Sayonara to Maruti 800
Yah, Its time to say tata bye bye to maruti 800.Also known by a local tagname as Maruti car. What a legendary its been for that wonderfull cheap poor mens car.Till now 27 lakhs units of the car have been sold.
Maruti has finally decided to phase out 800 from major cities of india which constitutes a one the major automobile sectors. This was announced as a result Bharat stage 1V norms were being bought in.The car that bought with itself a sort of Automobile revolution. A standard to the automobile industry which was no where in place in india. With leading car brands of that time just manufacturing the cheap quality vehicles. It was the introductio
n of this little baby that bought about a quick evolution (revolution) in AUTO sector and and also about in an economic boom in India .The Maruti 800 was introduced as a result of joint effort between Maruti and Suzuki Motor Co of Japan in 1983. The first Maruti 800s were sold for a then princely sum of Rs 48,000. The car was still available in its base model for merely Rs 1.80 lakhs until the company stopped producing it in april 2010.
Its certainly been an inspirational vehicle for each and every Indian.No Indian who owns a car would like to mark a bad comment on this little cookie. Such car it was. The cheap in price, cheap in maintenance, comfort, reliability.It was like a dream come true for most of the scooter rider seeking to own a car.
It was in 1994 my father bought a navy blue colored maruti 800. We had been using Fiat before that. It took a booking period of 5 months for the car to arrive. So much was the demand and respect for it. I was a little kid that time studying in primary school I was all excited to see my favourite car of that time (Its still my favorite).But the nostalgia of those moments still remains. Its been 15 years now we own it and that too in the same first hand condition. I still enjoy driving our car to the same extent it was for my father 15 years back when he bought it brand new. Such is the cars craze and charisma.many of my friends used to tease me when I always used to praise and admire our dear car. they always used to taunt me saying 800 is not safe. But I never had those comments affect my love and affection towards this humble little car.
But the time has changed now. People are interested in more more high tech , more luxury cars.
I would really, like this car to be remembred as a legendry vehicle , the same way as Wolkswagon Beetle. A people’s car that was capable of transporting three children and two adults at speeds of sixty miles-per-hour.
I feel that people will remember 800 for ages.
