Nano, Pulsar 135LS take top honours at Autocar Awards.

The Tata Nano has won the prestigious Bloomberg UTV-Autocar Car of the Year 2010 award on January 15. Accepting the award, Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Motors, said: “I would like to accept this award on the behalf of the young engineers at Tata Motors, who achieved what was considered impossible. I hope that what we have produced gives a lot of people an affordable car and happiness in the years to come.”

Meanwhile, the Bajaj Pulsar 135LS bagged the Bike of the Year 2010 award. These awards are the Oscars of the Indian automotive industry and are selected by a distinguished jury that includes Hormazd Sorabjee, editor, Autocar India and Autocar Professional; Shapur Kotwal, deputy editor, Autocar India; Rishad Cooper, Autocar India's bike expert, car designer Dilip Chhabria, auto historian Manvendra Singh, Renuka Kirpalani, editor, Autocar Show, and six-time national rally champion Naren Kumar. The jury felt that the twin-cylinder Nano represented a history-making car by Tata Motors and was impressed at how much it delivers for its low price-tag. The special guests for the evening were Formula 1 racing champion Narain Karthikeyan and Autocar UK editor Chas Hallet. In his speech the chief guest the Minister of State for Road, Transport & Highways

RPN Singh said the government is committed to fulfilling its promise of building 20km of road per day from April this year. The full report on the Bloomberg UTV-Autocar awards will appear in the February 1 issue.

AUTOCAR AWARD WINNERS LIST

Car of the year:Tata Nano

Bike of the year:Bajaj Pulsar 135 LS

Best variant of the year:Skoda Laura

Best Drivers's car:BMW Z-4

Technology&innovation award:BMW 7- series

Green awards:MercedesE class blue efficiency

Car Advertisement of the year: Fiat linea

Import bike of the year: Honda CB1000R

Best design&styling:Fiat Punto

Best value for money:tata Indigo Manza

Manufacturer of the year:Maruti Suzuki

Luxury car of the year:Mercedes Benz E-class

Suv of the year:Toyota fortuner

Saloon of the year:Chevrolet cruze

Premium hatchback of the year:Maruti Ritz

Smal car of the year:Tata Nano

Viewer"s choice-car of the year: Toyota Fortuner

Viewer"s choice-bike of the year: Bajaj Pulsar 135 LS