Tata’s new spacio and IndigoXL

in the price war…

Tata Motors has joined the price war created by Mahindra’s new Bolero and Mahindra Renault Logan. Tata Motors has launched two base (trimmed) models of its well known products Tata Spacio and Tata IndigoXL. The spacio base model has been named as Tata Spacio Gold Plus (for the base model why the plus tag?) and the base Indigo XL will continue with the same badge. Here’s information on base models.

Spacio Gold Plus:

Tata Motors today announced the launch of a new Upgraded range of its entry level utility vehicle offering, the Tata Spacio. Named the Spacio Gold Plus, the new range seeks to enhance customer experience in the areas of performance, fuel economy, comfort and convenience.

New Heart…

*Spacio Gold Plus gets a new heart in the form of the 3 Litre, DI engine which now gets Turbocharged to substantially raise the maximum power and torque ratings to 70 PS (at 3000 rpm) and 223 Nm (at 2200 rpm) respectively. The enhancement in power has been accompanied by a significant raising of the fuel efficiency of the vehicle by over 15%. The Spacio Gold Plus delivers a best in class 15 kmpl (under test conditions) thus enhancing upon a key market requirement.

*The vehicle is also characterised by a much lower NVH (noise vibration and harshness). The entire Spacio range now comes with best in class turning circle radius of 4.9 metres.

New features…

Spacio Gold Plus has been launched in 2 trim levels, both sporting power steering with a soft touch steering wheel, front bucket seats, new decals and refined interiors.

*Both the variants come in 2 seating configurations: 6 + driver and 8 + driver.

*The upper variant has several comfort features, like air conditioning, central locking with key-less entry and immobilizer, and CD/MP3 music system.

* The spare wheel has been relocated under the body to provide a clean uncluttered rear look.

Tata Spacio Gold Plus is priced between Rs 5.1 lakh to Rs 5.4 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi)

Indigo XL base model:

*The Indigo XL is currently available in diesel and petrol variants priced at Rs 7.54 lakh and Rs 6.85 lakh respectively.

*The newly launched base model is likely to be Rs 1 lakh cheaper than the existing top of the line XL model.

* The new indigoXL base model will continue to have two kind of 1.4 litre engines – the 16-valve Twin-Cam petrol engine churning out 101 PS and the silent high torque 70 PS DICOR (common rail) diesel engine.

What’s not in the base model?

*The Economy model may not have certain features, like the DVD-based four-speaker integrated entertainment system with headrest-mounted twin LCD screen, a 12V socket in the rear console, electrically operated outer rear-view mirrors with integrated turn indicator lamps, six-way-powered front seats with lumbar support and chiller compartment in the glove box, which are present in the XL variant.

source:Tata Motors