Tata Sumo Grande launched - Priced at 6.6 lakh

The new Tata Sumo Grande, launched at the Auto Expo 2008 in New Delhi. A probable enemy for Toyota Innova and Mahindra Scorpio.

The new version of the successful Tata Sumo, Sumo Grande, was launched by Tata Motors in New Delhi on the opening day of the Auto Expo itself. The Tata Sumo Grande will be priced between Rs 6.6 lakh and Rs 7.49 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). The SUV is expected to be available in the market from February 2008 onwards. The Sumo Grande is a lot more good looking than the current Sumo variant . But we will have to wait a bit more to find how fit this variant is.

"The company has been trying to bring in the contemporary aspect in styling and technology by infusing new features," said Ravi Kant, ( MD ) Tata Motors.

The Sumo Grande will feature the Tata Safari's successful 2.2 litre DICOR engine but it will be detuned to produce 120 bhp instead of the 140 bhp in the Safari. The Sumo Grande still has the high stance of the Sumo. But we expect vehicle dynamics to be much improved. At this price point, the Sumo Grande is quite capable of taking the fight to the Toyota Innova and the Mahindra Scorpio.

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Tata Indigo CS at Auto Expo 2008

Presenting the compact sedan( notchback version ) of TATA Indigo. The car is a hybrid of its brothers ( younger brother = Indica and elder brother = Indigo). The rear portion of the car is best looking, similar to Maruti SX4 and Hyundai Verna. The rear tail lamps are entirely different from that of Indigo Series.

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Tata has lauched the Indigo CS (Compact Sedan) with starting price tag of 3.79 lakhs ( Ex-Showroom ). This is the price for base 1.2 Litre petrol model and it will cost 4.19 Lakhs for the base Diesel model with the TDi Engine.

The Indigo CS comes in two versions GLE and GLS for the petrol and LE and LS for the Diesel. The base versions come without power steering with just AC as standard. The higher models will comprise power steering and HVAC (Heating Ventilation and Cooling) as standard. None of the versions come with Power Windows. Anyway, the higher CS diesel (TDI) undercuts the Swift LDi diesel with a price difference of Rs.25,000.

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