Hindustan Ambassador - National Car of India | Gone But Not Forgotten - Episode 2 | 2021 | evo India

[@evoIndia]

Do you have any memories of the Ambassador? Let us know in the comments below!

[@sirishch]

crank shaft snapping the middle of the forest, dad having to hitchike in a truck, bring another amby to tow us back to the closest city... what road trips we had as kids!

[@rasalkoottil]

I m malayali My family first car is ambassador niva. I want to earn a new ambassador to modify like classic

[@chandravijayvedantam5423]

The driver of an ambassador was the owner, mechanic, surgeon, caretaker, auto journalist what not he was more than an anything compared to todays drivers/owners.

[@arvindmulleth3481]

Many long trips on different ambassadors during my childhood days and my only recollection of a breakdown was in our Contessa... I've no idea what went wrong but it took a few days to return back home

[@AmbyShankar]

I own 5 of them 1977 to 2006 models and there are total 8-10 Amby’s in my close circle. Even today I use them for most of the long drives. I was born and grew up with them anything and everything in my life can be related to these ambys as for some reason I am not able like the model cars.

[@Akshay.s33]

Ambassador re-entry should be Grand. It should be like what the royal Enfield's of modern day.

[@aniketganguly2327]

Absolutely true brother....

[@SapphireEngineering]

Not unless some big automotive group shows interest. Birla Group that owned Contessa and ambassador have inherited all the poor performing industries. They won't re invest in it

[@sambitdutt4311]

Amby should be a resto-mod of sorts. A retro-ish body with all modern bells and whistles. It would drive people nuts.a childhood dream added back to the list. 👍

[@awesomemanu2601]

Ambassador must come back

[@SapphireEngineering]

I had a 1964 model ambassador with Made in England meter. I sold it in 2016. It was scrapped as it was difficult to drive it with proper documents and maintenance.

[@aatish_mishra]

The Ambassador was the first car my parent owned after they got married! Apparently they used to take me galavanting all over the place in it, but I can't remember any of it. The first time I actually drove one was for this shoot, two decades later!

[@sirishch]

Didn't you join evo India to drive Ferraris and Porsches 😂

[@MarDoVista]

That's Nice to Know Dear Aatish. We Grew up with Fiats or Premier Padminis. drove all over South India... Great Fun !

[@sivam450]

That mark IV is cleaner than our grand.

[@Adarsh_Vijaya]

I have a 88 model Mark 4 ,KDE 5555. We had a big flood in 2018 in Kerala. My Bigbro (Ambi) got stacked under water for few days. After that me and my friend fixed the car by our own hands. After that the epic journey of my life flagged-off by my father in 05/11/2018 . 13500Km , 78 days , 16 states, 2 countries, me and Nikhil , THE GREAT INDIAN YATHRA. At that time we thought we are the only crazy people in India who loves Ambi like more than just a car . But now when I watching this video it really making me a smile and a push towards up from my up damone. Ambi ❤️

[@citybird29]

Every old garage had a worn out front seat as the “sofa” in it

[@sudiptaroy4682]

Ambassador cannot be justified or criticized. It's an emotion for Indians. Love u Hindustan Motors Ambassador

[@abhisenglishtutorial3313]

Just awesome! I am 48 years old and have childhood memories of Ambi, Mahindra Jeep and Premier. Once we were in an accident with an Ambi: it flew off the road and landed straight in a roadside waterbody: we were unharmed, not a scratch! The tilted driving posture and the quarter glass ac brings more nostalgia. We owned a Mk4 during 1981-82, black coloured.

[@evoIndia]

Thanks for sharing!

[@acestormtrooper]

Loved it. I too learnt to drive on this car. The registration number was MRJ 692. It was a Mark 4. I miss her so so much.

[@evoIndia]

You never forget the car you learned to drive on!

[@shreeyashpatil9153]

I felt the happiness on your face while driving the amby

[@evoIndia]

And isn't that the whole point of motoring?

[@krishnaprasadpv4]

Yes, it is!

[@abhishekdas673]

Ambassador is what we used to relate as car in India..it is to Indian car world what bullet is to Indian motorcycle world

[@rejitee]

Sirish, I'm sorry to say this to you, you could have done a better version other than this way. Ambassador was the one and only thing we had, and it stays in our hearts, don't want to get hurt the way you said. It was whatever bad it was, it was an emotion no one can forget, like the Home made Rock grinded chutney. It needs a lot more respect than it got.

[@9raghuraman]

Good

[@amit.shrimali]

Yess!! It was our first car, bought second hand, it was Mark 4 model. So many fond memories of journeys, very frequent breaks downs, multiple visits to garage before long trips and yes how it saved all 4 members of my family through a major accident (thanks to its solid build) But after accident dad completely rebuilt it, everything was new, right from chassis to body to interiors. That was fabulously done interior with velvet draped everywhere and cassette player dropping from the hood at press of a button. Thanks evo for resurrecting those childhood memories 😍😍😍

[@evoIndia]

Lovely stories! Thanks for sharing!

[@sirishch]

lovely memories

[@teamsnapchat1926]

We had an ambassador grand with power steering and power windows. Lol that was pretty bad but not as bad as this one though. Maybe this is the ambassador classic commonly used in Taxis.

[@ilupillu4915]

Can u describe what was the accident?

[@sirishch]

Amby Diesel DX, the car I (legally) learnt to drive in and my first car! Learnt how to work on cars with it, it broke down so often 😂 but I also became mechanically competent so got to be thankful to the old lady. Now got a crazy urge to resto-mod an Amby... maybe a rally-raid spec Amby with long-travel suspension, big motor, lots of sideways action 🤔

[@vallabhanenimadhuri2874]

It should be retro sedan

[@sujit2609]

Wanst ur 1st car a white zen gifted by your grandpa i guess

[@dan2009009]

Hey Sirish I want to co-host this series with you! It’s so good and I genuinely feel that I’ve been born to do this 🙂

[@somakadityaray8793]

Somebody plonk in the thar's Tgdi 2L in this amby and it should oversteer and much more fun.

[@S.Ghosh_221]

Aren't car modifications illegal in India?

[@MGR15MAR84]

18:17 that moment when Sirish's drifting instincts kicked in only to realise, he was driving the Ambassador. Great video there.

[@io92zack2]

This video just made my day. It brings back nostalgic memories of my dad. When my dad passed away, this vehicle also left from my life along with him. Thanks for bringing back all the fond memories I had with my dad. I hope that someday I will find my dad's old Amby and restore it to its former glory.

[@AutoFly]

That's a really sweet memory and idea , we wish you all the best 👍😁

[@surendarraj1987]

Good luck, brother!

[@SACHINACHARYA]

Those seats be like : Buy 2 sofas for living room. Whenever go outside, put them in ambassador's cabin and drive away. Return to home, put the sofas back in living room.

[@pakistaniarebeggars3851]

I am 18 this year, so I haven’t ridden much in ambassador, but my best and only one memory with this iconic car was when my grandfather’s friend offered to drop him and me from Supreme Court to my house, this car really was like sofa on wheels. It was so comfortable. The most iconic Indian car

[@ramanasharanam]

What a review !! man, you took us back to the good old days, I took my amby every month to friendly neighbourhood mechanic to fix little nick nack troubles which always will keep happening, and enjoyed time spent on weekends in garage fixing them.. Guzar gaya woh zamana !!

[@cmdiablo100]

"Never forget where you've come from". While the world today laughs at these old folks, they did the jobs they were asked to do and then some. This whole country got moving because of these automobiles, however flawed they might have been. Great video. Thank you EVO for shining a light. 👍👍

[@AutoFly]

Well said

[@navehal1019]

Epic. This are the CAR. No thin A pilllar. No light weight thin sheet metal, no electric gizmos, no finger touch electric steering.Complete raw, complete feeling of driving. This car can outlive the owner if taken well care, dare any car of today's year(except few Toyotas) outlive this Awesome video EVO India thanks for this series, looking forward for FIAT series in this. Time capsule of India

[@muhammed1896-z4b]

Innova crysta

[@muhammed1896-z4b]

Fourtuner

[@genereblast4504]

My dad swapped in a Matador engine to fit an AC unit in 1992. The standard engine can't take it. But after the mod, it was fast and new upsized radial tyres, new spring seats made it luxurious back then. All all these mods were legal. Now, engine swapping is just a dream. The ride was good in Ambassador.

[@prasadsugavasi6286]

My dad bought an ambassador car in 1974 @ 20000 in madras.and second ambassador bought for 9,500 again in madras (chennai) in 1978.And a tata lorry bought in 1968 for 40,000.Great car.our first car no. MSM 6564

[@ashlinbabu5278]

Seating capacity is just a number for ambassador... It can easily carry 7-10 member family... in old days...we used to do our family outing with ambassador...😀

[@Das93]

I own a 2007 izuzu grand. Some of my friends and relatives always ask like why are u keeping this. Just sell it to someone and buy a modern car. I have driven many brands and ambi specs never reach when compare with those but the driving feel is very different and when I park it over somewhere like a gas station, some people come and appreciate to keep this legendary thing. I have been driving my ambi for many years but still I get a smile when I see it through my window when I wake up.☺️☺️

[@ashokkini9013]

I too was a proved owner of Amby but not any more

[@abhishekn8571]

Wow

[@jyotishkasengupta9776]

When i was born we had a Hindustan 10, then came the Landmaster...it is still with us for over 37yrs now, still running. During my childhood every weekends were filled with short trips..other wise repairs, assisting my father and learning every bit of it. It is like a family member for us. Enjoyed the gear shifter operation....till date 3rd gear in one go is a bad luck for me.

[@nicksneeraj]

Next up: Contessa, Standard 2000.... a few others and then the Fiat Uno.... Please please please....

[@evoIndia]

Stay tuned!

[@nicksneeraj]

@@evoIndia WOohoO 😁

[@Imposter1199]

Another contender for this series would be the vehicle in the background at 21:41 The matador

[@sirishch]

✌️

[@rationalmind3567]

i used to school in that vehicle

[@king_h.3826]

I used to go school in that 😍

[@nobodynoone2500]

Those look like a loveable pos. Thank you so much for sharing your memories and the Hindustan Ambassador history. I wish you guys had a seperate channel just for classic stuff like this.

[@abhaykamath8110]

This is a delightful video indeed. I enjoyed till the end. My grandpa had his mark 1 all original from 1962 till 1996 and still wanted to have it with other cars he had. In 96 it was made a lot modern with Toyota 2c diesel, bucket seats, air conditioning and a completely new interior with maintaining the original exterior and the result was priceless. Sadly my father didn't count on it's memories and the bond we had with it and sold it without consent of family members in 2003.

[@nagarajuaddagulla]

Nostalgic moment and it was fantastic to drive Ambassador, I learnt my driving and it is the ultimate experience and you can drive any car after this. I feel veryyyyyyyy happy

[@parinshah7598]

My family used this car for over 40 years. I still miss driving this beast around the city.

[@ajithrairai2424]

Use double declutch to avoid struggling with gear shifts.. and well maintained ambys rarely broke, there are 4,5 decade old cars with 10 lakh+ kms still on the road,especially from kerala, south canara and tamilnadu..each shape of amby has it's own beauty,a tastefully done up car still standsout in the crowd..the classic (1999) onwards were much better built though

[@vaibhavsrinivasan1886]

My grandpa had an Ambassador. I still remember those good old days!

[@lonetravellerfilms5476]

The Veer pickup truck reminds me of those classic ford pickup trucks sold in USA.

[@rishabghosh9038]

Ford, GMC, Chevy be like gazab beizzati hai yaar😂😂if you remember them on seeing this veer pickup

[@lonetravellerfilms5476]

@@rishabghosh9038 there was a pickup truck named the F series from 1948-1956 , I think HM copied the Veer concept from the F series.

[@lonetravellerfilms5476]

@@rishabghosh9038 mast joke mara hai,halkat haas na

[@trippdestinations9341]

My grandpa used to drive a OHV mark 2 in black and chrome colour scheme, the amount of space and comfort on the 2 nd row was crazy . The first car I drove was the Hindustan 1.8 contessa . HM should bring back retro designed cars

[@lucky_222]

Same Mine too 1970 mark 2 with Front Sun Shade.

[@saranraparthy]

Sirish and ambassador aged quite well and still strong 😁😁💪🏼💪🏼. On the other side really appreciate the efforts of bringing these classics together for us.

[@sharkkakirde1]

Those good ol days, we had driven once from Mumbai to Pune to Banglore in this car in 1987 .It was a 1982 Model . We were 6 Adults and 3 kids all comfortable,no problem.

[@gaurabsarma9974]

Thank you for making this video. You made my childhood memories refresh. I really miss this car a lot. I grew up with ambassador and learnt my first driving in it. I miss the column shift gearbox as well. Our car was Ambassador mark 4. Thank you once again for this video. I will share this video with my parents. They will cry out of joy.

[@evoIndia]

Thanks for sharing!

[@sirishch]

i hope i put a smile on your parent's face

[@gaurabsarma9974]

Yes sir❤️

[@sikarwar_aditya]

For someone this masterpiece may be a Just a car for our family it was a pride happiness and emotiona.. I m missing my childhood days when my father drops me to school by this masterpiece.

[@saliloza5461]

Too good a video. My dad owned a Mark 4 and it was a very spacious car. He used to drop us to school in that. The car just didn't have any features as compared to today's cars. When you mentioned about the driving position in your video, it just got back so many memories. Thanks for making this video.

[@evoIndia]

Thanks for sharing!

[@karnbhardwaj]

Ours was a grey Mark 2 and we finally had to let it go in 1989! My sister and I always looked forward to roadtrips, the best and longest being Kochi to Delhi in 1984 when dad got transferred. The back seat turned into a lounge of course with the mandatory mattress and a set of pillows! Top Speed was 80 km/hr.

[@evoIndia]

Thanks for sharing!

[@varuntomer1725]

Just 80.

[@karnbhardwaj]

@@varuntomer1725 and the car shuddered at that speed! 😀

[@RahulJain-nv4yv]

The axle used to just go while turning. Also I remember when the gear shift came off while driving. The most challenging part was Enya) Ing reverse on a coloumn shift. The maladjusted drum breaks added mystery. But I loved driving it

[@ritinsharma5330]

This is such an informative series. I wonder why no one else is doing such series covering history of indian automotive industry. Kudos.

[@aaradhyasingh6856]

Fastest Car *camera slows down* Absolutely epic! 🔥

[@sistersnaturefarm1897]

Amby always stands out first I think it is the only car that most of the Indian car lover’s love to ride and also learnt driving 🚗 Ambassador🚗 Really it’s an amazing car Luckily in my childhood I travelled few kms in Ambassador I felt very very happy and comfortable Thank you very much for bringing back memories by showing one of my favourite 🚗

[@golakago]

Loved this episode! The first clip of the Ambassador starting and hearing that familiar sound of the engine brought back so many memories of my childhood days. I remember we had a blue Mark4 Column Shift with white walls when i was in school. This episode was a joy to watch. Pls do an episode on Mahindra Jeeps too. Their history is a part of the country's heritage too.

[@aabbcc889]

One of the best car reviewer of India ❤

[@sinistermace]

this is a wonderful wonderful episode! this brings back so many child hood memories. thanks for doing this. waiting for many more such episodes.

[@sakleshpurprasad5606]

Thank you for sharing this video on Ambassador.. My dad bought our first car , a second hand Ambassador Mark 2, surf green colour. It was a fabulous car ,we travelled all over South India, across hilly roads and never ever it stalled on the road...it was a gem and learnt my driving in that car.. Our second Car was again another Amby ,Mark 4. It was the first car in Bangalore to have a factory fitted Floor shift gear and power steering..which we bought from Southern Motors I have driven over a hundred thousand kms in this car , again never had problems, ofcourse we maintained and serviced regularly.. Now both the cars are gone ... I miss the fun , adventure, thrills of driving Amby... Prasad Bangalore

[@AdvanceStarter]

Truly amazing video! Thanks for your efforts in making everyone know what the automotive scene in India looked like in the yesteryears.

[@madox2387]

Brings back a lot of memories. My grandpa had 1 mark 4 for 30 yrs & it broke his heart when he sold it. I wish I could go fr another spin with him again....

[@theknowledgevlogger]

Just imagine Amby having a 1.6 ltr fiat mjd engine 105-120 bhp. A good AC independent suspension setup with Anti roll bar. 16 inch alloy 😁

[@aamirayaaz_05]

That's a good engine in which we can beat a honda city 5th gen 😂😂

[@sirishch]

what could have been

[@panzerfaust4544]

It will disintegrate into many pieces.

[@arunkurian9367]

It's needs 150hp atleast considering the weight of the car,and the clutch should be lightened.

[@ranke_8]

Can't forget the ambassador. Loved it...

[@evoIndia]

😍

[@raghavareddy8961]

ambassador as sedan we always imagine

[@DibirathSen]

What a beautiful video - bet you had a lot of fun shooting this - kids of today won’t understand what it used to be then …so a great educational video and I have asked my son to see this

[@swathanthranchintonmukhan]

10 most iconic four-wheelers ever on Indian roads! (My personal favourites) Hindustan Ambassador💫 Premier Padmini (Fiat 1100 Delight) Maruti 800 Maruti Zen Hyundai Santro Xing Maruti Alto Mahindra Bolero Tata Safari Maruti Gypsy Maruti WagonR 🏅🏅🏅 Honourable mentions (Personal list) Honda City Honda Jazz Toyota Qualis Toyota Innova Renault Duster Tata Sumo Mahindra Thar Force Gurkha Ford Ikon Ford Figo Volkswagen Polo Skoda Rapid Chevrolet Tavera 🎖️🎖️🎖️

[@rocky-xop4014]

Scorpio ko kaise bhul gya?☹️

[@swathanthranchintonmukhan]

@@rocky-xop4014 Sure, Scorpio too is an iconic car! 👍

[@hk4848]

Yes. This was my first car. I leaned driving in this car and took for long drive. It has ac Matador engine. I had driven this car in current cochin international airport runway when it was getting construed.

[@Arjun-xp1pz]

This was the car which I got a ride for the very first time, I still remember the driver's claim "it's a Izuzu engine very powerful" 😂😂

[@classicriders8172]

😭😭😭 😂😂😂 He must be race driver 🤣.

[@sarbajyotimajumder68]

Nice documentary.. however Small talk on engine specs would hv been icing on the cake.

[@adityasundar324]

We had an ambassador which was passed on by my grandfather to my Uncle and father. As a kid, I struggled to even open the door one hand. It was quiet crude, just like my Mother's Fiat Padmini. It was loud, heavy and quiet spacious (possibly because I was puny). The Ambassador happens to be the first car I started and slotted to the first gear as a 3 year old without adult supervision and moved a couple of meters before my uncle intervened and reprimanded me for my antics. Good Old days of the Ambassador and Padmini

[@evoIndia]

Lovely story! Thanks for sharing!

[@sirishch]

dont forget every kid in that era had their fingers jammed in amby doors

[@adityasundar324]

@@sirishch Thankfully I was not a victim, but my father wasn't so lucky with the Morris Minor. He still has the scar even after 60 years! The very thought of it is painful

[@jenishrufus6013]

@@sirishch very painful lessons we learned those days,preventing us being stuck now..

[@bhaskyOld]

Exactly represents where bengal is stuck, in the pages of history.

[@dhruvshetty.95]

Absolutely loved this video. The jazz music at the back gave this video such a fun vibe. Ya'll are legit the best automotive channel in the country.

[@evoIndia]

Thanks for the love!

[@dhruvshetty.95]

@@evoIndia it would be an honour for me if you did:)

[@sirishch]

🙏

[@akbrahma7739]

HM Ambassador is the Mustang of India. Traditional, proud and absolute stubborness in disregard to the progressing world. It's an emotion, I hope the old girl comes back one day, with more power, and more luxury.

[@driftsy7438]

this series is lit man⚡,looking forward to more such old cars,i love them,my family literally still has a 12 year old 800 proudly running🤭

[@evoIndia]

Thanks for the love!

[@prateeksingh2007]

My grandfather owned a Landmaster. I still remember what a solid and comfortable car that was.

[@priyankanayak7336]

Awesome Video 👍Aatish sir seems to be enjoying in the drivers' seat of the Amby !!

[@unnikrishnan-th4mi]

Some sweet memories of our first car which was an Ambassador mark 4 petrol with steering mounted gear(1991 to 1996).It was 1984 made,which we bought for around Rs.48000I learnt driving on another ambassador later,that also had a steering mounted gear.Very comfortable,but too cumbersome to maintain.

[@gauraviper]

Thank you for this episode.. Loved every bit of it.. ❤️

[@sanjaydas-cm9tq]

Nostalgic👌I remember my grand father's mark III Ambassador where I first learn driving sitting in his lap. Your video gave me a flash back of found memories. One point I want to add , distributor stop working during rainy days. Old days mechanics use to come at your home to repair cars, they usually come without a helpers now you have to assist him, this way I learned how to repair gear box, clash disc, steering column, differential box, curbourator brake drums. Thanks Amby👍 you thought me a lot. Still I want keep one but Govt norm's don't allow to do so.

[@9000shet]

🔥 sirish , u have come out with really great video which my parents loved it and went back to their ambassador memories!

[@evoIndia]

You're too kind!

[@sirishch]

Thank you! makes the effort worthwhile

[@SubhamKarmakar24]

37bhp on a pickup! What were they thinking. No wonder nobody bought it 😂 I am from Calcutta and have never seen one in 25 years! Anyway, the Amby is an icon none the less. The OG car with the longest production run ever! 😎 I'd honestly love to see it return in a new avatar 😌 One of my uncles had a green Amby, and even though we had 3 800s in our family back then, all of my uncles and even my father came home in the fully decked up Amby after marriage, maybe because it had sofas for seats and even after accommodating 7 people inside had space for the gifts received. One trip for everyone and everything. 😂

[@nilanjangupta763]

Thank you sir for providing me with the evolution of the Amby as it is the subject of my presentation in college. Thank you EVO

[@shankarbalan3813]

The best car for the Indian family. Extremely comfy, supremely capacious and a simple mechanical vehicle with near zero electronics. My Dad had a 1973 Mark 2 for 25 years. Countless trips down in the plains and up in the hills. That car was literally the personification of India in the 1970’s and 1980’s.

[@dhayanithiprabaharan]

Loving this series! Some more suggestions for this series , esteem , OG baleno , corsa, vectra , Mondeo , ikon , cielo , peugeot 508 , lancer cedia , Sierra to name a few.

[@rehbarkyusufzai1609]

This car was owned by my grandfather and we still have in our Garage completely mint condition and very near to our elders heart i am going to my clasees with ambassador these days ❤️

[@DhirajMishra1003]

Took me few seconds to realise that those flickers are due to the video and not my phone😂😂..!! Another great video.. Kudos guys..!! ❤️

[@evoIndia]

😂😂 Thanks for the love!

[@srideepprasad]

A nice trip down the memory lane for sure. With this sort of content, this channel is gonna blow up. On a sidenote, noticed that you often drive around the Eon SEZ area in your videos -- used to be by regular commute till covid struck. And during pre covid rush hour -- that place was horrible!

[@ravichouhan6373]

🔥 Always Best 👌Ambassador car ❤️old is gold👍

[@vinayjagannath7420]

I still remember ambassador mark 4 in 90s. My uncle used to get the car to Bangalore to pick us up for summer holidays. We used to pack the car with 6-8 people. And a 200km drive used to take 6-7 hrs .. with breaks in between because the roads were horrible and suspension of ambassador was horrendous. Still cherish those car rides

[@chinmaysawant9275]

This is very nostalgic series you have started. Keep going 👍

[@evoIndia]

We will!

[@sachinnayak5786]

My memories of life Start with an Ambassador..a Brown Coloured Mark 4.. MYE 2820.... What a car it was... I learnt my preliminary Driving in that car and today, after all these years . I don't know what has become of that car ... But hwn i saw you driving in the " Classic Driver Position" sitting in the corner... I burst out laughing , with moist eyes....coz it brought back memories that have defined my life and my childhood.. thank you for this Gem if an episode...

[@eltonveigas4871]

Hearing stories regarding the ambassador from my dad and about them owning the mark 2, mark 3 ,mark 4 back in the day and the rusting issues in the coastal region ,this video was nostalgic to watch , would you ll to feature the old legends like bullet 350, jawa,yezdi, rd350, lambretta , vespa and Yamaha rx series

[@2jc_gte]

1:00 tamil movie! Haha those stunts were hilarious! I'm from chennai...love sirish!

[@evoIndia]

Thanks for the love!

[@akhil4991]

Few days back someone had seen you are driving this pickup without the number plate. Next week in the news: spotted hindustan ambassador pickup test driving, a sign of Hindustan motors coming back fitted with a bs6 110bhp 4 cylinder engine.

[@placesandsoundsDDN]

My father was with the irrigation department Uttarakhand. After years of travelling in old Mahindra Jeeps which included the right hand drive ones and some which required hand cranking and some new ones like Commander, Bolero etc, when he was about to retire, he finally got an Ambassador and I have to admit, it really had the most comfortable back seat of all the sarkari vehicles he had ever got :D Loved this feature of Evo India. Please do one on Fiat Premier Padmini :)

[@iftekharsayed572]

This is very nostalgic. I was 15 when I learnt to drive and it was on an Ambassador. It was 1975. I remember racing with the famous actor Raj Kumar on the worli seaface. He was in a Jeep . Like you say the car was fast and I was very young. It was with us until I finished my engineering in 1984. I had done a lot of driving in it. In fact I had modified it slightly. A red strap with a triangular shape running along both the sides , was an identification mark. It was the only car in Bombay then. Few others copied the design later. The car was very strong with a heavy metal body. There was however a problem in driving fast. The tyres were not designed for it. I remember going for a spin twice on sudden braking. Another problem was its axle. It was prone to breaking. Despite all that I loved it. The number was MRC 9161. Wonder if it's still on road somewhere or sold as junk.

[@evoIndia]

Lovely story! Thanks for sharing!

[@sirishch]

lovely memories!

[@RD350SXR]

This took me back to my childhood days, I learned driving on the ambassador. Thanks for the video.

[@ashworld1016]

We had travelled to Delhi from Mangalore in our Ambassador. Fuel price was 13 rupees. ☺️

[@TheJackweiser]

Back in the 90s we'd go 6 abreast, comfortably from Goa to Belgaum and back. Built like a tank we would travel rest assured we were safe. Oh and the boot space wasn't bad either. Thanks Evo for reviving great memories. So I sense, and loading.... Contessa Standard 200 118 NE AND MORE

[@blazkowicz666]

Opel Astra, Daewoo Matiz and Cielo, Peugeot, Please review all these on this segment

[@martinevans3014]

I remeber going in a brand new Ambassador cabs when I was in India in 1998. I couldnt believe that there were brand new 40 year old Morris Oxfords still being built. Even though it was brand new, it smelt like a 40 year old car inside. The cabbie told me that he had removed the tail light and brake light globes to save fuel...... and it was in Calcutta!

[@vineeththilak8464]

An amazing work.. please don't stop this series.. infact if possible try a next episod on the force metador, it was the school wagon for most of the indians

[@evoIndia]

Stay tuned!

[@omni167]

good one..! how abt an episode on Tempo Matador / Viking ? I saw a blue Matador @ 21:42 :)

[@medanmarak7439]

An Episode well put together. 👌. Hoping to see our favorite CJ3B in the coming episodes soon 😊

[@evoIndia]

Stay tuned!

[@lakshmanamby]

Ambassador retaining its original design language but bit modern.... That cute little smile in the front is irreplaceable for an amby ❤️💯.... Real Car 🚗 from golden days

[@TheClassicalmotorhead]

Nice video would like to see more of this series. Include cars such as sierra, estate, mahindra armada, OG safari, contessa and more. Kudos to the team🤟

[@tukeswarsahoo3450]

I like Ambassador 👍 I drove Bihar to Odisha non stop ... it was the best journey with this Car. I have that still with me ...

[@aamirayaaz_05]

Amby is still safest cars comparing That Maruti tincans And a perfect cult classic also we can take it a romantic drive with our loved ones 😉😉❤️❤️ My father said people used to swap matador diesel engine which gives more torque and more fun in Amby with some vibes from that rough and hassle free diesel engine 🔥🔥🥵🥵

[@sirishch]

true matador swap was very common

[@patricksmodels]

My Scottish grandfather's first car was a Morris Oxford Series II, like the HM Landmaster. He always mentioned that his first car and its derivatives were still in production in India. He then got a Farina Oxford Series IV, followed by a Morris Marina MK1. The Series IV and the Marina had 1.8 engines and towed the caravan on European continental holidays. His last car was a 1982 Nissan Cherry.

[@shashankmurthy2521]

Legends are comfort with ambassador car

[@ashokvasisht3035]

Would certainly want the Amby to come back as a compact, sub 4m car as well as a larger 4.7m long sedan, with soft contours and a grill that resembles that of the latest Honda HRV. Thank you for an interesting episode on the Ambassador.

[@thelowcarenthusiast5015]

Pls do video on gone but not forgotten ford ikon and premier padmini

[@evoIndia]

Thanks for your suggestions!