Less than six months after the world's fastest car - the Bugatti Veyron - made its India debut at a jaw-dropping price of Rs 16 crore, the bar was pushed even higher on Friday
The world’s costliest car Aston Martin One-77 price starting from Rs 20 crore made its debut in the domestic market on Friday. Before the launch of One-77, Bugatti Veyron priced at Rs 16 crore, ex-showroom was the costliest car available in the Indian market launched in October, last year
Bill Donnelly, sales and service director at Aston martin said, “India represents a new opportunity for us. The decision to bring the Aston Martin brand to India is driven by a strong level of interest and enthusiasm from potential customers in an emerging luxury market.In India, the company expects to sell around 50 cars across its portfolio by end of this financial year. Twenty cars are already on Indian roads, bought through individual importers. The United Kingdom headquartered Aston Martin will compete with other brands such as Ferrari, Maserati and Volkswagen AG's Lamborghini, who also have introduced their luxury cars in the Indian market
One already booked in Mumbai .The name of the owner is yet to be disclosed.
Aston Martin has appointed Performance Cars, a division of Mumbai headquartered Infinity Cars has been appointed as dealer of the British marques. “We have received 20 bookings for various models of Aston Martin,” said Lalit Choudhary, managing director at Performance Cars. Infinity Cars also has a dealership of BMW. Aston Martin will open a second dealership in New Delhi by the end of May.(H)
