Tata motors to manufacture Indica and Nano in Thailand

Tata Motors is going places.Its not only the Jaguar and Landrover brands which are expected to spread the word about Tata.Tata Motors will also use its own vehicles to establish Brand Tata Motors throughout the world.

After the Tata Xenon pickup,Tata motors is now all set to manufacture the indica ,possibly the nano and the next generation indica[lets call it the indica v3] in the thai market.The thai government is encouraging manufacturers in Thailand to set up plants for manufacturing cars which have engines less than 1.4L and 4 out of five components of the engine should be manufactured in thailand.Further the manufacturer has to sell 1 lakh of these "eco" cars in five years time.

Tata's are aready used to these specifications in India ,what changes is the E20 specification which should not be a major challenge to achieve for Tata.This incentive can help Tata penetrate into the other south east asian markets too and improve the image of the company in the eyes of the environmentalists.

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Tata unveil third generation Indica[v3]

World premiere of the all new Honda city in August 2008 in Thailand

Update:
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Team-bhpian Spots possible new Honda City.

Yes now that the jazz has been launched in thailand news is that honda is all set for the world premiere of the all new honda city in august 2008 in thailand.


The jazz which shares the same platform with the honda city now gets a i-vtec engine something which will also make it to the indian markets.Honda will replace the present 1.5L vtec with 1.5L i-vtec engines.I cannot say how much Honda will cut down on power in India in order to compensate for fuel efficiency and indian fuel.But right now the tech specs are very impresive.
120ps@6600rpm and torque is 148Nm @4800rpm. What is also not know is whether honda will replace the present i-dsi engines with the new 1.3L i-vtec engines which are also pretty impressive at 100ps.Or if honda only bring in the 1.3L i-vtec to india.Many engine combinations are possible and I am not in a postion to predict which one we will get in India.The wheelbase is increased further in the new jazz which means the interiors would get even more spacious in the all new honda city.

While right now it would be exported to australia,malaysia and phillipines,it will come to our markets a little later since it would be manufactured here as well.


Regarding the new Honda city it could be here in India by the year end and going by the interiors of the new jazz honda civic owners are going to feel a bit shortchanged.


Noticed from the pictures of the jazz,the all new Honda city is going to get huge quarter glasses up front like the suzuki sx4.

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Honda confirms all new Honda city launch by end of this year

Team-bhpian Spots possible new Honda City.

Ratan Tata to Launch Tata Xenon in Thailand

Tata group chairman Mr.Ratan Tata is all set to launch the Tata Xenon pick-up truck in Thailand on March 28th at the Bangkok International Motor Show.

Thailand is the second largest market in the world as far as Pick-up trucks are concerned and that is why the importance Tata is giving to this market.

The Xenon would have a load carrying capacity of 1 tonne and have the VTT dicor engine which presently does duty in the Tata Safari in India.The Xenon would be manufactured in Thailand and sold in domestic[Thai] markets as well as exported to other markets.

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