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1948 Hindustan 10. Hindustan Motors Limited (HML) was India's pioneering automobile manufacturing company. It was established just before the Indian Independence Act 1947, in 1942 by B. M. Birla of the industrialist Birla family in collaboration with Lord Nuffield of Morris Motors, who were already selling their cars in India.
All of the M series and high-end models are not manufactured in India. Mini India: 2013–-present: Citroën India: 2021–present: Stellantis: Fiat India: 2016–present: Honda Cars India: 1995–present: Honda: Hyundai Motor India: 1996–present: Hyundai Motor Company: Foreign manufacturer with highest market share Kia India: 2017–present ...
The automobile was manufactured by Hindustan Motors at its Uttarpara plant [2] near Kolkata, West Bengal. 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 (US$9.2 million). [3]
The Hindustan Contessa is an automobile which was manufactured by Hindustan Motors (HM) of India from 1984 to 2002. It was based on the Vauxhall VX Series of 1976 to 1978, itself a development of the Vauxhall Victor FE. When introduced in 1983, it was one of the few Indian manufactured luxury cars in the market.
Hindustan Motors was established in Kolkata in technical collaboration with Morris Motors to manufacture Morris Oxford models that would later become HM Ambassador. Addisons, Madras – An Amalgamations Group company, was the agent for Nuffield's Morris, Wolseley, and Riley cars, and Chrysler's Plymouth , Dodge , and De Soto cars and trucks.
This is a list of notable current automobile manufacturers including buses & trucks manufacturers but excluding agricultural, construction, military & motorcycle vehicles with articles on Wikipedia by region.
Morris Motors Limited was a British privately owned motor vehicle manufacturing company formed in 1919 to take over the assets of William Morris's WRM Motors Limited and continue production of the same vehicles. By 1926 its production represented 42 per cent of British car manufacture—a remarkable expansion rate attributed to William Morris's ...
In 1948, Braj Mohan Birla started the operations of Hindustan Motors, an automotive company that he founded in West Bengal. [11] Known for producing the Ambassador car, widely used as a taxicab and government limousine, Hindustan Motors held the position of India's largest car manufacturer until the rise of Maruti Udyog. [12] [13]