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Tata Motors is on a roll at the 9th Auto Expo in New Delhi. Apart from the much-awaited one-lakh car, Tata has unveiled four new passenger vehicles, the most interesting of which is the New Indica. When it goes on sale in the latter half of 2008, it will be sold alongside the current Indica, but will be more expensive.
Two new engines provide power -- the petrol is a 1.2-litre variable-valve timing enabled motor, while the diesel is the 1.3-litre Multi-jet common-rail diesel already doing duty in the Swift D. Both engines will be manufactured at the new Tata-Fiat joint venture plant at Ranjangaon near Pune.
The new Indica is bigger than the current car, and this only means more interior space. Also new is the non-independent rear suspension and the wider tyres.
The current Indica gets a change of heart too. It gets the 1.4-litre DiCOR engine from the current Indigo. Priced at Rs. 4.25 lakh(ex-showroom, Delhi), it will be sold alongside the current turbo and no-turbo diesel Indica V2's.
Also on display is the new Indigo CS. Measuring less than four metres in length and powered by a 65bhp petrol and 70bhp turbocharged, inter-cooled diesel engine, this saloon can take advantage of the excise cuts for small cars.
Tata's ageing Sumo has also been at the recieveing end of the scalpel too. The Sumo Grande is longer than the outgoing Sumo, and so has more interior space. New is redesigned beige interiors and the front-facing third-row seats. The 2.2-litre DiCOR engine, similar to the one powering the recently launched Safari, but de-tuned to 120bhp, is what will help the Sumo Grande get over what was one of the previous generation Sumo's greatest weaknesses -- its lethargy. It will be in showrooms by February 2008 and is available in three variants -- the Lx, Ex and Gx. It is priced at Rs. 6.55 lakh to Rs 7.49 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).
Bajaj Showcases Its Concept Car
On the eve of the Auto Expo, Bajaj Auto has showcased its small car concept to the world. The company is currently conducting a feasibility study with Renault on a small inexpensive car. But Rajiv Bajaj, MD, Bajaj Auto, was quick to add that though the car would be a compact intra-city one, it would not be costing Rs 1 lakh. “We need to make profits, and at that price it’s just not possible, but pricing will be competitive,” he said.
Rajiv Bajaj also confirmed that the company has also developed two engines for the car, a petrol and a diesel which are both two-cylinder units. According to Bajaj, “the company is also developing a very unique transmission that will offer the best of a manual and automatic gearbox.”
The car will be made at a new plant in Chakan that will have an initial capacity of 250,000 units per year.
Two new engines provide power -- the petrol is a 1.2-litre variable-valve timing enabled motor, while the diesel is the 1.3-litre Multi-jet common-rail diesel already doing duty in the Swift D. Both engines will be manufactured at the new Tata-Fiat joint venture plant at Ranjangaon near Pune.
The new Indica is bigger than the current car, and this only means more interior space. Also new is the non-independent rear suspension and the wider tyres.
The current Indica gets a change of heart too. It gets the 1.4-litre DiCOR engine from the current Indigo. Priced at Rs. 4.25 lakh(ex-showroom, Delhi), it will be sold alongside the current turbo and no-turbo diesel Indica V2's.
Also on display is the new Indigo CS. Measuring less than four metres in length and powered by a 65bhp petrol and 70bhp turbocharged, inter-cooled diesel engine, this saloon can take advantage of the excise cuts for small cars.
Tata's ageing Sumo has also been at the recieveing end of the scalpel too. The Sumo Grande is longer than the outgoing Sumo, and so has more interior space. New is redesigned beige interiors and the front-facing third-row seats. The 2.2-litre DiCOR engine, similar to the one powering the recently launched Safari, but de-tuned to 120bhp, is what will help the Sumo Grande get over what was one of the previous generation Sumo's greatest weaknesses -- its lethargy. It will be in showrooms by February 2008 and is available in three variants -- the Lx, Ex and Gx. It is priced at Rs. 6.55 lakh to Rs 7.49 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).
Bajaj Showcases Its Concept Car
On the eve of the Auto Expo, Bajaj Auto has showcased its small car concept to the world. The company is currently conducting a feasibility study with Renault on a small inexpensive car. But Rajiv Bajaj, MD, Bajaj Auto, was quick to add that though the car would be a compact intra-city one, it would not be costing Rs 1 lakh. “We need to make profits, and at that price it’s just not possible, but pricing will be competitive,” he said.
Rajiv Bajaj also confirmed that the company has also developed two engines for the car, a petrol and a diesel which are both two-cylinder units. According to Bajaj, “the company is also developing a very unique transmission that will offer the best of a manual and automatic gearbox.”
The car will be made at a new plant in Chakan that will have an initial capacity of 250,000 units per year.
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