UK LUXURY CAR MAKER Aston Martin's limited edition One-77 super-car is yet to get an Indian customer, but it has an important Indian connection now.
The hanger that holds the exhaust pipe has been made by Lucknow based supplier Chopra Retec Rubber Products- a relatively small enterprise.
Last September, Aston Martin was facing a problem with the suspension hanger of the one-77 -its most advanced super sports car model. Only 77 cars were to be sold which meant that the exclusivity had to be complimented with very high quality. The supplier was given a couple of weeks to send a prototype for approval.
The Chopra team had to meet a tight deadline and parameters to bag the order. "the pace at which we reacted and moved impressed them and we were given the entire order for their One-77, which we successfully executed in record time," says Kiron Chopra, the company's CMD. Aston Martin "have in a way" shortlisted the Indian company as their primary vendors for all future exhaust hanger development and current up-gradation of exhaust hangers for existing models.
The hanger that holds the exhaust pipe has been made by Lucknow based supplier Chopra Retec Rubber Products- a relatively small enterprise.
Last September, Aston Martin was facing a problem with the suspension hanger of the one-77 -its most advanced super sports car model. Only 77 cars were to be sold which meant that the exclusivity had to be complimented with very high quality. The supplier was given a couple of weeks to send a prototype for approval.
The Chopra team had to meet a tight deadline and parameters to bag the order. "the pace at which we reacted and moved impressed them and we were given the entire order for their One-77, which we successfully executed in record time," says Kiron Chopra, the company's CMD. Aston Martin "have in a way" shortlisted the Indian company as their primary vendors for all future exhaust hanger development and current up-gradation of exhaust hangers for existing models.
