Tata Penguin - Nano-Based Pickup in the Works
8 Dec 2009, 08:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Tata Motors has already introduced the world's cheapest car, the well-known Nano, but it appears that the Indian manufacturer is willing to take full advantage of this car in every single area....
Tata Posts Surprising Profit for Q2
27 Nov 2009, 15:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Indian carmaker Tata Motors managed to surprise the automotive world today as it posted a consolidated profit of INR217.8m ($4.7 million) for the second quarter of 2009 and added at the same time th...
Nissan Working on Tata Nano Rival
2 Nov 2009, 15:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A somewhat disturbing news surfaced today about Japanese manufacturer Nissan working on a Tata Nano challenger (if such a thing is even possible). Not quite up Nissan's alley, we might say, but...
Tata Nano Is On Fire
23 Oct 2009, 10:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / And we are not talking about sales figures and orders...The cheapest car in the world is facing its first possible major problem less than six months since its launch. According to a report by just-...
2010 Tata Indigo MANZA Launched in India
15 Oct 2009, 12:56 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The new generation Tata Indigo Manza sedan has just been launched in India, featuring a completely new body, platform, interior and exterior styling. The new sedan is much bigger in size and interio...
Pininfarina, Unlikely in Tata's Hands
12 Oct 2009, 07:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we reported in mid-August, Pininfarina's efforts to sell a 50.7 percent stake in the business was rumored to have found an answer in India, with Tata Motors. Today, the company's CEO, S...
200,000 Nanos Come Next Year
8 Oct 2009, 16:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Indian carmaker Tata is planning to increase the output for its low-cost Nano to 200,000 units in the 2010-2011 fiscal year, five times more than the 40,000 units expected to be built by the end of ...
Jaguar Land Rover to Close One Plant
24 Sep 2009, 13:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After several months of uncertainty, British manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announced it has decided to terminate one of its facilities sometimes in 2014. There are two plants eyed for closure...
Tata Managed to Secure Private Funding for JLR
11 Aug 2009, 10:01 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / To the "delight" of the British government, Indian car maker Tata Motors announced it has managed to gather private sector funding for the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). This private funding is ...
Jaguar Land Closes in on Loan
27 Jul 2009, 09:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The UK branch of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) posted a 673.4 million pounds loss ($1.11 billion) for 2008, a reversal of the 641.5 million pounds net profit posted for 2007, according to accounts filed l...
Tata Motors Seeks Indonesian Expansion
24 Jul 2009, 13:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Tata Motors, the Indian manufacturer who's building the so-called world's cheapest vehicle, is now aiming to launch its cars in Indonesia. The company is already running a feasibility stud...
Nano in South America Via Fiat-Tata
23 Jul 2009, 14:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Tata Motors will be sold in South America but contrary to all the recent media reports, it will arrive in the region through a joint agreement between Fiat and the Indian manufacturer. Ratan Tata, c...
First Tata Nano Delivered
20 Jul 2009, 08:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Here it is, the first proof that the Nano is real... Tata Motors proudly announced it has delivered the very first Nano, to a very lucky, envy-of-all-neighbors Ashok Raghunath Vichare, a Mumbai resi...
Tata Nano Tops European Crash Test
15 Jul 2009, 10:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ..well, not exactly "tops" but, just as shocking, passed European crash tests for front and side impact conducted by Britain's MIRA. As a result of the crash tests scores, the Nano re...
World's Cheapest Indian Car
6 Jul 2009, 14:18 UTC · By: Charles Darveight / Do you guys remember the 2500 dollar car from Tata? It was called the Nano, and in theory it was supposed to offer – especially to Indians – the chance to own a bike with a roof and four...
Tata to Cut More Jobs at Jaguar, Land Rover
29 Jun 2009, 13:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Things are going from bad to worse for Indian manufacturer Tata Motors who might turn to new cost-cutting measures in the near future following poor results posted by its Jaguar and Land Rover brand...
Jaguar, Land Rover Launched in India
29 Jun 2009, 07:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Leaving aside a bit its new love for the Nano, Indian manufacturer Tata Motors took their most esteemed brands, Jaguar and Land Rover, and brought them home, to India. The launch of the two brands t...
Tata Nano Comes to the US...
8 Jun 2009, 10:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ...or how the unthinkable is about to happen. Even if rumors about a US aimed Tata Nano have been around for some time now, last week Ratan Tata, the owner of Tata Motors, told an audience at Cornel...
Tata Debuts New Commercial Trucks
29 May 2009, 10:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Since the company hasn't managed to shock the market with its most affordable car in the world Nano, Tata Motors is now launching some new vehicles that perfectly laugh in the face of the crisi...
Tata Nano Doesn't Sell Cheap
26 May 2009, 10:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Tata Nano, the car intended to be the new Model T of the automotive industry, at least as far as India is concerned, as well as the cheapest vehicle on the planet, now faces a "problem". T...