30/01/2022
The Hindustan Ambassador:
The Hindustan Ambassador was an automobile manufactured by Hindustan Motors of India, with production from 1958 to 2014.
Various model Mark I (1957 to 1962), Mark II (1962 to 1975),Mark III (1975 to 1979), Mark 4 (1979 to 1990), Ambassador Nova, Ambassador 1800 ISZ, Classic, Final Generation - Ambassador Grand, Ambassador Avigo, Ambassador Encore.
The Ambassador was basically the same Morris Oxford Series - III, launched by Morris, then a part of British Motor Corporation. In 1956 it sold the rights and tooling to Hindustan Motors.
Hindustan Motors Limited (HM), part of the Birla group was India's pioneering car manufacturing company and later a flagship company of the C.K. Birla Group.
The Ambassador remained in continuous production from its inception, with very few improvements or changes.
In 1948, Hindustan Motors shifted its assembly plant from Port Okha in Gujarat to Uttarpara/Hindmotor in West Bengal's Hooghly district. Engaged in the manufacture of the Ambassador, Contessa and utility vehicles like the Trekker, Porter and Pushpak, the plant hardly introduced any innovations or improvements.
Hindustan Motors was the only manufacturing facility in the world to manufacture parts for the obsolete Bedford trucks. Sale of Ambassador Taxis has been outlawed since 1 April 2011, a year after BS IV emission standards were rolled out in 11 Indian cities, including Kolkata.
