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The Tata Tiago is a 5-door hatchback city car made by Tata Motors in India since 2016. Codenamed the "Kite" during development, the Tiago was previously announced as the Tata Zica , with "Zica" short for "zippy car", but it was changed because the launch of the car coincided with the outbreak of Zika virus . [ 3 ]
Tata Motors Cars is a division of the India-based automaker Tata Motors which produces cars under the brand name Tata Motors. It is currently the 3rd largest car manufacturer in India in terms of sales after Maruti Suzuki , Hyundai and Mahindra in September 2024.
Tata launched the Indica in 1998. A newer version of the car, named Indica V2, later appeared. Tata Motors also exported cars to South Africa. [12] In 1999, Tata Motors had a setback and decided to sell the car business. US auto giant, Ford was seen an ideal candidate. Officials from Ford came to Bombay House to talk with Tata. During the ...
In February 2024, Tata introduced another near-production concept model of the Curvv at the 2024 Auto Expo. [2] The Curvv is based on the smaller Nexon, with much of the front section and the interior design are carried over from the smaller car. It is intended to occupy a higher segment, with a length of 4.3-metre. [3]
This technology was created by Italian car designer Marcello Gandini, who sold Tata the rights to the technology in 2007. [4] Tata planned to use a turbocharged petrol engine producing 190 bhp (142 kW), allowing for a 0-60 mph time of 6 seconds, but due to cost cutting at Tata, the TaMo project was cancelled.
Fiat brand in India was earlier represented through a joint venture company called Fiat India Automobiles Pvt Ltd., FIAPL (Name changed to Fiat India Automobiles Ltd., FIAL later) founded in the year 1997 with Fiat S.p.A. and Tata Motors as the two partners coming together to produce cars for both brands in a plant set up through joint investments at Ranjangaon, in Pune district of Maharashtra ...
The initially advertised capacity of the plant, in 2008, was 250,000 cars per year. In the ten years that followed, less than 300,000 in total of the Tata Nano were produced. Later, the plant was utilized to manufacture popular hatchbacks like Tata Tiago and Tata Tigor , and reached 100% capacity utilization in 2018.
In September 2009, Ford Motors announced its plans to set up a plant in India with an annual capacity of 250,000 cars, for US$500 million. The cars were manufactured both for the Indian market and for export. [108] The company said that the plant was a part of its plan to make India the hub for its global production business. [109]