With most of the cars from our childhood getting discontinued recently, here's a list of cars you would have seen around or owned one, if you grew up in the 90s.
1. Maruti 800
Rich or poor, Maruti 800 was the dream car for every Indian. Maybe because it was the only efficient car for a family at that time.
It got the name, 'People's car' and rightly so. It was indeed a car for everyone. I still remember the day our entire family went to the showroom to take home our first car. It was huge.
2. Maruti Omni
Talking about cars from our childhood would be incomplete without mentioning the Maruti Omni.
It has served as our school van for years. Moreover, the bad reputation it got by the virtue of being a kidnapping vehicle used in Bollywood movies made it scary.
3. Ambassador
The only car in India that has and is still serving the dignitaries. This car with its lal-batti is known to give a sense of authority even today.
4. Maruti 1000
Successor to Maruti 800, this car was Bollywood's cheat sheet to all the racing cars. Every bollywood film of the 90s had Maruti 1000 as racing cars painted in different colours.
5. Maruti Esteem
Esteem was an improved version of Maruti 1000 for those who missed it. We could easily call it the beginning of modernisation in the field of cars.
6. Daewoo Matiz
This was that cute little car with good looks and perfect for a small family. It was among the most popular hatchbacks in the 90s. I was particularly fascinated by the blue and yellow colours of this car.
7. Maruti Zen
There are high chances that those 90s kids who did not learn driving on Maruti 800, did it on Maruti Zen. It was that fun little car that could fit in anywhere.
8. Tata Sumo
Tata Sumo will always be the first ever passenger vehicle for Indians. I always remembered it for the unique name derived from the Japanese wrestlers, Sumo. And it was rightly named for the size it had.
9. Fiat Uno
A popular and comfortable car in the 90s, Uno was a car easy to drive and manage. One could sit in it comfortably for hours and over long distances.
10. Santro
This was somewhere between Merc and Maruti 800. 90s was the time when Santro was just entering the market. For the longest time, we have visualised SRK driving this car and that made us pester our parents to get one.