DC Design likely set up car manufacturing unit in Gujarat soon - Indian Express

Express news service : Ahmedabad, Thu Apr 25 2013, 09:20 hrs India's first indigenously developed sports car from automobile designer Dilip Chhabria's stable - DC Avanti - could be manufactured in Gujarat in the coming years. Chhabria is planning to set up a customised car manufacturing unit near Ahmedabad which will redesign and modify mass market cars. "A new assembly plant is being set up at Talegaon near Pune that will have a capacity to manufacture 2,500 Avantis a year. We expect demand for Avantis to increase in the coming years and chances are that the expansion might happen in Gujarat. We are seriously thinking of Gujarat as the next step for Avanti," said Chhabria on Wednesday. The first DC Avanti is expected to be out by December. "We will be having the demo cars out for customers by October this year," he said while announcing the inauguration of a DC Design showroom in Ahmedabad that will be opened for public on April 28. DC Design is a firm promoted by Chhabria. The manufacturing unit in Gujarat will be in joint venture with the promoters of Abhidev Automotives Pvt Ltd who will provide the land and basic infrastructure to DC Design for the unit that is expected to come up by 2014. The new facility will focus on designing existing cars as per customers' tastes. Currently, DC Design has manufacturing facilities in Pune, Mumbai and Gurgaon which churns out 600-800 cars every year. It has over 15 products including "ultra-premium luxury upgrade" for popular mass cars like the XUV500, Innova and Fortuner or coaches like Volvo B9R, Isuzu and mini-buses like Force Traveller. "If we plan to manufacture DC Avanti in Gujarat in the second phase, then we will need an investment of about Rs 60 crore. We could even develop a niche SUV (sports utility vehicle) here. In such a situation, the investment needed will be in the range of Rs 20-30 crore," Chhabria added. ALSO READ Tata Sons' Cyrus Mistry keen to set up commercial vehicles plant in Punjab In India, luxury carmakers chase the young, female and frugal Jeep looks to make an SUV in China by end 2014 Ford Fiesta vs Honda City vs Renault Scala Please read our terms of use before posting comments TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s). via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE6ltCdfsZvB8Yg75Qs6beEHs-2cQ&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dc-design-likely-set-up-car-manufacturing-unit-in-gujarat-soon/1107383/

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