We chat with Sameer Kadam, Chairman, Kadamb, about his love for automobiles.
What are you driving and why?
I drive an Adler Trumpf Junior Sport because it’s a historic and early front-wheel-drive production car. I also own a Mercedes-Benz SL (R107), which I take to the MBCCR. My daily driver though is a Mercedes-Benz GLS 400.
What’s next on your wish list?
Either a Toyota Land Cruiser LC300 or a Mercedes-AMG G 63.
The most fun you’ve had in a car?
It was in my 1966 Triumph Spitfire, during my college days.
Dream money-no-object car?
That will always be the 1967 Shelby Mustang GT500 Super Snake.
Mercedes-Benz 300SL is in Sameer’s dream garage.
Who is your all-time greatest motorsport hero?
Ayrton Senna.
Favourite road?
Driving along the sea shore in Cape Town, South Africa.
What’s on your automotive bucket list?
Driving to Leh, Ladakh.
What would you do with your last litre of fuel?
Enjoy a rather short drive in my Adler till the fuel lasts.
You ideal five-car garage would be?
Toyota Land Cruiser LC300
1967 Shelby Mustang GT500
1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL
1936 Adler Triumpf Junior Sport
1954 Buick Skylark Convertible
What was your first car?
It was a 1962 Fiat 1100, which I still own.
