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MUMBAI: NDTV Profit in association with Car India and Bike India will present the fifth year of ?Car India & Bike India Awards? at New Delhi on January 06, 2010. The award will honour the year?s best cars, bikes and the people behind them in the automobile sector.
Initiated in the year 2006, the Car India & Bike India Awards have emerged as the most credible automobile industry awards. Since its foundation, it has created a niche for itself in the automobile industry & with the automobile lovers.
The Car & Bike Awards 2010 will give a chance to its viewers to vote for their favourite car and bike nominees and stand a chance to ride the year?s hottest wheels home. The nominees for CNB Viewers? Choice Two Wheeler are Suzuki GS150, TVS Apache RTR180, Hero Honda Karizma ZMR, Bajaj Discover DTS-Si, Royal Enfield Classic 500; and the nominees for CNB Viewers‘ Choice Car are Honda Jazz, Fiat Linea, Skoda Laura, Chevrolet Cruze, Hyundai i20, Tata Indigo Manza, Maruti Ritz, Mahindra Xylo.
Speaking on the occasion, Siddharth Vinayak Patankar, Editor-Auto, NDTV Group said, ?The year 2009 has witnessed a global slowdown in automobile sales but in India we had a relatively promising year in the automobile industry with new launches?the highlight being the exclusive launch of Tata Nano which reaffirmed India?s place on the global map. NDTV Profit Car & Bike Awards has proved to be a benchmark for auto excellence in India and this year again we salute the best of the best. These awards credibly honour the best of auto, while keeping cognizance of reflecting the choices and sentiments of customers, manufacturers and the auto lovers alike.?
The Car & Bike Awards places a lot of emphasis on green technology by rewarding environmentally friendly work done by the industry with the Green Award. It also recognizes Marketing and PR efforts of the players which contribute to the product‘s success with the CNB-AAA Awards. The categories in this include Best PR & Communications Team (Nominees: Royal Enfield; Bajaj Auto; General Motors; M&M), Best Integrated Campaign 4-Wheeler (Nominees: Hyundai i20; Maruti; General Motors; Volkswagen; Honda Jazz), Best Integrated Campaign 2-Wheeler (Nominees: Bajaj Auto; Mahindra Two Wheelers; Royal Enfield) and Best Brand Ambassador.
To ensure a foolproof and fair selection process, the eminent jurors assess and award each nominee in complete isolation to other jurors. Each car and bike nominated are tried and tested by the jury along with a detailed research on each nominee‘s specifications, its market performance and its immediate competition. The process is monitored by our auditors Mazars who then tabulate and document all votes by the jurors. The results will only be revealed as the winner envelopes are opened on Awards Night on the 6th of January 2010.
The winners of this year?s awards will be selected by an eminent jury consisting of an expert panel of auto aficionado: Gul Panag, Talented actress & a complete cruiser motorcycle fanatic, Aspi Bhathena, Editor, Car India & Bike India; Bunny Punia,
Deputy Editor, Car India & Bike India Rayomand Banajee, racing driver & Nawaz Sandhu, ace lady rallyist and Siddharth Vinayak Patankar, Editor-Auto, NDTV.
The awards categories for NDTV Profit Car & Bike Awards 2010 are:
TWO WHEELERS
1. Motorcycle up to 125cc
2. Motorcycle up to 160cc
3. Motorcycle up to 200cc
4. Motorcycle up to 250cc
5. Motorcycle above 250cc
6. Scooter of the Year
7. Import Two Wheeler of the Year
8. CNB Viewers? Choice Two Wheeler
9. Two Wheeler Manufacturer of the Year
10. Two Wheeler of the Year
CARS
11. Micro Car of the Year
12. Small Car of the Year
13. Mid-size Car of the Year
14. Executive Car of the Year
15. Entry Premium Car of the Year
16. Premium Car of the Year
17. Import Car of the Year
18. MUV/SUV of the Year
19. Premium SUV of the Year
20. CNB Viewers‘ Choice Car
21. Car Manufacturer of the Year
22. Car of the Year
GENERAL AWARDS
23. Automotive Product of the Year
24. Design of the Year
25. Automotive Technology of the Year
26. Ista Hotels Green Award
27. Automotive Man of the Year
CNB-AAA AWARDS
28. Best Brand Ambassador
29. Best Integrated Campaign 2-Wheeler
30. Best Integrated Campaign 4-Wheeler
31. Best PR & Communications Team
