11/12/2014
INDIA FINALLY GETS ITS FIRST HOMEMADE SPORTS CAR, AND HERE ARE 5 FACTS TO KEEP YOU EXCITED!
After almost 21 years of designing more than 600 unique cars, including overhauls of existing machines like The Ambassador to never-before-seen concept cars, Dilip Chhabria and DC Design have come a long way, baby.
And finally, they’ve come up with their most exciting product for their portfolio, as well as for India’s automotive history: India’s first true sports car.
Just to keep you excited till its launch in early 2015, here’s what you should know about the incredibly sexy DC Avanti.
They say that even the greatest inventions have their inspirations, from life, from music, from cinema, even from comics! Similarly, the name ‘Avanti’ is derived from the popular 1960’s car, Studebaker Avanti which was heavily featured in the Herge’s Tintin comics!
We feel extremely sorry for the filthy rich yet poor souls who bought Lamborghinis and Audis to drive on our world-class Indian roads, and struggled with the ground clearance. But with the Avanti, that problem is solved as it comes with an optimum ground clearance that would even rival the Maruti Suzuki Swift!
Between the seat back and the rear wheels is the mid-mounted is a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbocharged engine, which makes 248bhp, and 24.6kgm of torque.
In the event that all that mumbo-jumbo didn’t make sense to you, let’s just say that it’s a powerful machine. Powerful as f***
Three-spoke steering wheel, hooded dials, a centre console with stacked screens, chrome surrounds and body colored separators, a touchscreen infotainment system and soft touch buttons for the air-conditioning system…that’s just the tip of the iceberg with regards to what the Avanti is hiding under that sexy metallic dress.
If you have a little money to dish out, ditch the plan of saving up for a low-tier Audi, and go desi with DC. Indeed, this incredibly sexy car will be launched at a relatively reasonable price of INR 35 Lakh!