Honda Brings Home the Bacon in the Ndtv Profit Car & Bike India Awards

The Hero Honda CBZ X-Treme and the Honda CivicYear
were named as the “Best Bike of 2006” andAside from bagging major awards, a survey said
the “Best Car of the Year” at the annual NDTVyesterday that the Honda's Civic is also considered
Profit Car & Bike India Awards in Mumbai, India. Hondaone of the most appealing cars in the market. The
Civic also bagged the Viewers' Choice awards, tyingCR-V and Accord models, as well as Toyota’s
with TVS Apache. The Marketing Team award wentVios and Previa were also in the list.
to General Motors. Mr. Anand Mahindra was awardedThe latest Honda Civic, which scored 833 points on a
as the 'NDTV Profit Car & Bike Automobile Man of1,000-point scale, was rated the Best Midsize car in the
the Year'."2006 Taiwan Automotive Performance, Execution
Honda Siel Cars India president and CEO M.and Layout Study."
Takedagawa said Civic has made them proud acrossNow in its ninth year, the survey is conducted by J.D.
the world with its style, technology and its ability toPower Asia Pacific. The agency interviews car
adapt ongoing innovations and it is heartening to knowowners about what excites and delights them on their
it is the same for India. Hero Honda Managing Directorvehicles' performance and design during the first two
Pawan Munjal accepted the “Bike of the Year”to six months of ownership.
recognition for CBZ X-Treme.The Lexus ES, which dominated the luxury class with
The NDTV Profit Car and Bike awards celebrates the912 points, set the benchmark with the highest score
best design, unmatched technology, style andacross all vehicle segments. It also received the highest
performance in the automobile industry and awardsratings from customers across all factors that
the best vehicles that dominated the markets.determine overall satisfaction, the survey said.
To enumerate, the following were the awardsThe survey, which rated 47 different models from 13
received by Honda:different manufacturers, was based on evaluations
Honda Civic - Car of the Year; Executive Car of thefrom more than 9,000 owners who purchased a new
Yearcar between March and July last year. In the
Honda CR-V- SUV of the Yearentry-level midsize segment, Toyota Vios ranked
Hero Honda CBZ X-Treme - Bike of the Yearhighest with 789 points, while the Toyota Previa
Hero Honda CBZ X-Treme- Bike of the Year upto 150scored 817 points in the multi-purpose vehicle segment.
ccProve by yourself that Honda deserves all these
Honda Civic - Automotive Design of the yearrecognitions, the site on Honda Civic tie rod end can
Honda Civic - CNB-AAA Viewers' choice Car of thehelp.