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India to export 100,000 cars to Britain over four years
London, Nov 03: Showing its growing manufacturing prowess, India will export one lakh cars to Britain over the next four years, a report said.
London, Nov 03: Showing its growing manufacturing prowess, India will export one lakh cars to Britain over the next four years, a report said.
Tata Motors, India's third-biggest carmaker, has bagged an order from Britain's mg rover to export one lakh units of the hatchback car 'city rover' over four years, with the first consignment slated to reach Birmingham any day, the 'Sunday Times' reported.
"One in six cars rolling off the Tata manufacturing line in Pune is destined for Britain, with 100,000 scheduled to arrive over the next four years," the newspaper said. The 'City Rover', a modified version of the existing 'Tata Indica' car, is produced in both 1400 cc petrol and diesel engines.
The car which is made by Tata Motors at its factory in the western Indian city of Pune, is the sub-continent's first genuine indigenous car, designed and built by Indian engineers and workers with minimal foreign help, the report said.
The car and its mid-size model 'Indigo' has enabled Tata Motors to emerge as the third-biggest passenger carmaker in India, Asia's fourth-biggest automobile market estimated at about six lakh units annually. The City Rover/Indica will help plug a market gap for Rover, which has no small car of its own to sell. But for Tata and for Indian manufacturing, it is a giant leap forward.
Bureau Report
"One in six cars rolling off the Tata manufacturing line in Pune is destined for Britain, with 100,000 scheduled to arrive over the next four years," the newspaper said. The 'City Rover', a modified version of the existing 'Tata Indica' car, is produced in both 1400 cc petrol and diesel engines.
The car which is made by Tata Motors at its factory in the western Indian city of Pune, is the sub-continent's first genuine indigenous car, designed and built by Indian engineers and workers with minimal foreign help, the report said.
The car and its mid-size model 'Indigo' has enabled Tata Motors to emerge as the third-biggest passenger carmaker in India, Asia's fourth-biggest automobile market estimated at about six lakh units annually. The City Rover/Indica will help plug a market gap for Rover, which has no small car of its own to sell. But for Tata and for Indian manufacturing, it is a giant leap forward.
Bureau Report