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The Indian Car Of The Year
2012
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The Indian Car Of The Year 2012 award went to
the Maruti Suzuki Swift while the Honda CBR250R was acclaimed as the Indian
Motorcycle Of The Year 2012
BSM Team / Mumbai :On the eve of the 2012 Auto
Expo at New Delhi, at a glittering function, the winners of the most prestigious
automotive awards were announced. The Indian Car Of The Year 2012 award went to
the Maruti Suzuki Swift while the Honda CBR250R was acclaimed as the Indian
Motorcycle Of The Year 2012
The awards were given away by Dr Raghupati
Singhania, vice chairman and managing director, JK Tyre & Industries at the
event which was attended by the who’s who of the Indian automotive industry,
senior government officials, senior executives and racing drivers.
It was not easy to arrive at the winners,
considering that there were a record number of contenders this year. When the
jury started out with 19 cars and 11 motorcycles, the task was daunting. But
whittling down to the final shortlist was easily achieved. From the 19 cars, ten
made it to the finals: Hyundai Eon, Honda Brio, Skoda Rapid, Maruti Suzuki
Swift, Toyota Etios Liva and Etios, Nissan Sunny, Hyundai Verna, Ford Fiesta and
the Mahindra XUV500. As for the bikes, the CBR faced loads of competition from
India's newly formed and burgeoning middle-displacement assembled motorcycles —
Harley-Davidson's SuperLow, Forty-Eight and Iron 883, the Kawasaki Ninja 650R as
well as the three Hyosungs, the GT650R, the GT650N and the ST7. The Indian
motorcycles in the mix were Bajaj's Boxer BM150 and Discover 125, the Hero
Impulse and of course, the Honda CBR250R.
The ICOTY and IMOTY jury, comprising senior
automotive journalists from seven magazines, voted decisively to give the Swift
and the CBR250R the top honours. In the top three rankings were the Swift, the
Brio and the Eon and among motorcycles, the CBR250R, Impulse and the GT650N.
The automotive magazines that are part of the
ICOTY and IMOTY jury are Auto Bild, Auto India, BBC TopGear, Bike India,
Business Standard Motoring, Car India and Overdrive.
The Swift has come full circle, as even the
last-gen Swift won the 2006 ICOTY, the first to win since the inception of the
award. Previous winners include the Honda Civic (2007), Hyundai i10 (2008),
Honda City (2009), Tata Nano (2010) and the Ford Figo (2011). Honda repeated its
success this year as well, as it won the IMOTY 2011 for the CB Twister. Previous
winners include the Kawasaki Ninja 250R (2010), Yamaha YZF-R15 (2009) and the
Bajaj Pulsar 220 DTS-Fi (2008).
( Courtesy:http://business-standard.com/
)
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