Maruti 800:The Last Ride.

Sachin Tendulkar in his first car, a Maruti 800

The last Maruti 800 travels from a Gurgaon Plant to Shillong,a city in the hills that embraced the little car and made its own.It was a car that revolutionized road transport in India,The 800 hit the road on the day of December 14,1983.

The last Maruti 800 rolled off the assembly line in Gurgaon on January 18-chassis number 2890893-is on her first joy ride.
She is a deep crimson colored, unremarkable on the Shillong roads.A layer a translucent green plastic protects her upholstery in true Indian Fashion,her windshield

announces the registration number ML-05K-2666.
The owner is a dapper and painfully shy,23-year old Albert Vanlalnghaka.

The Maruti 800 is a epic car in the Indian History,it saw many changes in the country,in tis lifetime.
PM of India Indira Gandhi inaugurated the first Maruti 800,then it was  like a pride to anyone who owned it.

"It was like a Mini Cooper on the road"
                                         -Sunil Sethi,59,President,Fashion design council of India.
"It was the most beautiful thing I had seen"
                                         -Ravi Bajaj,Fashion Designer.
"My car was like my Tanpura"
                                         -Meeta Pandit.39,Classical Vocalist.

Indira Gandhi with the first Maruti 800 in 1983.

Maruti Udyog Ltd was formed as result of the Nakanishi report,following which the joint venture was signed between the Hamamatsu-based small car maker and the Government of India.
Maruti had 883 employees at first Gurgaon Plant.
It was  named 800 because it was based on the Japanese car Suzuki Fronte 800 and had 800cc Engine.
During the last 30 years 2,87 million 800s were produced in India and sold.