Remember on Tuesday this week I posted about an Indian car that I liked. I sent an e-mail to asking if they were being sold in the United States yet. This is the response I received this morning:

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To : Mr. Brad
From : U Chakrabarty

Received your e-mail. First of all we thank you very much for your evincing interest in our products manufactured by Hindustan Motors Ltd. We, HM Export Ltd., are a wholly owned subsidiary of Hindustan Motors Ltd. and all products manufactured by Hindustan Motors Ltd. are exported through us.

We are yet to represent in USA. As such we are very keen to appoint a suitable distributor there. Since at present there is no distributor for our Ambassador cars, it may be difficult for us to provide after sales service and necessary parts back up. However, on specific requirement, we can supply you the parts. You can easily import any of the following products manufactured by Hindustan Motors Ltd. directly from us.

1. Ambassador cars: Petrol, diesel and CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) versions.
2. Contessa Classic: Petrol, diesel and CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) versions.
3. HM Trekker: Diesel versions. (carrying up to 10 passengers)
4. HM Pushpak: Diesel versions. (carrying up to 10 passengers)
5. HM Porter: Diesel versions, Load carrier
6. RTV (Rural Transport Vehicle): Different applications, like load carrier, passenger carrier, School bus, Ambulance, Distribution Van, etc.

All the above mentioned products have Right Hand Drive steering control system except RTV. RTVs are available with both Left Hand Drive and Right Hand Drive steering control system. Here we would like to mention that the unique feature of RTV is that it can be used in different terrain as well as on highways. This is an ideal vehicle for various applications such as distribution van, school bus, Ambulance, Passenger carrier, Load Carrier, etc.

Left Hand Drive version of Ambassador car is under development. Kindly let us know in which model you are interested. On receipt of your choice of model, we will let you know the price as well as send you the product catalogue.

Here we would like to mention that our cars, in its present form, meet the “Bharat Stage II” emission norms, which is more or less equivalent to Euro-II emission norms.

Looking forward to receiving your immediate reply. Thanking you once again and assuring you of our best services and attention at all times.

With kind regards,

U Chakrabarty