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Yes, that's it. Phew!

Nitin Gadkari being honoured

And its now the two big ones - Two-Wheeler of the Year and Car of the Year. And the winners are...


Suzuki takes home the Viewers' Choice Two Wheeler of the Year award for its Gixxer

Hyundai i20 is on a roll tonight!

And it's now for the main big ones! First in line is the Viewers' Choice Car of the Year Award. And the winner is Hyundai i20, while the winner for the Car Manufacturer of the Year is clinched by Honda Cars India
TVS Motor Company gets the Two Wheeler Manufacturer of the Year award


Mr Gadkarki said that a system would be in place that will map drivers' history and take into account any offenses committed in the past

Nitin Gadkari also share govt's plans of building safer roads to curb road fatalities in India.
Mr Gadkari believes road safety can be enhanced much more

We're going to request the state government to train their police forces for highways and to deal with accidents, adds Mr. Gadkari.

Like there is 'Swachh Bharat', we must strive towards 'pradushan-mukt Bharat' (pollution free India), says Nitin Gadkari minister for road transport and highways.

Nitin Gadkari has got big plans for the nation

RC390 - once more!

Another Hall of Fame; this time it's Maruti Suzuki

Maruti Suzuki and Hero MotoCorp share the trophy for the PCRA Green Award

Time for the Design of the Year awards for four-wheelers and two-wheelers

Hyundai scores a double!

Sportscar of the Year is... Jaguar's F Type Coupe

BMW's M4 takes home the Performance Car of the Year award

India's biggest car-maker, Maruti Suzuki, wins the Entry Hatchback of the Year award for its Celerio

CnB Hall of Fame award is... Audi's!

It's an overload of Honda, isn't it! Mobilio wins the MUV of the Year award

Globally famous as the 'World's best car', the Mercedes-Benz S-Class wins the Luxury Sedan of the Year award

The baby-S gets one! The Mercedes-Benz C-Class wins the Premium Sedan of the Year Award

Audi takes home the award for the Entry Premium Car of the Year

And the young-and-bubbly Alia Bhatt is the Brand Ambassador of the Year!

It's another one for Honda - this time for the best commercial in the passenger car segment

It's Audi that takes home the best PR & Communications award!

It's now time to recognise and award the ad campaigns

Motorcycle of the Year Up To 160 cc is the Suzuki Gixxer

KTM RC390 bags the Motorcycle of the Year Up To 500 cc award

Mahindra gets listed in the Hall of Fame

Rayomand Banajee gets celebrated for his undying effort to promote young motorsport talent

The racers getting much deserved applause and recognition!


Motorcycle of the Year Up To 200cc is...

Digital Campaign award is clinched by Honda for its Mobilio

Best Integrated Campaign award has been announced and it's gone in favour of Honda Mobilio

In the category of the Best Television Commercial - 2 Wheeler, the winner is TVS Sport

The Best Television Commercial - 4 Wheelers is clinched by Honda for its Amazingly Indian advert

Best Innovative use of Medium award winner is Hero MotoCorp for its Auto Expo efforts

PR & Communications is a tough job and the team for winning the Best PR & Communications award is Audi India for its A3 sedan

Pratap Bose from the Deisgn team of Tata Motors and Guillaume Sicard of Datsun India announce the winner of the Motorcycle of the Year Up To 160 cc, which is the Suzuki Gixxer
The award for Motorcycle of the Year Up To 500 cc has, deservingly, gone to the KTM RC 390
It's now time for the Motorcycle of the Year upto 110 cc. The winner is TVS Star City+
Another Honda - of the two-wheeler business, this time - take home the award for the Scooter of the Year

Honda clinched the Hall of Fame Award

Rayomand Banajee gets recognised for his contribution to the world of Indian motorsport

Racers Diljeet, Ameya Bafna, Vishnu Prasad, Karthik Tarani, Tarun Reddy - champions in various racing series are awarded for their accomplishments
Mobil Motorsport Award for 2015 goes to Jehan Daruwala

Compact Ciaz of the Year has now been announced; and it is Maruti Suzuki Ciaz
Joe King - the head of Audi India - joins Siddharth on stage to present the award for the Sub-Compact Sedan of the Year, which goes to Hyundai's Xcent
The award for the Motorcycle of the Year up to 250cc goes to the KTM RC 200
Arvind Saxena and Sudhir Rao are going to announce the Scooter of the Year award. It's the Honda's Activa 125 that clinches it!
Vimal Sumbly picks up the award for Motorcycle of the Year above 1000cc for the Triumph Explorer Xc

And the big one in the SUV category - SUV of the Year award - is clinched by Mahindra Scorpio. Pawan Goenka and Vivek Nayer receive the award
Luxury SUV of the Year award is BMW's for the X5. Abhay Dange of BMW comes on stage to receive the award
First set of awards are all about the SUVs.

Premium SUV of the Year has been announced; and it is - Santa Fe! Hyundai's Rakesh Srivastava graciously accepts the award

The awards process is being described. For those of you who'd like to read about it, click here!
The jury members are being introduced. You can read about all of them here.
Vikram Chandra comes on stage

Siddharth does a little display of his vocal chords by a bit of singing, just before welcoming Sonika on the stage.
Guillame Sicard, Datsun India's head, sounds all excited!

Will Mercedes-Benz win an award? Thats anyone's guess!

Vikram Chandra has just arrived at the venue

Aditya Patel giving a bite to the camera. The action is about to start.

That's a really good sight!

That's one cool venue, isn't it?

Award Categories - CNB Awards 2014
There's hardly any time before the main event begins. Check out the award categories and the nominees for one final time.
Eberhard Kern, MD & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India chats with Siddharth

Things are starting to get busy here!

Vivek Nayer of Mahindra and NDTV's Siddharth Vinayak Patankar exchange pleasantries

Brand rivalry? What's that?

Resting their backs after the exciting hot laps with race-car drivers

Drivers getting chatty on the camera. Looks like they're enjoying their evening so far!

Yes, while it's mostly fun; it's 'always' quite scary!

Siddharth finally getting a bit of a breather to speak to the camera!

Smoking of this kind is perfectly fine!

Yes, we agree with you, Karun!

BMW India's marketing director, Frank Schloeder, looks pleased to be at the BIC

It's getting busy in the pit-lane, and interesting!

Skoda India's MD, Sudhir Rao, went out on the track with Aditya Patel for a fast lap. His before-and-after reaction says it all!


Mr Taketoshi Nagaoka, MD, Universal Sompo, heads out on the track with Karun Chandhok behind the wheel

Bala of the CnB team doubles up as a safety instructor!

Here are the drivers - lucky chaps will be piloting some powerful machinery at the track!

Racer-talk: Karun and Aditya catching up with Vishu Prasad

Drivers are being given a safety briefing

Some familiar faces around.

Meet the cars that the drivers will be taking guests out in. Some cool, powerful names in that lineup...

Drivers arriving for the scheduled taxi rides at the BIC. Expect some good sideways action!

That engine - it makes a good noise, doesn't it?

Okay, the Hero Splendor Pro Classic managed to catch Gul's attention!

Jury members are now checking out the two-wheelers to choose the one that'll be worthy of the best design award

When explaning directions fails, we just start talking outside the outside. Yes, we know how to make fun of ourselves!

Okay, this is a trick one! Any guesses on which car are they talking about in this Vine?

Hyundai's Xcent is being discussed here

Jury members get back to discussions and evaluations after a quick bite

Come on, you've got to eat, too!

Gul reaches out to her Twitter followers; asks to check out the contenders of the CnB Awards

The Tata Zest is making a mark on everyone, it seems!

542bhp, rear-drive. Yes, it is definitely an insane experience!

Siddharth's first time on the track with the MINI

Okay, it's German, rear-engined and a lighter verison of a light supercar. Any guesses?

Aditya, too, believes that the team at Tata Motors has done a good job with the Zest

Racer-talk between Karun and Aditya

'Interesting' is the adjective that comes to mind when talking of the hatch-based crossover segment

Design wizard, Dilip Chhabria, talks about the Audi RS7

Jens in the CLA 45 AMG. Squealing sound from the tyres is proof that he's giving the car the treatment it deserves!

Gul driving past the pit-straight in the baby-S - the Mercedes-Benz C-Class

All work... all fun!

Karun is just warming up in the Audi RS7!

A humble way to start the day for Pablo as he heads out in the Hyundai i20. Rest assured, monster engines await his right-foot treatment!

Passenger experience doesn't get better than this!

This chap, he's a proper octane-breather!

And the jury members are ready to go out there, too!

Trust that to be true!

While they get seated and belted in the cars, here's the Twitter profiles of the jurors to follow -


Aditya Patel

Dhruv Behl

Gul Panag

Jens Meiners

Karun Chandhok

Pablo Chaterji

Siddharth Vinayak Patankar

That's one small walk that might seem the longest to them!


Aaarghhh! A mega lineup of cars can also cause lengthy talks and some concerns; which will be adressed.

A bit of weather-talk and smiles before the business of track briefing starts!

There's a live chat on Twitter happening with the jurors at 3pm today. Get busy thinking about what you'd like to ask them!

We wonder if it'll be a Le Mans start where jurors will run to their most desired cars!

The jury members indulging in a bit of chit-chat before the serious stuff begins

Man's World magazine's editor, Pablo Chaterji, reveals that fog's cleared. Time to head out in the cars. Go go go...

Editor of AutoX magazine, Dhruv Behl, tweets a photo. It's been a foggy morning so far; action's slightly delayed

Yesterday, the jurors sampled the contenders in the two-wheel segment. Today, it's the turn of the cars to be lapped around the BIC

That says it, then!

Looks like the Triumph Rocket III scored a few brownie points there!

The jury members after wrapping their track evaluations of the two-wheelers


Time to get the scoring sheets out!

Track proceedings are halted as rain plays spoilsport; but discussions don't stop

The entire spectrum covered!

The Suzuki Gixxer leaves an impressive mark on Pablo

Pablo thinks that Triumph's Street Triple is a fun motorcycle to ride

Siddharth heading out on the Indian Chieftain

The massive Indian Chieftain tourer goes past the pit-straight exactly like it should - leisurely

Meanwhile, this is what Pablo had tweeted before the action even started

Siddharth rode the Triumph Tiger; thinks its quite fun on the track, despite being an adventure tourer!

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Bala, Sulajja and Siddharth sharing thoughts on the bikes they've ridden so far
Gul Panag gearing up for the next ride out on the track
Pablo exiting the pit-lane on the Suzuki Gixxer
Pablo rode the Indian Scout; thinks it is rather nimble

Gul Panag has arrived, as has the rain!

Looking back, here's the list of winners in the car category from the last year's CnB awards.
And here's the bike winners.
Ah, that sound!

Jury members discussing the finer points during the evaluation process

The first set of two-wheelers being taken out on the track

Pablo, Sulajja and Siddharth about to hit the track


Safety is the biggest priority! Jurors being given the safety briefing at BIC

Pablo, Sulajja and Siddharth in their riding suits; getting ready to hit the track



Bikes getting ready to be taken out on the track by the jurors.
Dr V Sumantran - Senior Industry Consultant

A career spanning many years spent at  big names like GM, Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland, Dr Sumantran brings with him a mountain of knowledge and several years of experience working in the passenger car, commercial vehicle and defence space. He now consults the global industry, and in between all his travels has been a loyal supporter of the CNB Awards. Dr Sumantran has been with us since the very first year of the awards and heads the car and two wheeler juries.
Sulajja Firodia Motwani - Joint MD, Kinetic Engineering

Sulajja is an Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist. She has led the Kinetic business back when the group was still an active OEM. The Company has witnessed tremendous expansion during her term. From being a mere moped manufacturer it now focusses on being a key component supplier to the country's biggest brands. Sulajja is also a two wheeler enthusiast and avidly follows the MotoGP and Superbike World Championships.
Siddharth Vinayak Patankar - Editor-Auto, NDTV Group & Director, World Car Awards

Senior financial correspondent, primetime news anchor and Editor-Auto for the NDTV Group, Siddharth has worn many hats, and also conceived all the automobile programming at the network. He now heads the Auto Prime band of programming launched by NDTV in 2014. He also spearheads India's biggest auto quiz, which he hosts every year - the Mahindra AQ - which completed its 6th season in 2014. Siddharth is also now a Director on the Steering Committee for the prestigious World Car Awards, and has served on that jury since 2010.
Pablo Chaterji - Managing Editor, Man's World

Pablo has built an impressive career as a motoring and lifestyle journalist. Besides testing cars & bikes, and tracking the auto industry, Pablo is an avid photographer and has a keen ear for music. Prior to his innings at Man's World, he was editor of Motoring World.
Kamlesh Patel - Rallyist & Enthusiast

Former Rallyist and automobile enthusiast, Kamlesh is also a keen contributor to the development of Indian motorsport. Having been in the auto business, he understands what consumers are looking for in the market and has been on the CNB jury for several years now.
Gul Panag - Actor, Politician & Automobile Enthusiast

Known as much for being an auto enthusiast and biker, as her silver-screen avatar, Gul Panag is now a familiar face in the motoring scene. Gul has been a regular juror with CNB since 2010. She has also participated in the Polo Cup and is a regular at global auto events like motor shows or the Le Mans 24 Hours. Gul also makes a number of adventure trips in her 4X4 and loves biking on the weekends.
Adil Jal Darukhanawala - Editor, Zeegnition
Highly considered as one of the founding fathers of motoring journalism in India, Adil's over 30 years of experience in the field is only surpassed by his energy, enthusiasm and one of the biggest scale model collections of cars and bikes in the country! He loves his bikes and rides as often as he can in and around his beloved hometown of Pune
While we prepare for the day, get acquainted with the jurors here.
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