BHPian anjan c2007 recently shared this with other enthusiasts.As we all know the administered price mechanism and manufacturing quotas for automakers were in vogue during the iron curtain era for our automobiles that began in 1957 and lasted till around mid-1975.
The R&D team’s biggest achievement in 1979 was probably the successful modification of the Bajaj-Chetak scooter to conform to US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety standards during the legal court case battle with Piaggio in the US