Dearest Mercedes-Benz, 

It’s been years that I have hidden my feelings for you deep in my heart. But seeing you turn 125 years old today (January 29, 2011), I couldn’t control my patience to tell you what I feel for you. 

Baby, I’m truly, madly, and deeply in love with you. I don’t know how, but over the years that I have seen you, I have always been mesmerised by your class, your beauty, your attitude, and the way you carry yourself. 

It has been close to 16 years since I fell for you, and I have chased you ever since with the intention to flirt, but you continue to elude me.

While my dad would be at work in his office at Nariman Point those days, I would be roaming the streets of Marine Drive looking for you. 

The very sight of you being happy in safe hands gave me an immense amount of happiness. I swear on you, darling. All these years, I have had crushes on BMWs, Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Harleys, and other beauties, but nothing could come close to my love and commitment for you, and it will remain for years to come. 

Never has it happened that you have zoomed past and I have not turned back to take a second look, envying the lucky person owning you. 

You have given the world the first front tyre breaks, the seat belt, the traction control, the ABS, the first diesel car, and countless other technologies, which I can’t recollect as I write this love letter of mine. But I always agree with what your father said: “There is a Mercedes in every car." 

You have been a source of inspiration to everybody else, living by example: a pioneer in safety, comfort, class, luxury, beauty, and sex appeal.

It’s been 125 years since your birth, but you look as elegant and pretty as before. I have always looked forward to your new designs and makeovers that blow me away. 

Though you have always looked gorgeous being a C class, E class, S class, M class, SLK, AMG, etc., for me, you looked like my dream girl being an SLR Mclaren. I had you as ‘her’ on my desktop wallpaper for close to 3 years and would be lost in her sheer beauty every time. 

Baby, I feel that I have a connection with you, which may be from my past life. I know that I don’t have the money or the resources to make you mine now. 

After all, loving you will be a costly affair. But sweetheart, I promise that I will do everything to make you mine one day and keep you happy in every way I can. I will pamper you like my queen.

We just need to be patient and hopeful and unite one day. Sweetheart, consider this my official ‘proposal’ for lifelong commitment because the day that I’m supposed to be on my knees, holding a ‘briefcase full of cash’ to ask you out looks a little distant to me as of now. 

I will be waiting for your arrival in my life, and I hope you make the right choice too by becoming mine one day. I will love you forever, always. 

Yours and only yours,

Mohit