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"Guglup" wrote in message ... "Alan S" wrote in message ... Cheers, Alan, Australia -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_s/ http://loraltravel.blogspot.com Latest: On Indian Roads Alan, The information about indian cases on your travelouge isn't correct. From the site There seems to be one major manufacturer of cars in India - Tata. For about half a century one car was the flagship of the fleet, the Ambassador. Tata Motors got into car manufacturing very recently - the late 90's. Till then they were mainly manufacturing trucks. The Ambassador is manufactured by Hindustan Motors. Ambassador(by HM) & the Padmini(manufactured by Premier Motos) used to be the only 2 cars you could see in India earlier. In the 80's, Maruti Suzuki, a joint venture between the Indian Govt & Suzuki came in & turned the market on it's head. Maruti is still #1 in the local car market. Tata Motors is probably #2. Hyundai may be #3. Rest of the market is Honda, Toyota, Chevy, Ford, Hindustan Motors, Mahindra etc. Also Mercedes, BMW, Volvo, Nissan etc. Tata Motors got into the car market mainly in the late 90's with the Indica which is very popular Hindustan Motors still sells around 50-60 thousand Sorry that should 5-10 thousand. new Ambassadors every year which still looks the same from outside. They also manufacture & sell the Mitsubishi Lancer/Cedia etc. Premier doesn't sell cars anymore. |
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"Guglup" wrote in message ... "grusl" wrote in message ... Sainik. It means soldier. I keep hearing a sort of "Pompey" pronunciation that could pass for either. Maybe it's my ears. You are probably referring to "Bambai". Thanks but, no, I'm not. I'm referring to when people try to say both names at the same time so as not to offend anyone. It's all politically dressed-up Portuguese, anyway. Cheers, George W Russell Bangalore |
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On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:23:57 +0530, "Guglup"
wrote: "Alan S" wrote in message .. . Cheers, Alan, Australia -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_s/ http://loraltravel.blogspot.com Latest: On Indian Roads Alan, The information about indian cases on your travelouge isn't correct. From the site There seems to be one major manufacturer of cars in India - Tata. For about half a century one car was the flagship of the fleet, the Ambassador. Tata Motors got into car manufacturing very recently - the late 90's. Till then they were mainly manufacturing trucks. The Ambassador is manufactured by Hindustan Motors. Ambassador(by HM) & the Padmini(manufactured by Premier Motos) used to be the only 2 cars you could see in India earlier. In the 80's, Maruti Suzuki, a joint venture between the Indian Govt & Suzuki came in & turned the market on it's head. Maruti is still #1 in the local car market. Tata Motors is probably #2. Hyundai may be #3. Rest of the market is Honda, Toyota, Chevy, Ford, Hindustan Motors, Mahindra etc. Also Mercedes, BMW, Volvo, Nissan etc. Tata Motors got into the car market mainly in the late 90's with the Indica which is very popular Hindustan Motors still sells around 50-60 thousand new Ambassadors every year which still looks the same from outside. They also manufacture & sell the Mitsubishi Lancer/Cedia etc. Premier doesn't sell cars anymore. Thanks for the correction and clarification. I was obviously mis-informed:-) Cheers, Alan, Australia -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_s/ http://loraltravel.blogspot.com Latest: On Indian Roads |
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"Alan S" wrote in message ... On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:23:57 +0530, "Guglup" wrote: "Alan S" wrote in message . .. Cheers, Alan, Australia -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_s/ http://loraltravel.blogspot.com Latest: On Indian Roads Alan, The information about indian cases on your travelouge isn't correct. From the site There seems to be one major manufacturer of cars in India - Tata. For about half a century one car was the flagship of the fleet, the Ambassador. Tata Motors got into car manufacturing very recently - the late 90's. Till then they were mainly manufacturing trucks. The Ambassador is manufactured by Hindustan Motors. Ambassador(by HM) & the Padmini(manufactured by Premier Motos) used to be the only 2 cars you could see in India earlier. In the 80's, Maruti Suzuki, a joint venture between the Indian Govt & Suzuki came in & turned the market on it's head. Maruti is still #1 in the local car market. Tata Motors is probably #2. Hyundai may be #3. Rest of the market is Honda, Toyota, Chevy, Ford, Hindustan Motors, Mahindra etc. Also Mercedes, BMW, Volvo, Nissan etc. Tata Motors got into the car market mainly in the late 90's with the Indica which is very popular Hindustan Motors still sells around 50-60 thousand new Ambassadors every year which still looks the same from outside. They also manufacture & sell the Mitsubishi Lancer/Cedia etc. Premier doesn't sell cars anymore. Thanks for the correction and clarification. I was obviously mis-informed:-) The Ambassadors are almost all bought by the government and used as official cars. Which somehow seems a cruel and unusual punishment for honesty, the crooked officials usually dump them and buy Toyota Land Cruisers... -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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On Sunday, 6 July 2008 01:54:55 UTC+5:30, anna wrote:
I am looking for any input on the Palace on wheels in India. If anyone has been on it, would you please let us all now. I would imagine Dec is a good time to go on it ...correct ? We have 2 sons- 16 and 13. I am wondering if it will be fine for boys of this age ? Since we are from the US, we would like to do a trip which is organized as opposed to experimenting by ourselves. Any coach tour or other organized tour will work fine for us. We have already been to India 4 years ago and saw Delhi and the Taj etc. So this time we want to do something different. Any ideas / suggestions ? Best, Anna Hi Anna, I would advice you to visit the website www.flyindiatour.com and contact the owner of the site for your tour details. Regards, Prashant |
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