| MUMBAI:
Honda Jazz & Kawasaki Ninja 250R were named as the Car of the Year and Bike
of the Year at the NDTV Profit Car & Bike India Awards 2010 held in New Delhi
today. Pawan Munjal was conferred with the title of Automotive Man of the Year
for his immense contribution to the Indian automobile industry while Shahrukh
Khan who is brand ambassador of Hyundai i10 bagged the Best Brand Ambassador Award
2010. Toyota Kirloskar Motors bagged the Ista Hotels Green awards for their involvement
in NDTV Toyota Greenathon Campaign and specific green measures taken in Innova
and Fortuner. Adrian Sutil collected the MotorSport Award on behalf of the Force
India Team. The
evening brought nation’s top professionals, corporate honchos and best minds
in the automobile industry such as Jagdish Khattar, Pawan Munjal, Rajesh Jejurikar,
Sunil Kant Munjal, Karl Sylm, on a single platform. The grand award ceremony was
a celebration of the best style, technology, design and performance and recognized
the finest of the speed machines that dominated the Indian terrain in 2009. It
also encouraged the participants to look forward to a promising 2010 with new,
exciting launches. Recipient
of Best Brand Ambassador of the Year for Hyundai i10 Shahrukh Khan said,”
Automotive industry has always been perceived as the transgressor. We all keep
talking about the green technology and I believe automobile industry can contribute
significantly to this cause. As this day marks the launch of Hyundai electric
car, I believe electric car would be the call of the day.” On
receiving the Automotive Man of the Year Award, Pawan Munjal said, “Whatever
we are it’s only because of our customer. Last year everyone saw a decline
in sales but we as a company had a flat year. We saw this as an opportunity to
build on the momentum and drive our sales.” The
winners of NDTV Car and Bike Awards 2010 in respective categories are:
TWO WHEELERS:
1.
Motorcycle up to 125cc: Bajaj Discover DTS-Si
2.
Motorcycle up to 160cc: Suzuki GS150
3.
Motorcycle up to 200cc: TVS Apache RTR180
4.
Motorcycle up to 250cc: Kawasaki Ninja 250R
5.
Motorcycle above 250cc: Royal Enfield Classic 500
6.
Scooter of the Year: Mahindra Duro
7.
Import Two Wheeler of the Year: Honda CB1000R
8.
CNB Viewers’ Choice Two Wheeler: Hero Honda Karizma ZMR
9.
Two Wheeler Manufacturer of the Year: Hero Honda Motors
10.
Bike of the Year: Kawasaki Ninja 250R CARS:
11.
Micro Car of the Year: Tata Nano
12. Small Car of the Year: Honda Jazz
13.
Mid-size Car of the Year: Fiat Linea
14. Executive Car of the Year: Chevrolet
Cruze
15. Entry Premium Car of the Year: Skoda Superb
16. Premium Car
of the Year: Mercedes Benz E Class
17.
Import Car of the Year: BMW 7 series
18. SUV of the Year: Toyota Fortuner
19.
MUV of the Year: Mahindra Xylo
20. Premium SUV of the Year: Audi Q5
21.
CNB Viewers' Choice Car: Chevrolet Cruze
22.
Car Manufacturer of the Year: Maruti Suzuki
23. Car of the Year: Honda Jazz
GENERAL
AWARDS:
24.
Automotive Product of the Year: MapmyIndia Navigation Device
25. Design of
the Year: Hyundai i20
26. Automotive Technology of the Year: Bosch India
27.
Ista Hotels Green Award: Toyota Kirloskar Motors India
28. Automotive Man
of the Year: Pawan Munjal
29. MotorSport Award: Force India Team
CNB-AAA
AWARDS:
30. Best Brand Ambassador: Shahrukh Khan
31.
Best Integrated Campaign 2-Wheeler: Bajaj Discover & Pulsar
32. Best Integrated
Campaign 4-Wheeler: No award was given in this category
33. Best PR & Communications
Team: Royal Enfield
The
winners of the awards were chosen by an expert jury comprising of eminent panel
of auto aficionados: Gul Panag, Talented actress & a complete cruiser motorcycle
fanatic, Aspi Bhathena, Editor, Car India & Bike India; Bunny Punia, Deputy
Editor, Car India & Bike India Rayomand Banajee, racing driver & Nawaz
Sandhu, ace lady rallyist and Siddharth Vinayak Patankar, Editor-Auto, NDTV and
Anjana Beniwal, winner of the C&B be on jury contest. A
special panel of jury consisting of Sam Balsara, CEO, Madison Communications;
Preeti Vyas, CEO and Chief Creative Officer, Vyas Giannetti Creative; Ad Filmmaker
Prasoon Pandey along with NDTV’s Shruti Verma Singh and Siddharth Vinayak
Patankar chose the winners of CNB-AAA Awards category. 'NDTV
Profit Car India & Bike India Awards' is an attempt to felicitate the best
among the best in the auto sector, which have been showcased in the highly acclaimed
'The Car and Bike' show. Initiated in the year 2006, the awards have emerged as
the most credible automobile industry awards, presented every year by NDTV in
association with Car India and Bike India magazine team. Valuable
support has been lent to NDTV Profit Car & Bike Awards 2010 by Presenting
Sponsor HDFC Ergo and Associate Sponsor Keys Hotels. Watch
the telecast of the awards on NDTV Profit on 9th Jan at 1:00pm and repeat on following
Sunday at 9:00pm. | 