Ravi Shastri’s coveted Audi 100, which he won at the Benson and Hedges World Championship of Cricket in Australia in 1985, was fully propped up by industrialist Gautam Singhania Super Car Club Garage (SCCG).
see photosFormer cricketer Ravi Shastri and Raymond Group MD Gautam Singhania with Audi 100
Ravi Shastri, the former Indian cricketer and former head coach of the India national cricket team, today took delivery of his fully used Audi 100 luxury sedan. The car was restored by Super Car Club Garage (SCCG) which is operated by Gautam Singhania, Chairman and Managing Director of Raymond Group. SCCG says that after several visits to the garage the car came in very poor condition to them, who were unable to repair the car because they could not purchase parts. It took SCCG about 8 months to put this car back together, while the start to end process was almost a year. Finally today Singhania handed it over to Ravi Shastri.
Ravi Shastri won the Audi 100 in 1985 at the Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket in Australia, where he was awarded the Champion of Champions.
The Audi 100 was introduced to Shastri in 1985 at the Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket in Australia, where he won the Champion of Champions award as Man of the Series. The moment was even more special as India defeated Pakistan in the final to win the World Championship of Cricket trophy. The entire team was so happy after Ravi Shastri won the Audi that everyone around the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Australia jumped on him.
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Shastri also narrated how Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, waived off all taxes so that he could import cars into India.
Expressing happiness on receiving the car in perfectly restored condition, Ravi Shastri said, “It looks like the car I had won 37 years ago. Same, nothing has changed. Gautam and Super Car Salute to club garages for doing this job the way they have. Incredible!… you know what it does, jogs of it make your memory go back 37 years to the day when the keys in my hand given what was happening? what i did ? All those memories go back to jogging.”
Shastri also talked about how Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, waived off all taxes so that he could import cars into India, which he otherwise could not afford due to high taxation. In fact, Shastri has repeatedly said that it is not his car, but the car of the India national cricket team and the car of India, and he has repeated the same words to this day. it was also one of the first Audi was to be imported into India. The car only gets Shastri’s signature which is mounted on the front fenders of the car on both the sides.
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SCCG had to go through old part auction sites in different countries and brokers and scrap yards to source the required parts
Talking about the restoration process, Gautam Singhania said, “When the car came in it was not working at all. We took the car out completely, and then rebuilt it from scratch piece by piece. Painstakingly, we had to find a lot of original parts.. a door panel here, a dashboard there, as this is a 37 year old discontinued model and it was a bit of a challenge. It took less than a year, but painstakingly close to the garage With efforts we were able to do it.”
SCCG said that because Singhania was very clear that he would not use any replica parts, the task became even more challenging. In fact, only a limited number of Audi 100s have survived over the years, and SCCG had to go through vintage part auction sites in various countries and source the parts needed through brokers and scrap yards.
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The Audi 100’s cabin is also back to its original condition with fabric seat covers
“Different pieces and pieces were bought, collected and shipped from all over the world. The bodywork painting had already started, the original color code was also obtained from the manufacturer so that we could get the original color shade that the car This was when the car was introduced in 1985. All electrical work has been done at the SCCG including the engine, wiring, air conditioning and power windows,” the restoration unit said in its statement.
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While the current specs of the car have not been disclosed, the 2.3e model in the Ravi Shastri-owned Audi 100 was a 2.3-litre in-line five-cylinder petrol engine. In the olden days, the motor was capable of generating a good 134 bhp while mated to a 4-speed automatic transmission.
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