Hindustan Motors is an automobile manufacturer from India. It is part of the Birla group of industries.

It is the producer of the famous Ambassador car, widely used as a taxicab and as a government limousine. One of the original three car manufacturers in India, founded in 1942, it was a leader in car sales until the 1980s, when the industry was opened up from protection.

Hindustan has a joint venture with Mitsubishi, producing versions of the Lancer and Pajero, but is best known for its own models.

Founded:     1942
Key people:     C. K. Birla (Chairman)
Industry:     Automobile
Parent:     C.K. Birla Group
Website:     www.hindmotor.com

Models manufactured by Hindustan Motors are :

* Hindustan Ambassador - The Ambassador design is based on the British 1948 Morris Oxford.
* Hindustan Contessa - based on the British Vauxhall Victor, which ceased production in 1978, but with an Isuzu engine.
* Lancer - in collobration with Mitsubishi.
* Pajero - an SUV in collobration with Mitsubishi.
* Pushpak, Trekker and Porter - Multiutility Vehicles.
* MASCOT T-480 FC - commercial truck.
* RTV - trucks made in collobration with OKA Motor Company, Australia. This truck can adapted for school bus, ambulance, etc

Plants

* Uttarpara, West Bengal (near Kolkata)
* Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh (near Indore)
* Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu (near Chennai)
* Hosur, Tamil Nadu (near Bangalore)