Dilip Chhabria: The rise and fall of India’s only supercar maker

Automotive design was the forte of Dilip Chhabria. Business, not so much

The images of Dilip Chhabria being taken into custody by the Mumbai police mark a major comedown for the high profile automotive designer. That the primary reason he was taken in involved the DC Avanti is somehow fitting. In an interview to The Economic Times a few months before the 2015 launch of the sports car he designed and his company built, he had said, “As a company and family, we had taken a huge risk. I have risked all that I have on this supercar.”
It looks like the risk did not pay off. His high-profile customer base, his flamboyant automotive designs and the reputation that made DC Design a byword for automotive modification in India will ensure the spotlight will be on him till the case is resolved.
shimmer

      Copyright © 2024 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service.