Hindustan Ambassador

You've likely never heard of a Hindustan Ambassador--and unless you're an old British-car geek, you've certainly never seen a Morris Oxford Series III. But the Ambassador--fondly known as the "Amby"--is both India's de facto taxi cab and the oldest production car in the world. Now it's been fitted with a new, cleaner diesel engine to allow it to resume taxi service in Kolkata and 16 other Indian cities that tightened emissions rules as early as April 2010 to eliminate the oldest, dirtiest diesels from their roads. European limits As reported on Indian Autos Blog, Hindustan Motors announced on...