite a few occasions. The 7-Series is available with both petrol and diesel engine options. It鈥檚 easily among the most luxurious sedans on sale in the country. Prices start at Rs 1.32 crore and go all the way up to Rs 2.45 crore. Sonam Kapoor was recently gifted a Mercedes-Benz S400 by her dad, Anil Kapoor. The S400 is powered by a 3.0-litre V6 engine that outputs 333 bhp of maximum power along with 480Nm of peak torque. The motor comes mated to a 7-speed G-Tronic automatic transmission. The S400 costs Rs 1.24 crore in India. Young Bollywood star Imran Khan bought a Mercedes S350d this year. The S350d is the diesel variant of the most luxurious Mercedes sedan and costs Rs 1.33 crore. It鈥檚 powered by a 3.0-litre diesel engine that outputs 282 bhp and 600 Nm. Sherlyn Chopra, famous model and actress, recently bought the Mercedes-Benz GLS 350d Grand Edition. The SUV costs Rs 86.90 Lakh (ex-showroom, India).
The Mercedes-Benz is closest to its EPA numbers (17/21/19 mpg)鈥攚e got 16.7/20.7/18.3 mpg. The lone surprise of the group is the Lexus LX 570, which is dismally EPA-rated at 12/17/14 mpg but bests those in our testing with 13.3/17.5/14.9 mpg. Better, sure, but you'd never know it because of the LX 570's relatively small 24.6-gallon gas tank. You'll be at the pump more often than not. The Escalade Platinum's interior is the group consensus for best in test. Frankly, I'm shocked at the quality. As are the others. You might think that the Range Rover would have a lock on interior quality. But you'd be mistaken. Like CUE, Range Rover's infotainment solution just isn't good enough. Not at this price point. Confirms Martinez, "The infotainment is second worst behind CUE." The materials are also just behind the Cadillac, and worse yet, the damn thing squeaks! I'll let Evans explain. The unwanted sounds drove us all nuts. The Infiniti's cabin materials also impress us.
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