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The OVERDRIVE Awards, India’s most coveted and prestigious awards for automotive excellence were announced at a glittering ceremony attended by the leaders of the automotive industry. The awards are instituted to recognize and honor excellence in the automotive field.
The Skoda Superb won the Car of the Year Award, while the Discover from Bajaj Auto was declared as the Bike of the Year. The Chevrolet Tavera from General Motorswon the Award for the Best Utility Vehicle of the Year. The Awards ceremony was well attended with a mix of stalwarts from automotive industry, and corporate bigwigs from Delhi.
Mr. Prakash Iyer, Managing Director, Infomedia India Ltd., Stated, “. India has witnessed astonishing growth in the field of Research & Development, Style & Design and sales in the automobile industry. We see auto manufacturers dedicating more time to raise the bar to present more stylish, sturdy & fuel-efficient machines. I am confident that this award is a positive reinforcement to their efforts and we will definitely see more such good work from the Indian manufacturers.”


OVERDRIVE AWARDS NEW DELHI-10 JANUARY 2005
The OVERDRIVE Awards, India’s most coveted and prestigious awards for automotive excellence were announced at a glittering ceremony attended by the leaders of the automotive industry. The awards are instituted to recognize and honor excellence in the automotive field. The Skoda Superb won the Car of the Year Award, while the Discover from Bajaj Auto was declared as the Bike of the Year. The Chevrolet Tavera from General Motorswon the Award for the Best Utility Vehicle of the Year. The Awards ceremony was well attended with a mix of stalwarts from automotive industry, and corporate bigwigs from Delhi. Mr. Prakash Iyer, Managing Director, Infomedia India Ltd., Stated, “. India has witnessed astonishing growth in the field of Research & Development, Style & Design and sales in the automobile industry. We see auto manufacturers dedicating more time to raise the bar to present more stylish, sturdy & fuel-efficient machines. I am confident that this award is a positive reinforcement to their efforts and we will definitely see more such good work from the Indian manufacturers.”
The panel of judge’s for this year's OVERDRIVE Awards included Mr. Subodh Bhargava (Past President CII and Chairman Trade Fairs) Mr. Dilip Desai (Former Indian National Rally Champion) Mr. Vikram mathias (current INRC Champion) Mr. RAVI CHOPRA (Member of Executive Council SIAM) Mr. DINESH MUNOT (Past President & member of Executive Board ACMA ) Mr. Adil Jal Darukhanawala (Editor - OVERDRIVE)
The judging process consists of a briefing, where all the judges are provided information on all the nominated vehicles. The vehicles then are made available to the jury to drive and score. The process is modeled on the 'European Car of the year' judging, and is validated by Mr. Ray Hutton, International Correspondent of OVERDRIVE magazine and Chairman of the jury for the European Car of the Year and Mr. Adil Jal Darukhanawala, Editor, OVERDRIVE. The OVERDRIVE Awards are the definitive Automotive awards, as these are the only awards, which are backed by three apex industry bodies, CII, SIAM and ACMA and the judging process is validated by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. The jury comprises eminent personalities and experts from the automotive world, keeping the Awards neutral and unbiased. Manufacturers winning awards in various categories extensively use the award in their advertising campaigns. Past winners have included Ford Mondeo, Maruti Alto, Bajaj Pulsar and Toyota Qualis.