Cars Q&A

not sure but i guess it is 96. for when i went to buy one of those beauties last year they said it was reg. in 96...

Production of HM contessa ceased in 2002
The first contessa rolled out in 1983. It was with a 1.5 L petrol engine
Hindustan Motors then tied up with Isuzu to provide a 1.8 L petrol and 2.0 L diesel engine option with the contessa

Contessa, with the isuzu engine was rechristened Contessa "Classic" and towards the end of production came in 3 variants i.e 1.8 L petrol, 2.0 L diesel and 2.0 L turbodiesel

Chitanya has given the complete info.contessa was introduced as the first luxury car in india in 1983 with normal ambassdor engine and the lastlot in 2002 generally used by ministers in haryana and punjab before being relaced by sonata gold and skoda .