Honda Motorcycles India has done it again! After winning JK Tyre organized Indian Motorcycle of the Year 2011 (IMOTY) award last month, Honda CB Twister again won ‘Bike Of The Year’ at CNBC-TV18 Overdrive awards. Honda Motorcycle has split with its long time partner in India, Hero Group, recently.
The award ceremony was held in Mumbai. To add a dash of exclusivity and glamour it even had motorsport icons, Karun Chandhok and Gaurav Gill as well as Bollywood stars Dino Morea and Diya Mirza to give away the awards. The evening also saw the unveiling of the OVERDRIVE Hindi issue.
The winners of ‘CNBC-TV18 Overdrive Awards 2011’ were evaluated by an elite jury comprising of senior editorial staffers of OVERDRIVE, the best drivers and evaluators in India and automotive experts of national and global renown. This includes Formula 1 ace Karun Chandhok, arguably the fastest and most skilled driver in the country today, Indian National Rally champion and the only Indian to have won in the Asia Pacific championship and scored points in the Production World Rally Championship Gaurav Gill, 5-time national rally champion and tester of renown Hari Singh, V K Vishwanathan, M D of Bosch India, Editor of OVERDRIVE Sirish Chandran and Deputy Editors of OVERDRIVE Bertrand D’souza and Shubhabrata Marmar.
Judging and evaluation of all the vehicles is based on a wide ranging set of parameters including design, engineering, powertrains, performance, efficiency, emissions, value and relevance to the Indian automotive context. All the jury members are experts at evaluating cars and bikes with unrivalled testing experience. In addition the jury is assisted by the objective test data and analysis of OVERDRIVE magazine, which has exhaustively tested all the eligible vehicles.
