I'm fortunate to have a friend, Srinivas Krishnan, who writes for Business Standard Motoring magazine in India and from time-to-time gives me access to his classic car features. Looking through them today I spotted his article on a 1931 Pierce-Arrow, originally purchased by the maharaja of Indore as a state vehicle. It is now part of a collection owned by industrialist Vijay Mallya. The car, with only 4000 km on the odometer (about 2400 miles), was restored to concours condition and in 1987 was driven in the Equatorial Vintage rally of Singapore, the first Indian car to win a major rally for historic cars. What I find rather fascinating are the free-standing headlights; I've never before seen a Pierce-Arrow where the headlight nacelles weren't flared into the fenders. It was obviously a special order in which the owner or designer didn't care for this unique Pierce styling signature. Srinivas offers an extensive description plus something the rest of us classic car scribes rarely get to do: he takes you on a test drive. Go along for the ride. (Photo by Deepak Tolani)