page_title: Hindustan Ambassador
section_title: Evolution
hierarchical_section_title: Hindustan Ambassador / Evolution
caption_attribution_description: Official Hindustan Ambassador cars waiting in line outside North Block, Secretariat Building, New Delhi They seemed to have a thing about white old Ambassador cars here.. This part of New Delhi that was built by the british is filled with parliament buildings and wide avenues. The Rajpath is similar to the Champs Elysée in Paris as it's a wide avenue ending with a Arc de Triomphe at the end. Check out my travelblog at www.175days.no
context_page_description: The Hindustan Ambassador was an automobile manufactured by Hindustan Motors of India, in production from 1958 to 2014 with few improvements and changes over its production lifetime. The Ambassador was based on the Morris Oxford series III model, first made by Morris Motors Limited at Cowley, Oxford in the United Kingdom from 1956 to 1959.
  On 11 February 2017, Hindustan Motors executed an agreement with PSA Group for the sale of the Ambassador brand, including the trademarks, for a consideration of ₹80 crore. The tie-up entails two joint-venture agreements between the companies of the two groups.
  Despite its British origins, the Ambassador was considered as a definitive Indian car and was fondly called the "king of Indian roads". The automobile was manufactured by Hindustan Motors at its Uttarpara plant near Kolkata, West Bengal and at Sriperumbudur near Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
context_section_description: 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 and strengthened its manufacturing capacity in the automobile segment.
  The 1954 Morris Oxford series II in India was licence-built at Uttarpara, (Hooghly district), West Bengal, three years after its debut in England and labelled as the 1957 Hindustan Landmaster.
  Engaged in the manufacture of the Ambassador, Contessa and utility vehicles like the Trekker, Porter and Pushpak, the plant also has to its credit many innovations and improvements in the automobile industry in India. Hindustan Motors was the only manufacturing facility in the world to manufacture parts for Bedford trucks currently.
  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.
  In later years, Hindustan Motors fitted the cars with a cleaner diesel engine in order to comply with new emission rules, allowing it to resume taxi service in cities such as Kolkata, one of the cities in which the vehicle had been banned.
caption: Official Hindustan Ambassador cars parked outside North Block, Secretariat Building, New Delhi
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