A couple of weeks back I was at Delhi traveling in a cab with my Chinese college, who happened to be on his first trip to India.
While observing the traffic he came across an Ambassador car. With "eureka excitement" written all over his face, he pointed at the car and asked me "Indian Car!?"
I said: "Yes... an old model. It is called the Ambassador."
The Chinese smiled and replied in broken English "In China, no such cars... Only in Village". with a broad smile on his face he shook his head and laughed.
"Sala.. he is speaking as if he is coming from some developed nation. Rural China is not so advanced" I mumbled in my mind. My Indian pride was obviously hurt a bit.
The Chinese continued in his Chinese accent: "Is there other Indian made Car?"
I looked around for an answer and saw one Maruti SX4 behind our car. I was about to show him the SX4 when I saw the big Suzuki Logo in front of it. I thought: "What... !!? There is no India based car companies that manufacture good quality cars!? Forget good quality, at least one good looking one so that I can show this Chinese fellow!?"
God answered that question quickly. Suddenly an Indigo passed our Innova.
At its sight, I leaped forward, pointed at it and almost shouted in excitement: "That one...! That one...! That is 'India made car'!!!".
While he was staring at the Indigo, and perhaps wondering why I got excited, a grin spread on my face. With a relief, I said to myself “God bless the TATAs”
While observing the traffic he came across an Ambassador car. With "eureka excitement" written all over his face, he pointed at the car and asked me "Indian Car!?"
I said: "Yes... an old model. It is called the Ambassador."
The Chinese smiled and replied in broken English "In China, no such cars... Only in Village". with a broad smile on his face he shook his head and laughed.
"Sala.. he is speaking as if he is coming from some developed nation. Rural China is not so advanced" I mumbled in my mind. My Indian pride was obviously hurt a bit.
The Chinese continued in his Chinese accent: "Is there other Indian made Car?"
I looked around for an answer and saw one Maruti SX4 behind our car. I was about to show him the SX4 when I saw the big Suzuki Logo in front of it. I thought: "What... !!? There is no India based car companies that manufacture good quality cars!? Forget good quality, at least one good looking one so that I can show this Chinese fellow!?"
God answered that question quickly. Suddenly an Indigo passed our Innova.
At its sight, I leaped forward, pointed at it and almost shouted in excitement: "That one...! That one...! That is 'India made car'!!!".
While he was staring at the Indigo, and perhaps wondering why I got excited, a grin spread on my face. With a relief, I said to myself “God bless the TATAs”
3 comments:
true ... god bless the tatas. if not, indigo/indica, safari is as good an SUV u can get. dont forget mahindra too (though, not so much a fav of mine)
You should have shown him a Scorpio too.. That looks cooler :-)
Yeah agree.
Btw, the GWM vehicles of China look cool
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