The Hindustan Ambassador is a model of car manufactured by Hindustan Motors of India. It has been in production since 1958 and is based on the 1948 Morris Oxford model first made by the Morris Motor Company at Cowley, Oxford in the United Kingdom.
The Amby, as it is affectionately called, has been in continuous production since its inception, with very few changes to its aging frame.
The model is currently fitted with a 50 hp (37.3 kW) Isuzu engine, but can still be ordered with its original BMC B-Series engine. The car was briefly imported to the United Kingdom in 1993 in a disastrous attempt to bring the Ambassador "home." The cars were retrofitted with a heater and seat belts in order to comply with European safety legislation, but only a tiny number were ever sold, and the venture was quickly aborted.
Its most radical revision, a part of a brand revitalization kicked off in the middle of 2003, was the Ambassador Avigo, launched in the summer of 2004. The revitalization consisted of the Ambassador Classic of mid-2003, the Ambassador Grand of late-2003, and the aformentioned Avigo.
Despite its British origins, the Ambassador is considered the definitive Indian car. This car made by Hindustan Motors at its Uttarpara plant [1] near Kolkata (Calcutta), India, may be considered India's national car as it is best suited to harsh Indian terrain and is the means of conveyance used by India's leaders.
