The Hindustan Ambassador may after 57 years with pension

Posted on 26-05-2014 at 15:55 by ricardo – 4 Comments”

It is done with the Ambassador. After an eventful life is the production, after more than half a century shut down.

This Indian vehicle is a volhouder that icons as the Volkswagen Beetle and the Toyota Starlet outclassed in terms of years of production. The model began its life as a Morris Oxford, built under the auspices of the British Morris. Not long thereafter, was the production line and the stamps transferred to India, where he with a 1.5-litre four-cylinder in the market. The year 2014 was ‘ie also available with a 1.8 and a 2.0 diesel.

Of the Ambassador in the decades after numerous versions released. Mark-I through Mark-IV, followed by the Ambassador Nova and the Ambassador 1800 ISZ. Although the technique slightly with his time with them, retained the four-door sedan will always be iconic lines. At least, now we call it iconic. In the past it was just a car, like many cars, with a middle-of-the-road design.

In the heyday of the Ambassador were there on an annual basis, about 24,000 pieces made. Many were and are now still used as a taxi. However, the question since this millennium still. Not in the last place because of the strong competition from the Tata and Maruti camp.

This weekend the bomb dropped at Hindustan Motors’ plant in Uttarpara. A spokesman of the factory, let AFP know:

“Work has been suspended indefinitely at the Uttarpara factory. It is being done to ensure the company doesn’t bleed more money and to enable us to draw plans for its revival.”

So maybe there will come another revival, but this is still nothing sure. We wave this icon in the meanwhile fit out with below Top Gear clip, where the Hindustan Ambassador as the best taxi ever is to be considered.