Mukesh Ambani pays Rs 1.6 crore for car registration

  • May 22, 2015
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Billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani has paid Rs 1.6 crore to register his armoured BMW 760Li High Security luxury sedan estimated to be priced at Rs 8.5 crore

Mukesh Ambani

Mumbai based industrialist Mukesh Ambani has purchased a new BMW 7-series luxury sedan. Well, despite the Rs 1 crore plus price tag, the BMW 7-series isn’t among the most exclusive set of wheels on Indian soil. But the one ordered by the Reliance Industries honcho is a special; bullet-proof edition with armour protection on the chassis and windows. The armoured BMW 7-series loosened the wallet of senior Ambani by a stonking Rs 8.5 crore which makes it almost seven times more expensive than the lesser mortal BMW 7-series!

Thanks to this skyscraper price tag, Mukesh Ambani paid a whooping Rs 1.6 crore just as the registration fee to the Mumbai Regional Transport Office (RTO). It is the highest amount paid by an individual to register a car in India. Yes, you can breathe now. Mukesh Ambani had received death threats in the recent past, which prompted him to acquired the BMW 760Li High Security. Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian and resides in the most expensive house in the world which is pegged around around Rs 6,000 crore and has a multistoried garage for over 160 car parks, Rs 8.5 crore looks like loose change for the billionaire.

Mukesh Ambani BMW 760Li High Security

BMW 760Li High Security is one of the first cars in the world to be certified to BRV (Bullet Resistant Vehicle) 2009 and meet the requirements of the new ballistic protection level VR7. This means that the BMW can withstand AK-47 bullets effortlessly and even the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also travels in one of the above armoured 7-series. The newly developed V12 unit of the BMW 760Li High Security unleashes 550PS at 5,250 rpm and peak torque of 750 Nm comes at 1,500 rpm. The above numbers are requires as armour protection has made the car weigh close to four tonnes and despite this the luxobarge accelerates from zero to 100kmph in just 6.2 seconds.

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