Dilip Chhabria: The rise and fall of India’s only supercar maker
- Srinivas Krishnan
- Updated: Apr 3, 2022, 23:41 IST IST
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.
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.