Rs 1 lakh car from Tata to be gearless

Identifying the automobile sector as a growth area, Tata group said it is confident of launching in less than three years, a proper “in...

Identifying the automobile sector as a growth area, Tata group said it is confident of launching in less than three years, a proper “inexpensive” people’s car at a price tag of Rs 1 lakh. Group chief Ratan Tata said the car will be a “gearless” vehicle powered by a rear engine.

Brushing aside scepticism from industry rivals, including Suzuki Motor Corporation that such a car may not be feasible for Rs 1 lakh, Tata was confident that the launch would be the only answer from him.

“I hope so. Just like people ate their words on Indica they would realise that there is something (Rs 1 lakh car) that can be done,” Tata said.

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The proposed car would be a vehicle that “will seat four to five people and have a rear engine. It will not be a scooter, three-wheeler or an auto-rickshaw made into a car”, he said.

Along with Indica, the new Rs 1 lakh car, whose prototypes are presently doing test runs without a body, would be the growth focus for Tata Motors in the automobile sector’s medium-term.

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