Hindustan Motors
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Hindustan Motors is the automobile manufacturer of India. It is the part of Birla group of industries.
It is the producer of the famous Ambassador car, widely used as a taxicab and as a government limousine. One of the original three car manufacturers in India, founded in 1942, it was a leader in car sales until the 1980s, when the industry was opened up from protection.
Hindustan has a joint venture with Mitsubishi, producing versions of the Lancer and Pajero, but is best known for its own models.
Models
Models manufactured by Hindustan Motors are :
- Hindustan Ambassador - The Ambassador design is based on the British 1948 Morris Oxford.
- Hindustan Contessa - based on the British Vauxhall Victor, which ceased production in 1978, but with an Isuzu engine.
- Lancer - in collobration with Mitsubishi Motors Corporation.
- Pajero - an SUV in collobration with Mitsubishi Motors Corporation.
- Pushpak, Trekker and Porter - Multiutility Vehicles.
- MASCOT T-480 FC - commercial truck.
- RTV - trucks made in collobration with OKA Motor Company, Australia. This truck can adapted for school bus, ambulance, etc.
Plants
- Uttarpara, West Bengal (near Kolkata)
- Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh (near Indore)
- Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu (near Chennai)
- Hosur, Tamil Nadu (near Bangalore)
External links
- Official Hindmotor site (http://www.hindmotor.com/)
- The Ambassador: A Story of Protectionism Gone Awry (http://www.aworldconnected.org/article.php/301.html) (This one seems to be extremely biased against the Ambassador.)