DC Design
DC Design is an Indian design firm from Mumbai which designs and builds concept cars and prototypes. The firm, founded in 1993, is headed by designer Dilip Chabbria.
The company also builds custom special order vehicles,[1] such as a modified Porsche Cayenne coupe,[2] and a modified Rolls Royce coupe.[3] In August 2006, the company announced a partnership with Eximstar, an ETA Group company, to build a 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m2) production facility in Dubai.[4] The facility, scheduled to open in 2007, will produce custom luxury cars.
Dilip Chhabria is an Indian car designer and the founder of DC Design.[2] He designed and manufactured DC Avanti,[3]considered India’s first supercar.
Dilip Chhabria graduated with a bachelor degree in commerce. He in a 2015 interview said that found an advertisement in a car magazine and decided to become a car designer.[1] He then studied in the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, US. After graduating, he worked for General Motors for a while. He returned to India to start a workshop in Marol.[2][5] His first product was a horn for the Premier Padmini.[1] He then established DC Design which initially produced body kits for Indian cars and designed motorcycles.[2]
In 2002, he was hired by the Kinetic Engineering Limited to design a limited edition scooter.[6] In 2006, he tied up with Exim Star of ETA Star Group to form a new company, DCStar. It was set up in Dubai to produce custom cars.[7] In 2009, he designed a concept car for the Coca-Cola Company to promote the energy drink Burn in India.[8] In 2010, he started the DYPDC Center for Automotive Research and Studies with the D. Y. Patil group.[9] In 2011, he designed the REVA NXR electric car for Mahindra & Mahindra.[10] In 2012, Air Works India tied up with Chhabria to design aircraft interiors.[11] In 2013, he was hired by Siddhi Vinayak Logistics to design the buses for their luxury bus service.[12] In 2014, he designed custom luxury buses for Girikand Logistics.[13] In 2015, he launched the DC Avanti.
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