If Bollywood's Greatest On-Screen Friendships Went on a Road Trip Together

Put Bollywood's most famous friendships in one convoy to Goa and the first fight happens before Vashi toll. Over seating. Obviously. Friendship in Hindi cinema has always been a seating chart: who drives, who navigates, who sleeps, who owns the aux. So let's run the full exercise. Every iconic dosti, one road trip, and the car each group actually needs to survive it.

Jai and Veeru (Sholay). The OGs. Canon vehicle: motorcycle with a sidecar. Iconic, and completely useless on the Expressway. Upgrade them to a The New Brezza 2026, tough and zero-drama, and the dynamic survives untouched: Veeru drives, Jai controls the silence.

The Dil Chahta Hai trio (Akash, Sameer, Sid). Three grown men, three unresolved arguments, and absolutely no shared armrests, please. This is exactly the MPV  XL6 use case: six seats for three people, because emotional distance is a feature, and even Akash can't argue with the maths.

The ZNMD trio (Kabir, Imran, Arjun). They'd vote convertible, and they'd be wrong. Three adventure sports, luggage for a fortnight, and one man's unprocessed feelings need boot space. The SUV Victoris is the adult version of their Spanish fantasy: sunroof for the Señorita moments, space for everything else. It's also carrying the biggest offer at Shivam Autozone right now, upto 1,75,000/-* on the Arena side. Imran would 100% read that out loud from the passenger seat.

Munna and Circuit (Munna Bhai MBBS). Non-negotiable: Circuit drives, Munna sits like a don. The car needs presence, because for these two, arriving beats travelling every single time. That's the MUV Invicto, NEXA's flagship. Bhai energy, boardroom finish.

The Veere Di Wedding four. The most realistic packers on this list, which is to say catastrophic. Four friends, six suitcases, one emotional-support playlist. The SUV Grand Vitara eats all of it and keeps the fuel bill civil, which matters because nobody in this group splits petrol money without a spreadsheet.

And the group's shared car? If everyone had to agree on ONE vehicle for the whole convoy-collapsing, ego-managing, snack-distributing mess of a Bollywood group road trip, it's the MPV XL6 again. Captain seats end the shotgun wars permanently, and that's 80% of all on-screen dosti conflict solved right there. The other 20% is the aux cable, and no car company can save you from that.

Real takeaway from mapping fictional friendships onto real cars: every friend group already knows exactly who they are. Book a group test drive at Shivam Autozone, the SUV showroom near me answer across Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar, and watch your own circle sort itself into drivers, navigators, and Circuit. Cinema just got there first.

FAQs

Q1. What is the best car for a group road trip from Mumbai?

A 6-seater MPV with captain seats like the Maruti Suzuki MPV XL6 for groups of 4 to 6, or the 7-seater Ertiga for bigger groups with luggage. Both handle Expressway and ghat sections comfortably.

Q2. MPV XL6 or Ertiga: which is better for friends' trips?

MPV XL6 if comfort and personal space win (captain seats, premium cabin). Ertiga if headcount and budget win (7 seats, lower price). Same platform, different personalities. Test drive both back to back.

Q3. Where can I test drive the XL6 in Mumbai?

At Shivam Autozone's NEXA showrooms across Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar. Test drives can be booked online, with seasonal NEXA offers announced in the showroom.

Q4. Which Bollywood movie has the best road trip friendship?

Dil Chahta Hai remains the gold standard because it invented the template. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara perfected the emotional payoff, and Veere Di Wedding modernised the group dynamic.