Dilip Chhabria

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Dilip Chhabria is a world-renowned Indian car designer who is the founder of DC Designs. He is well-known for his collaborations with Bollywood superstars and the work he does for them. He is the designer of DC Avanti, Indias first sports car.Dilip Chhabria was born in Mumbai, and his father was an affluent businessman who had a business of electronic manufacturing.Till his graduation in commerce, Dilip Chhabria used to draw cars all over his house and behind his notebooks. According to Chhabria, he was inspired to pursue car designing after he saw an advertisement in a magazine about a designing school in California.Later, Dilip Chhabria applied for Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California where he completed a course in Transportation Design. After graduating from Art Center College of Design, he joined General Motors; however, he wanted to start car designing independently, and he decided to move back to India to start work in Marol, Mumbai.After his return to India, he worked in a small space in his fathers factory and with the help of three workers, he manufactured his first product, which was a ring-shaped horn for Premier Padmini cars. The product was a hit in the aftermarket and sold for Rs. 40 per piece whereas it only cost Rs. 8 in manufacturing.His first project was in 1992 when he decided to show his skills to the world by modifying his own Gypsy, and it was a success. With this success, he signed a deal with Mahindra where he used to work on their Armada cars and a concept was made by him that led to the development of Scorpio.According to him, Mahindra Thar is the most customizable LMV that is available in the Indian market and one of the toughest projects that he ever came across was Porsche 911. Just like his car designs are unique in automobile sector, the names of his children also carry the feature of Mr. Chhabrias creative approach as he named his children as Bonito Chhabria (son), and Minica Chhabria (daughter). Dilip Chhabria DC Design Mahindra Thar.Dilip Chhabria founded the brand, DC Designs that is known across the world for its exclusive designs, and some of his cars have featured in several Bollywood movies, like Tarzan: The Wonder Car (2004), Dilwale (2015).His biggest break came when Aston Martin asked him to design their show car, Aston Martin Vantage. In 2003, he designed the James Bond Aston Martin DB-8, and since then, his designs have been appreciated on a global scale.Dilip Chhabria has also designed luxury vehicles for several Bollywood stars, like the vanity vans of Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan for almost Rs. 3.5 crores each. Recently, Hrithik Roshan also got the DC customization touch on his Mercedes-Benz V-Class van. Dilip Chhabrias custom vanity van for Shah Rukh Khan.