Perhaps a testament to India’s notoriously crowded and poorly maintained roads, the $56,000 two-seater aims for relatively modest performance from its 240 hp 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine built by Ford. Nevertheless, the company claims it will reach a limited top speed of 155 mph. Built on a space-frame chassis, the mid-engine Avanti is about the size of a Chevrolet Corvette, and comes with a six-speed manual transmission. DC hopes to sell 300-400 units in its first year and exports are being considered.
DC Design describes the car as “a stunner in more ways than one and a smile inducer and big name basher made in India.”
As Paul Harvey said "And now, the rest of the story!"
In proving ground tests, the prototype of the Avanti was involved in a collision with a street vendor's tiffin supply cart, seriously damaging the vehicle and spreading chicken vindaloo across the test site.The test pilot for some of the first test runs of the new vehicle was the world renowned driver and great Indian rally pilot Sriminamnasimsimaramalama Shrinigarpunedelhibomanwalla, who got the car up to a top speed of 100 goats before the unfortunate collision occured.
SS was quoted as saying "by the many arms of Vishnu, I swear that my driving was not to blame for the mash-up".
The repaired Avanti will be appearing in the new Bollywood film "Women with Mustaches, Men with Red Coats" as the vehicle of choice for the Indian James Bond, the fictional Super Spy
J.P Pandaramandurumbollywallabimbimettiboingboing, replacing the Tata Nano previously used by the dashing international man of mystery as he chased skirts and the 6th level of Dharmic conciousness across the globe.
DC Design also announced that plans are underway for a light truck version of the model, with the potential market name of "Distributed Load Vehicle" and that marketing tie-ins with India's largest fast food chain "Intestines on a Stick" were nearly concluded.
When asked for about production costs for the new Avanti, a DC design spokesperson declined to release the proprietary information, but indicated that they have reduced labor costs to a point whereby the salary inputs into the vehicle were "less than what it would take to feed a family of 4. 4 mice that is!"
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