Parent company GirnarSoft takes another leap of strategic business alliance

CarDekho.com announces winners of CarDekho Accolade 2014

Honda City awarded the ‘Car of the Year 2014’

Harley Davidson Street 750 awarded the ‘Bike of the Year 2014’

New Delhi: CarDekho.com,the flagship portal of GirnarSoft has successfully concluded CarDekho

Accolade - India’s ONLY consumer choice awards in the automobile space. After 17 days of voting,

the winners have been announced for the much-awaited awards in the car & bike categories for the

year. The total number of votes received from customers for their choice of best car & bike were an

overwhelming 3,05,953.

CarDekho Accolade, presented by Snapdeal.com and co-sponsored by HP, providedthe ultimate

prize winning platform for Car and Bike manufacturers in Indian market. There were 12numbers of

categories for cars and 5 numbers of categories for bikes, which were voted upon by consumers.

Additionally a panel of experts conferred the jury awards in 10 categories. Awards were adjudged

basis an unbiased online voting system managed through CarDekho.com. Voting took place between

20thJan 2015 to 5thFeb 2015. These votes were tabulated electronically and winners determined

based on the nominees in each category with the highest number of eligible votes.

Talking about this initiative, Mr. Amit Jain, CEO and Co-Founder, GirnarSoft said “We would like to

congratulate all the winners of the CarDekho Accolades. With the rising popularity of CarDekho.com

we have been able to ensure that the voice of the consumer is captured in honoring the best of cars

and bikes of 2014. In turn, it is a privilege for each winning company and brand that consumers have

appreciated their offering to the Indian market. ”

Listed Beloware the winners ofeach category of awards:

CONSUMER AWARDS:

Over 3 lakh consumer votes across different categories brought to light interesting facts about the

four-wheeler preference in the Indian market. Maruti was a clear winner in theHatchback category

and runner-up in thePremium Hatchback category. Likewise, Hyundai swept the Premium Hatchback

category while being a runner-up in the mid-size category. We witnessed a tie in the most spoken

about Entry Level Sedan category between the Maruti SuzukiDZire& the Honda Amaze. Toyota

bagged the most awards; with its popular Fortuner being the obvious winner in the Premium SUV

category & the Toyota Innova emerging as a winnerin MUV-MPV category. The consumers voted

both these offerings above newer models in the segment.The popular SUV category witnessed a tie

between the bold Renault Duster & the powerful Mahindra XUV 500. The two German brands Audi

and BMW won Luxury Sedan for Audi A4 and Luxury SUV for BMW X5. The powerful Lamborghini

Huracan that caught the eyeballs at the launch was a clear choice for Performance Car of the Year.

Two-wheeler segment was equally competitive this year. Consumer votes for HondaActiva were sky

high making it the most preferred Scooter of the Year. Harley-Davidson Breakout led the way up to

being the Performance Bike of the Yearwhile Yamaha FZ is the only sought after Premium Bikes.

Car Categories:

Bike Categories:

JURY AWARDS:

Other than the consumer choice awards, an internal jury comprising of automotive experts

reviewed, compared, analyzed and then awarded the most prestigious category awards in cars and

bikes. Honda City, the most fuel-efficient car and one that comes with exhaustive list of features and

offers 2nd best space was chosen as the Car of the Year. Hyundai’s gorgeous Elite i20 won Design of

the Year for its great European style. Though when it came to Innovation, the decision became

rather tough. Tata Zest emerged a winner in this category for being the most affordable diesel

automatic in India while offering features, space and ride quality. For Indian pockets what matters

most is Value for Money when cars are concerned. This sought after award was won by none other

than the Hyundai Xcent. While there were other categories and much deserved winners for each,

one that needs to be highlighted is theCampaign of the Year and the car chosen for this award is

again the much talked about Honda Mobilio. The enthusiast Bike of the Year went to the most

affordable Harley-Davidson in India, the Street 750.

Besides the winners, the company also declared winners from amongst the voting consumers. A

total of 103 people were awarded online shopping vouchers, iPad Minis and a LED TV.

List of all winners can be viewed at:http://awards.cardekho.com

About CarDekho.com

CarDekho.com is a flagship portal of Girnar Software Pvt. Ltd. founded in March 2008. CarDekho.com is today India’s

most popular and leading auto portal catering to the aspiring buyers, the proud owners, the auto enthusiasts and

die-hard fans and dealers of cars across the country. CarDekho is currently drawing close to 11 million visits per

month with 7.5 million unique visitors per month. The company recently acquired another top automotive portal

Gaadi.com to add to its used car portfolio. Recent winner of the prestigious ‘Website of the Year 2014’ award,

CarDekho.com has been presented with various tokens of appreciation by a number of esteemed institutions,

including the awards for the 'Best Car Website 2014', 'Most Popular Website 2012' and 'Website of the Year

India'given twice in a row - in 2011 and 2012. The portal won its first 'Best Automotive Website of 2009' award at

the beginning of the journey.

For more details, visit: www.CarDekho.com

About Girnar Software

Girnar Software is an IT company working on offshore products and outsourced software development. It picked up

USD 50 Million in a second round of funding and is valued at USD 300 Million. The group company has recently

partnered with the iconic Mr. Ratan Tata and will be taking advice for further business enhancement to take the

auto classified segment in India to a global level. The group runs other successful portals such as BikeDekho.com and

PriceDekho.com. The group’s vision is to be a multi-billion dollar company by 2020 with global footprint by creating

innovative products and services.