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the 1.8-litre 75-bhp motor sourced Handling-wise, there isn’t much that they shaped India’s history in
from Isuzu, and is the only kind of to brag about with either, except more ways than one, and that has
Ambassador I’ve ever driven. I am that the car leans the wrong way in an undeniable effect on our future.
eternally thankful for that because corners. What may or may not be The Bullet, in all likelihood, will
at one point in India’s history, this funny is that sometimes the bike continue in one shape or another.
made the Ambassador the fastest does, too. On the other hand, I think it’s safe
production car in the country. Between them, the Bullet and the to say we’ve said our goodbyes to
I’m sure someone measured its Ambassador carry a century’s worth the Ambassador as it was, before
top speed to make that claim, but of nostalgia. They seem to be two- it may or may not make its return
I wouldn’t attempt it. Like the and four-wheeled manifestations of as an electric car under Peugeot.
Bullet, the Amby is made for chill the same idea, but no one knows In any case, Indian automotive
scenes, cruising on highways at what it is. So much time and so nostalgia does not get better
a well-earned 100 kph. And more many stories later, I doubt anyone than these two. Put them on our
importantly, it stops well, too. ever will. But the fact will remain passports already.■

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