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One day with the Tata Indica Vista

After my harrowing experience with the Tata Indigo DICOR, I decided to try other Tata products including the Sumo Grande and the Indica DICOR to see what else could make me giggle.

I’ll speak about the Indica and Sumo some other time as what I commuted in today is nothing short of its mountain’s king.

The Tata Indica Vista was my official car for the whole of today. When I waved good bye, close to a 100 kms was clocked on it, mostly through the expressways and the rest in the congested, confused and complicated Chennai city traffic.

We were the first ones to bring a full pictorial review of the Indica Vista to the internet. I remember that day vividly. Back then we were not allowed to take it out for a spin since the official launch was not done. It should have been a few days before the launch and that was enough to get us excited.

It was I and Harish Kumar (a.k.a. Harry) who experienced the truly jaw-dropping Tata. It was not an Indica in any aspect. Gaps were tightened, surfaces were softened, levers and knobs were fine-tuned and the steering wheel was not the diameter of a well anymore.

We had begun blogging back then. To see a car that was yet to be launched right in front of our eyes was not a daily event. We were carried away. We wrote the plastics were in reach of international standards. Yes, it was a stupid comment.

How was the Indica Vista today?

Believe it or not, I never knew I was driving a diesel variant until the accompanying person informed me after I complained about its slightly noisy character past the 3.5k RPM mark.

No, I’m not making this up.

With that said, let me split up the review into different parts so that we cover the basics.

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Entry posted on September 10th, 2009 and filed under Car Reviews, Tata

More Tata Indica Vista Anniversary Edition Images

More Tata Indica Vista Anniversary Edition Images

One of our readers has emailed us a bunch of Tata Indica Vista Anniversary Images from what looks like a company PowerPoint presentation file. The images point out the special features of this car. In case you missed the Tata Indica Vista Anniversary edition post, it included the Press release.

The Anniversary Edition Tata Indica Vista can be booked today in both diesel and petrol variants at any of the Tata Motors dealerships. Bookings opened on 30th December.

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Entry posted on December 30th, 2008 and filed under Tata

Fiat 1.4-liter petrol engine will power the 2009 Tata Indigo

Fiat 1.4-liter petrol engine will power the 2009 Tata Indigo

Fiat has already begun production of the 1.4-liter petrol engine earlier this month at Ranjangoan, which will also power the upcoming Tata Indigo besides the Fiat Linea and Grande Punto.

The engine blocks for this petrol motor will be imported from Fiat’s plant situated in Brazil and the entire manufacturing including machining will be done at the new powertrain plant in Ranjangaon. Initial capacity is 70,000 powertrains per annum eventually going up to 300,000.

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Entry posted on November 29th, 2008 and filed under Fiat, Tata

Another IAB Exclusive – Tata Indica Vista Pictorial Review

When was the last time you ever wondered the Indica was getting long in the tooth? The original Indica was launched way back in 1998 and we’ve had to wait 10 long years to get an all new version and we say that the wait is worth every single day. TATA has made a [...]

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Entry posted on August 23rd, 2008 and filed under Reviews, Tata