The world's cheapest car has had an upgrade. Inflammatory jokes apart, the 2012 Tata Nano is Tata Motors' first refresh of the iconic car since its launch in 2009. It looks identical, but has had some changes made under the hood, or the rear seat, in this case. Tata has bumped up the power to 38PS, up from the original 35PS, putting it on an equal footing with the Maruti...
12:30 PM, Jan 26, 2012
New Delhi: UK-based Jaguar Land Rover showcased four new models in India for the first time at the the biennial Auto Expo here today. After having showcased the vehicles at several international events, Land Rover's Defender Concept 100 and Defender Concept 100 Sport and the Jaguar C-X16 and C-X75 can be viewed by auto enthusiasts here in the coming days. The Tata Motors-owned company has planned the global launch of...
09:36 PM, Jan 05, 2012
Mumbai: Tata Motors is upgrading old Tata Nanos, produced up to mid-September 2011, with a new starter motor to enhance their performance. This is in line with the company's practice of upgrading its vehicles; on the Nano itself, the company had upgraded the exhaust and the electrical system in November 2010, as was announced then. The installation of the new starter motor, which is a vendor supplied part, began in...
08:41 PM, Dec 27, 2011
New Delhi: In the biggest-ever replacement exercise in Indian automobile history, Tata Motors has asked an estimated 1.40 lakh Nano owners to bring back their cars for change of the starter motor free-of-cost. Vehemently denying this is a recall, the company said it is changing the old starter motor with a new and 'better' one, an exercise that will reportedly to cost the firm around Rs 110 crore. "We have...
06:59 PM, Dec 26, 2011
Now we are no strangers to the Indica. We have been seeing Tata's first attempt at a passenger car since its introduction in 1998. In its lifetime it has had many incarnations such as the Indica, Indica V2, Indicab, Indica eV2 and lately the Indica Vista. What Tata tried with the Indica Vista was to make the car feel more upmarket and youthful in an effort to appeal more to...
04:12 PM, Dec 21, 2011
Tata Motors has launched a new variant of their workhorse, the Sumo and have dubbed it as the Sumo Gold. The Sumo Gold variant is available in both BS3 and BS4 compliant engines. Speaking at the launch, Vice President for Commercial PCBU of Tata Motors, Mr R. Ramakrishnan said, The Tata Sumo Gold is a result of extensive consumer studies and field tests. The BS4 compliant engine pumps out 85PS...
10:01 AM, Nov 10, 2011
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court is likely to take up Tata Motors Limited's (TML) appeal against upholding of the Singur Act by a single bench of the court on Thursday. TML moved a division bench comprising Justices PC Ghosh and MK Choudhury on Wednesday seeking continuation of a stay on application of the trial court's order which would expire during the day, and also the appeal against the order upholding...
04:10 PM, Nov 02, 2011
Kolkata: The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday assigned the appeal of Tata Motors Ltd challenging a trial court order upholding constitutionality of Singur Land Act to a new division bench after the state questioned whether an earlier bench had jurisdiction to hear the case. Chief Justice JN Patel assigned the TML appeal challenging the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, to a division bench comprising...
12:59 AM, Nov 02, 2011
Kolkata: Tata Motors had challenged the order of the single judge of the Calcutta High Court, which had upheld the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, by which West Bengal government vested the land leased to the company at Singur, before a division bench of the Court. The Tata Motors has appealed against the order of Justice IP Mukerji which was passed on September 28 and gave a copy...
08:44 AM, Nov 01, 2011
Kolkata: There couldn't have been a better day to be Mamata Banerjee. On the day the West Bengal Chief Minister won her maiden assembly polls, the Calcutta High Court set aside the Tata Motors petition challenging the validity of the Singur Land Act which the state Assembly passed in June this year. The Act provided for taking over the 997-acre plot from the company and returning a portion to unwilling...
08:57 PM, Sep 28, 2011
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday described as a "historic verdict" the Calcutta High Court's order upholding validity of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 by which West Bengal government vested the land leased to Tata Motors Limited. "Today's verdict is historic verdict. Agitation of the farmers in Singur has not only shown the path to other parts of India, but also to the whole...
01:48 PM, Sep 28, 2011
New Delhi: In a setback for the Tatas, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday upheld as constitutional and valid the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011 by which the West Bengal government vested the land leased to Tata Motors Ltd (TML). Justice I P Mukerji, while upholding the validity of the Act, directed that compensation be paid to TML if it makes an application for it while noting that...
10:57 AM, Sep 28, 2011
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court is expected to pronounce its verdict on a plea filed by Tata Motors challenging the constitutional validity of the Singur Land rehabilitation act. The Supreme Court, on an appeal from Tata Motors, had stayed distribution of the land of the disputed factory site until further orders from the High Court. The judgement is scheduled to be passed at 10:30 am by the court of Justice...
07:49 AM, Sep 28, 2011
New Delhi: Homegrown auto major Tata Motors on Friday said its Group CEO and Managing Director Carl-Peter Forster has quit due to "unavoidable personal reasons". In a statement, the company said Forster has ceased to be the Group CEO and Managing Director with immediate effect, due to his unavoidable personal circumstances. "However, at the request of the board, Forster will continue to serve the Board of Tata Motors Ltd as...
07:24 PM, Sep 09, 2011
Sanand: Gujarat's Sanand is all set to become the next major auto hub after Chennai. First, it was Tata Motors and now even Ford and Peugeot auto plants are in the pipeline. A 2200-acre plot of land at Sanand, located about 40 kilometres from Ahmedabad, is quickly evolving into an automobile cluster. Phillipe Varin, Chairman, Board of Management, Peugeot, said, "An effort made by Gujarat to enlarge and deepen its...
07:32 AM, Sep 04, 2011
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