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