Tata Indica | Gone But Not Forgotten | evo India

Indica, Indigo sedan, Indigo Marina station wagon, Indigo CS compact sedan, Indica Xeta, Vista, Manza, Bolt and Zest. We dive into every single version and variant of the Indica in this epic hour-long feature on the Tata Indica. We also have never-before-seen pictures of the Rover prototypes, talk about the motorsport variants, and the hot hatch prototypes and bring out inside stories from the Indica’s 20-year history in this special episode of Gone But Not Forgotten hosted by Editor Sirish Chandran. This includes the Tata - Fiat partnership which resulted in Tata Motors selling Fiat cars from their showrooms! And did you know the Indica Vista's X1 platform is still very much in use today and in fact, living its best life underpinning the Nexon while the Tiago traces it roots back to the Gen 1 Indica. All this and more as we explore the fascinating journey of the Tata Indica from its launch at ₹2.6 lakh on New Year's Eve, 1998, to racking up an impressive 115,000 fully paid-up orders within a week and all its variants over 20 years. Ratan Tata's vision for the Indica was quite ambitious — it would have the size of the Maruti Zen, the internal dimensions of an Ambassador, and come at the price of a Maruti 800 with the running cost of a diesel. And it did. The Indica forced Maruti to slash prices of its bread-and-butter 800 by ₹30,000. The Tata Indica transformed Tata Motors from a trucking major into a passenger car behemoth with Jaguar and Land Rover as part of its portfolio. But more importantly, it proved that cars can be designed and engineered right here in India; in effect, it gave birth to the indigenous automotive industry. The Tata Indica was finally put to rest in 2018 after 2 million units were produced over 20 years, and the taxi-cab image it, unfortunately, acquired towards the end of its life means the nameplate is effectively Indi-gone. Gone, but never forgotten.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0.29 Tata Indica and Ratan Tata's Vision
1:37 Design and Development of the Indica
2:35 Origins of Tata Aria
3:43 Launch of the Indica and Early Problems
5:11 Tata Indica V2
5:38 Tata Indica 2000
6:39 Tata Indica Styling
7:43 Tata Indica Space
8:44 Sirish's First Long-termer
9:47 Rally-spec Indica
10:53 Indica Hot Hatch
11:28 Tata Indica Race
11:48 Tata Indica Silhouette
12:37 Go-faster Indicas
13:18 Tata Indica Driving Impressions
14:50 Cost Saving
15:44 Tata Motors' Gearbox Refinement
16:29 Tata Indica Petrol
17:48 Tata Indica Seats & Comfort
18:15 Tata Indigo Sedan
19:36 Tata Indiva Prototype
19:56 Tata Indigo Marina
24:04 MG City Rover
25:43 City Rover Prototype
26:10 Tata Indigo XL
27:57 Tata Indigo CS
33:54 Tata Indica Xeta
39:31 Tata Motors and Fiat India JV
41:08 Tata Indica Vista Quadrajet
46:29 Tata Manza
46:50 Tata Indica Vista D90
47:19 Termination of Tata Motors and Fiat India JV
48:30 Evolution of the Indica: Bolt and Zest
49:55 Tata Tiago Connection
50:33 Tata Nexon Connection
50:56 Tata Indica Electric
52:13 Summary

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