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Tata Indica, the Tata Group's big passenger car bet, was not delivering expected returns a year into its launch. Desperate, the Tata Motors brass, led by Ratan Tata, acceded to a meeting request from Ford Motors for a possible sale of the passenger vehicles division to the American auto major. Some people had advised Tata to sell the business, and the Ford officials came to Bombay House to hold talks.
There were certainly qualities adhering to the Tata Group, which emanated from the persona of Ratan Tata. Most notable of these would be the low profile he maintained, which sharply contrasted the in-your-face celebrity status, celebration of wealth and pursuit of importance many of liberalised India's rich, love, notes Shyam G Menon.
'Ratan had the quality that JRD and Russi Mody had -- they could walk with kings and never lose the common touch.'
'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from now.' 'For instance, how can we deal with climate change and global warming, right now?' 'The effects of it may not be felt now; in fact, we may pay a price for it today, but it will help the generations to follow.'
Tata Motors' successful B segment car Indica is to hit the British roads very shortly under an export agreement with MG Rovers, United Kingdom.
Contrary to information in the report, Tata Motors does not have any plans of 'de-emphasising' the Tata Indica, the statement said.
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Tata Motors has added what the old Indica lacked. The new Indica D90 comes with Fiat sourced 90BHP Multi-Jet diesel engine that also powers Manza Club Class sedan. The automaker has also added features that are unmatched in its class.
In-depth review of the new Indica D90 and how it measure up against the competition.
In the past, Tata Motors gave India its many first - country's first indigenous car (Tata Indica), first sports utility vehicle (Safari), first micro truck (Ace) or a Rs 100,000 car for the common citizen (Nano). After JLR's acquisition, however, the company has failed to connect with Indian car buyers.
This new version was first showcased in the 2012 Automobile Expo, which was held in the country's capital, New Delhi earlier this year.
One of the biggest worries of a car owner is somebody stealing their vehicle.
Buying a three-year-old Maruti Alto/Hyundai Santro/Tata Indica and selling it two years later, results in an average cost of just Rs 50,000, according to a study on the used car market.
The hatchback market is getting very competitive with almost all big players flooding it with trendy models to get a piece of this lucrative pie.
The company has raised the rates of its utility vehicles Sumo and Grande MK II by Rs 7,800-Rs 10,300.
With the Indian car market growing at the rate of 30 per cent no car maker wants to miss the opportunity.
Forget about the Tata Nano for Rs 100,000. Or buying a sleek Yamaha R15 for over Rs 97,000. An array of car models is now available at prices under Rs 100,000, thanks to an expected 20 to 25 per cent fall in used-car prices on certain models, in response to the government's decision to reduce Central value added tax (Cenvat) four percentage points for new cars.
The second-generation Tata Indica will be called Indica Vista. The car that was previewed for the public at the Auto Expo, New Delhi this year will carry the new tag to differentiate itself from the Indica that is currently in production.
Tata Motors posted 11 per cent increase in total vehicle sales (including exports) during April at 40,486 units as compared to 36,574 in the same period last year.
Small cars corner 77% of Indian roads, top four models grab 60%.
Eight months after it was phased out from the market, Maruti on Tuesday unveiled the new Zen sporting an all-new look and under a new name 'Estilo', pricing the base variant at Rs 3.19 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
In a major boost to the automobile industry, the finance minister on Tuesday cut the excise duty on small cars to 16%.
Indian Oil Corporation, in association with Tata Motors, has begun trial of the country's first biodiesel-run cars.
The launches will include new cars from General Motors, Tata Motors, Hyundai, Maruti, Volkswagen, Skoda, Mahindra-Renault, Honda, DaimlerChrysler and BMW.
Tata Motors has bagged an order from Britain's MG Rover to export 100,000 units of the hatchback car City Rover over four years, with the first consignment slated to reach Birmingham any day, the Sunday Times reported.
Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company Ltd said on Friday it has agreed to supply its homegrown Indica hatchback cars to the UK's MG Rover Group, to be sold under the Rover brand in Europe.
Discounts range between Rs 20,000 and Rs 80,000.
Celerio's 793-cc diesel engine is the smallest in the market.
It has been a more than interesting and definitely an exciting last season with the battle of supremacy raging on between automakers.
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Many say Tata Motors has perhaps paid the price for being too ambitious.
Every three minutes, in some corner of the country, two Altos are being sold.
Pad was a moniker for the Premier Padmini, which became the jewel in the crown of the Mumbai-based Walchand Hirachand Group.
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