# CARS ... NEW MODELS .... WHAT TO CHOOSE ....CAR OF THE DAY – 800. Good Bye Ambassador …. An Indian government owned Ambassador car is parked beside a road in Kolkata, india. The company began making the Ambassador in 1948, modeling it after the British Morris Oxford III. Last year only 2,214 of the vehicles were sold, reflecting a steep decline from production levels in the 1980s around 24,000 vehicles a year. The back panel of an Ambassador car shows its logo as it is parked at a workshop for repairs in Kolkata, india. Also known as the grand old lady of Indias pot-holed and pitted roads, the Ambassador has remained largely unchanged for more than five decades in ferrying the elite including prime ministers and high-society celebrities. It recalls an era when Indias policy of economic self-sufficiency meant domestically produced cars were the norm. An Ambassador car, licensed as taxi rolls past other vehicles through a busy road in Kolkata, india. Its bulbous chassis and bouncy back seats delight tourists and other passengers nostalgic for earlier times, while many in rural India still view white Ambassadors as the de-facto vehicle of officialdom. Though most Ambassador sales go to taxi services and government departments, there has been a reduction in demand for the Ambassador, the company said.
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