Dilip Chhabria
| Dilip Chhabria | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | DC |
| Occupation | Automobile designer |
| Known for | Cars |
Dilip Chhabria is an Indian automobile designer. He is the founder of DC Design.
Biography
Dilip holds a degree in Transportation Design from the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, U.S.. Dilip worked at the Design Centre for General Motors USA. He also started his own auto accessory business and became one of the largest auto accessory manufacturers in India.[citation needed]
His company made the first prototype for the Aston Martin Vanquish which appeared in the James Bond movie Die Another Day.[1]
In 2006, Chhabria announced DCStar, tie-up between Eximstar (an ETA group company) and Dilip Chhabria Design Pvt Ltd. The company, to be set up in Dubai, will customize cars and other vehicles to suit customers' requirements.[2] He has designed Vanity Van for many stars such as Sanjay Dutt, Shah Rukh Khan. He has also designed the car used in the movie Taarzan: The Wonder Car directed by Abbas-Mustan. In 2010 he designed a special version of Tata Nano. In August 2012 DC gave a complete external and internal make over to Mahindra XUV 500 with seating chairs made to recline up to 150 degrees and enhanced lounge lighting.[3] In August 2013 DC released the second generation of DC Lounge Fortuner, a special body kit for the Indian version of Toyota Fortuner. This was India's first full body altering kit for any car commercially available for 7.25 lakhs.[4]
He also runs a special Automobile Designing Institute called as DC - DYP in association with Dr D Y Patil University in Pune, Maharashtra. His latest invention is 'DC AVANTI', the most economical sports car costs nearly 25,00,000 Indian rupees which is about 50k dollars.
References
- ↑ "Automobile style guru Dilip Chhabria invited to interact with students at Techniche 2005". The Telegraph. 2005-08-07. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
- ↑ "Dilip Chhabria Design ties up with ETA's Eximstar". The Hindu. 2006-08-21. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
- ↑ "DC Designs XUV500". theCARwallpapers.com. 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2006-09-11.
- ↑ "DC Lounge Fortuner at 7.25 Lakhs". theCARwallpapers.com. 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2013-09-30.