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Two different morphologies of martensite in dual phase (DP) steel were obtained using two different processing routes. In one case, intermediate quenching (IQ) was adapted, where DP steel was water-quenched to obtain martensite phase, followed by inter-critical annealing. In the second case, the steel was cold rolled, followed by inter-critical annealing (CR-IA). For IQ and CR-IA steels, the inter-critical temperatures varied from 750 °C to 850 °C to obtain different volume fractions of martensite. An understanding of structure–property was obtained using a combination of scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and tensile tests. It was observed that fibrous martensite presented in IQ samples, gradually transformed to blocky martensite with increase in inter-critical temperature, resembling the CR-IA steels. The fibrous martensite encouraged martensite cracking, however, the …