If you were born during or before the '90s, you will know that the Maruti 800 was the car for all middle class families. No car has been used as extensively throughout the nation as the Maruti 800 has. So when the country heard that the very first Maruti was rusting at an abandoned residence in New Delhi, thousands of Indians got up to offer help. Harpal Singh was the proud owner of the car he purchased in 1983, the keys to which were handed over to him by none other than then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. He was so attached to the car that be never bothered upgrading it either. He drove it all his life.

Maruti has shown interest in buying the car as well saying that they too will speak to the family to inquire if the purchase is possible.
However, the family is not interested in selling the car and want to restore it themselves. Tejinder Ahluwalia, 65, is the elder son-in-law and he said: "I respect people’s emotions, who are coming forward to buy the car but if money would have been our priority all we needed was to put a small advertisement in newspapers and several people would have come forward to buy the car. We want it to be restored so that the name of our father-in-law who cared so much for the car goes into history." The younger son-in-law Amardeep Walia, 55, also had similar views.

Let us hope they keep their word and restore this beauty to its original state.