First Automobile In India. The first car built in india rolled off the assembly line on december 4, 1928, when general motors india ltd. Hindustan motors is the first automobile.
In 2022, india became fourth largest country in the world by valuation of automotive industry. Sierra was the first diesel vehicle to be accepted as a personal car in india. The tata sierra was the first automobile to be designed and produced in india, in 1991.
Jamshedji tata was the first indian to own a car in 1901.
The next year, there were four cars in bombay, one of them owned by jamshedji tata and the other three also by parsis. The history of the automobile actually began about 4,000 years ago when the first wheel was used for transportation in india. During the same decade, mahindra & mahindra also began to produce utility vehicles. In 1897, the first car ran on an indian road.