"Guglup" wrote in message
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> "Alan S" wrote in message
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>> Cheers, Alan, Australia
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>> http://loraltravel.blogspot.com
>> Latest: On Indian Roads
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> Alan,
> The information about indian cases on your travelouge
> isn't correct.
>
> From the site
>>>There seems to be one major manufacturer of cars in
>>>India - Tata. For about half a century one car was the
>>> flagship of the fleet, the Ambassador.
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> Tata Motors got into car manufacturing very recently
> - the late 90's. Till then they were mainly manufacturing
> trucks.
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> The Ambassador is manufactured by Hindustan
> Motors. Ambassador(by HM) & the Padmini(manufactured
> by Premier Motos) used to be the only 2 cars you could
> see in India earlier. In the 80's, Maruti Suzuki, a joint venture
> between the Indian Govt & Suzuki came in & turned the market
> on it's head. Maruti is still #1 in the local car market. Tata
> Motors is probably #2. Hyundai may be #3. Rest of the market
> is Honda, Toyota, Chevy, Ford, Hindustan Motors, Mahindra etc.
> Also Mercedes, BMW, Volvo, Nissan etc.
>
> Tata Motors got into the car market mainly in the
> late 90's with the Indica which is very popular
>
> Hindustan Motors still sells around 50-60 thousand
Sorry that should 5-10 thousand.
> new Ambassadors every year which still looks the
> same from outside. They also manufacture & sell
> the Mitsubishi Lancer/Cedia etc.
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> Premier doesn't sell cars anymore.
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