Dilip Chhabria is an Indian car
designer and the founder of DC Design. He designed and manufactured DC Avanti & DC TCA,, considered India's first sports car.
Dilip Chhabria graduated with a bachelor degree in commerce. He
in a 2015 interview said that found an advertisement in a car magazine and
decided to become a car designer. He then studied in the Art Centre College of Design in Pasadena US. After graduating, he
worked for General Motors for a while. He returned to
India to start a workshop in Marol. His first product was a ring shaped horn for
the Premium Padmini. In 2002, he was hired by
the Kinetic Engineering Limited to
design a limited edition scooter. In 2006, he tied up with Exim
Star of ETA STAR group to form a new company, DCStar.
It was set up in Dubai to produce custom cars. In 2009, he designed a
concept car for the Coca cola Company to promote the energy drink Burn in India. In 2010, he started
the DYPDC with the D.Y Patil group. In 2011, he designed the REVA NXR electric
car for Mahindra and Mahindra. In 2012, Air Works
India tied up with Chhabria to design airplane interiors. In 2013, he was
hired by Siddhi Vinayak Logistics to design the buses for their luxury bus
service. In 2014, he designed custom luxury buses for Girikand Logistics. In
2015, he launched the DC Avanti.
DC TCA i.e. Titanium Carbon-Fibre Aluminium is the next
generation vehicle powered by a 3.8L 320 bhp engine from DC design based on the
DC Avanti which was unveiled by Dilip Chhabria at Auto Expo 2018.