KOLKATTA

Gradually, Premier trained a huge task force to do highly specialised jobs. And built up a strong technologies base, while increasing its capacity many-fold. Progressive indigenisation continues and in 1972, a virtually 100% indigenous car had finally arrived, manufactured by Premier under its own name. Apart from the most popular car in India, the Premier Padmini, Premier also manufactured the country’s widest range of commercial vehicles for a variety of road transport applications. Over the years, the Fiat car became increasingly Indian in content.