India's First Dream Car: The Fascinating Story of Maruti 800

If I were to ask you which is your dream car today, you might say BMW, Ferrari or Mercedes. But do you know which was India's first dream car? If you go a little back in history, India's dream car was not a foreign model, but an indigenous car and the name of that car is Maruti 800. Whenever it comes to Maruti 800, remember the Gandhi family, from where the story of this car began. The young man from the Gandhi family started working on Maruti. But then what happened that Indira Gandhi herself called foreign companies to make Maruti 800? What happened that Sanjay Gandhi vowed never to come back to the factory he had set up? And finally, what happened that the Maruti that was priced at ₹6,000 had to be sold for more than ₹50,000? Let's tell you the whole story. About sixty years ago, India was buying a completely different car. At that time, there were only three car companies in the country.