Sunday, 25 May 2014

Final Days for A Symbol of India's Ascent


WSJ.com: US Business

Final Days for A Symbol of India's Ascent

May 25, 2014 2:50 p.m. ET


NEW DELHI—The Hindustan Motors Ambassador—the frozen-in-time four-door that for more than a half-century defined India as sticking to its own automotive road map—has ceased production.


Based on the British-designed Morris Oxford of the early 1950s, the Ambassador boasts a rounded silhouette that has barely changed in decades. Once the favored car of India's politically powerful—and today instantly recognizable as a popular taxi in...





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