Look at this car carefully. If I was to tell you that this fanatical piece here, in actuality, is a Fiat Premier Padmini, would you believe it?
Look at this car carefully. If I was to tell you that this fanatical piece here, in actuality, is a Fiat Premier Padmini, would you believe it?
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Pad was a moniker for the Premier Padmini, which became the jewel in the crown of the Mumbai-based Walchand Hirachand Group.
The black and yellow cabs, hired by millions of people in Mumbai for nearly half a century will fade away into history.
Like their Bollywood counterparts, southern stars own some really cool wheels.
The Maruti 800 changed the way cars were bought, sold and serviced in India, components were made, and industrial enterprises were organised. For the first time, the customer became the focus of manufacturing.
All machines will go the way of all flesh - and the more modern the machine, the sooner it will do so.
Director Arun Kumar's Tamil film Pannaiyarum Padminiyum is a realistic story about the lives of ordinary people and their simple desires, says S Saraswathi.
The total number of passenger vehicles (cars and utility vehicles) sold annually in the 1970s was 32,000 units - less than even one week's sales today.
The base variant of Rio will be priced at Rs 5 lakh (Rs 500,000), making it 30 per cent cheaper than its nearest competitor and the launch will take place this month after Diwali.
The Maharashtra government's decision to phase out the old ubiquitous black and yellow premier padmini taxis that are more than 25 year old in the country's financial capital has given automobile companies, which are facing declining sales due to the economic slowdown, a reason to smile.
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'India's future: To manufacture so efficiently that we do not need protection,' says Naushad Forbes.
Despite the romance around the car and its early models, Fiat in India will also be remembered as a brand that frittered away the first mover advantage, says Shally Seth Mohile.
Global management recognised India's potential.
The Ambassador was a durable enough brand to outlive the licence raj.
Hyundai's entry-level Santro still packs a punch but, flanked by spunkier siblings, seems worn out.
India's top metro cities need to improve their infrastructure and other civic amenities too.
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