Hindustan Motors Cars

Would You Like To See A Modern Day Ambassador With Retro Charm?

After the recent suspension of production at the Hindustan Motors' Uttatpara plant, the state government has now asked the Indian manufacturer to propose a detailed revival plan in the coming two days. "The management has been told to submit a revival package by June 19 and also how the company plans to clear the dues of workers," Labour Secretary Amol Roy Chowdhury told media after a tripartite meeting called by him.

While growing up, I lived with a fantasy of owning an Amby one day, the classic white beauty with even whiter curtains and gunmen around. But my dreams got shattered as the legend recently took its last breath and became history. After few days of its production suspension at the Uttarpara plant, the latest report from PTI suggests that the Hindustan Motors Ltd. made an interim payment to its workers. The company paid a one-time payment of INR 7,000 each to its 2,600 permanent and 50 contractual workers on Monday. This decision came on the request of the Labour Minister of West Bengal, a statement from the company said.

Hindustan Motors (HM) is under process to sell or lease their Chennai car plant to a separate body – Hindustan Motor Finance Corporation (HMFC ltd.). The company is under heavy losses lately courtesy to the minuscule sales of the Ambassador - a five decade old design and Winner a small truck made in collaboration with a Chinese manufacturer - Shandong Shifen. The company has HQ at Calcutta – and the inverters nodded are for Rs 150 crore – to gain lost grounds. Mitsubishi, on the other hand declined the offer when HM was searching for a good inverter for the Chennai manufacturing facility.

The homegrown carmaker, Hindustan Motors is going through a bad phase in the Indian car market. However, the company is aiming to make a comeback and is planning to introduce a compact sedan in the country by next fiscal. It is also speculated that the sub-4 metre Ambassador will be unveiled at the next year's Indian Auto Expo. Interestingly, the company is engaging in talks with Fiat for engine supply.