Premier Padmini started as the Fiat 1100 delight in 1964 on Indian roads.

Aesthetically the car was simple and sleek. It had a 3-box design with chrome-lined round headlights placed at corners with a giant grill at the center housing pal logo and blinkers placed beneath it. It had curved front and rear bumpers crafted in chrome door handles and a hub wheel cap also made up of chrome.

Padmini was manufactured with bench-style seating, with hand gears earlier before it upgraded itself to the floor gear, bucket seat models.


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History Of Indian Automobile Design (1964)