DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE

AMBASSADOR CAR

In 1979, the company launched theAmbassador with a diesel engine, making it the first diesel car in India and was known as the "King of Indian Roads" for its sturdy build and its comfortable ride.

1. People favourite ambassador car came back on May 30 2018 on a shocking price and 40 KMPL mileages. But Hindustan Motors had stopped the manufacturing of Ambassador Car in the year 2014.

2. Ambassador, the iconic Indian car brand is being sold to French carmaker Peugeot. The C K Birla Group-owned Hindustan Motors formalised the deal for Rs 80 crore on 11 February 2017 .

3. Hindustan Motors Limited (HM), part of the Birla group was India's pioneering car manufacturing company and later a flagship company of the C.K. Birla Group.

4. Ambassador Mileage – ARAI. As per ARAI, the mileage of Hindustan Motors Ambassador Manual Transmission Petrol Variant is 10 kmpl, for Diesel Variant is 14 kmpl and for CNG Variant is 10 kmpl.

5. The Hindustan Ambassador is also India's longest production car, from 1958 to 2014, when it was discontinued.

6. The Hindustan Ambassador may have lost out to the more modern competitors such as those produced by Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Toyota and Honda but the good old Ambassador, which once ruled the roost in India, has also been voted as the world's best taxi by global automotive programme Top Gear in 2013.

7. The 1958 Ambassador cost a mere Rs 14,000 and the 2014 Ambassador was sold for Rs 5.22 lakh.

8. Since 1958, there have been seven generations of the Ambassador. While the first was called the Mark-1, the 7th-generation Ambassador, which complied with BS-IV engine standards, was called the Encore.

9. The Ambassador Encore was the last Ambassador ever made to match the BS-IV emissions standards.

Ambassador Generations : Mark-I (1957 to 1962) - Mark-II (1962 to 1975) - Mark-II (1962 to 1975) - Mark-III (1975 to 1979) - Mark IV (1979 to 2014) -Ambassador Nova - Ambassador 1800 ISZ, Classic - Ambassador Grand - Ambassador Avigo - Ambassador Encore.