NDTV Profit - Car and Bike Awards 2009 honours list

NDTV Profit Car and Bike Awards 2009, which was held on Feb 20th, 2009, in Mumbai witnessed Honda City drive away with the Car of the Year Award 2009, while Yamaha YZFR15 whizzed away with the Bike of the Year Award 2009. Celebrated film personality Saif Ali Khan & Priyanka Chopra who are brand ambassadors of Chevrolet Aveo Yuva & Hero Honda Pleasure scooter respectively, bagged the Best Brand Ambassador Award 2009 each. Ratan Tata was awarded the NDTV Profit Car & Bike India Automotive Man of the Year for his contribution to the Indian automobile industry. To recognize the environment-friendly work done by the automobile industry, M&M Scorpio Micro Hybrid was conferred with the Green Award.

The winners of NDTV Car and Bike Awards, 2009 in respective categories are:
Two-wheelers
1. Motorcycle upto 125cc: Honda Stunner CBF
2. Motorcycle upto 160cc: Yamaha YZFR15
3. Motorcycle above 160cc: Royal Enfield ThunderBird Twinspark
4. Import Two Wheeler of the Year: Suzuki Hayabusa
5. CNB Viewers' Choice Two Wheeler: Hero Honda Passion Pro
6. Two Wheeler Manufacturer of the Year: Hero Honda Motors
7. Two Wheeler of the Year: Yamaha YZFR15
8. Scooter of the Year: Honda Aviator
Cars
9. Active Small Car of the Year: Skoda Fabia
10. Active Mid-size Car of the Year: Honda City
11. Executive Car of the Year: Volkswagen Jetta
12. SUV of the Year: Chevrolet Captiva
13. Import Car of the Year: Mercedes Benz SL 63 AMG
14. Premium Car of the Year: Audi A4
15. CNB Viewers' Choice Car: Honda City
16. Car Manufacturer of the Year: Hyundai Motor India
17. Car of the Year: Honda City
Commercial Vehicle
18. CV Manufacturer of the Year: Piaggio Vehicles Private Limited
19. CV of the Year: Swaraj Mazada Prestige LT
GENERAL AWARDS
20. Green Award: M&M Scorpio Micro Hybrid
21. Automotive Product of the Year: MRF Zapper S/FY and Revz
22. Design of the Year: BMW M3
23. Component Manufacturer of the Year: Bosch India
24. Automotive Man of the Year: Ratan Tata
25. Automotive Technology of the Year: Volvo B9R 9400 6x2
CNB-AAA AWARDS
26. Brand Ambassador of the Year: Saif Ali Khan (Chevrolet) & Priyanka Chopra (Hero Honda)
27. Best Integrated Campaign 2 Wheeler: Hero Honda Pleasure
28. Best Integrated Campaign 4 Wheeler: Mahindra Logan
29. Best PR & Communications Team: Royal Enfield for the trip campaign

NDTV Profit Car India & Bike India Awards is an attempt to felicitate the best among the best, showcased in the NDTV Profit's highly acclaimed The Car and Bike show. These Awards are the automobile industry's one of the most credible awards being presented every year by NDTV, in association with Car India and Bike India magazine team.

The winners of the awards were chosen by expert jury comprising of Siddharth Vinayak Patankar, Editor-Auto, NDTV Group; Amit Chhangani, Assistant Editor, Car India; Aspi Bhathena, Executive Editor, Car India & Bike India; Rayomand Banerjee, racing driver and Sam Katgara, former ace rallyist and racer. The jury also included H S Billimoria, the creator of NextGen Publishing and Nawaz Sandhu, ace lady rallyist for the car category and Bunny Punia, an automobile journalist, for the bike category.

NDTV Profit Car & Bike Awards 2009 this year introduced some novel categories to recognize the Marketing and PR efforts of the players which contribute to the product's success with the CNB-AAA awards like Best PR & Communications Team, Best Integrated Campaign 4 Wheeler, Best Integrated Campaign Two Wheeler and Brand Ambassador of the Year.


Source: wheelsunplugged.com