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Car-crazed Navi Mumbai youth makes his own set of wheels

<p>19-year-old watched YouTube videos to learn how to make it, and drove his father&rsquo;s rickshaw to shore up enough money to fund the project</p>

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The car gives an average of 6 kilometres per litre and has a top speed of 180 kmph. “But I hardly cross 80, as I follow the rules,” says Prem Thakur, seen here in the driver’s seat, with his parents and younger brother. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar
The car gives an average of 6 kilometres per litre and has a top speed of 180 kmph. “But I hardly cross 80, as I follow the rules,” says Prem Thakur, seen here in the driver’s seat, with his parents and younger brother. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

A 19-year-old spent around Rs 3 lakh and four months on creating his dream machine himself. He also collected funds for it by using the earnings from driving his father’s rickshaw. Now the Kharghar resident is the centre of attraction wherever he drives in the car.

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