New Delhi, Jan 24: Britain's MG Rover Group Ltd will buy 100,000 Indica hatchback cars over five years from India's Tata Engineering & Locomotive Co Ltd (Telco) for sale in Europe, a Telco spokesman said today. Telco, India's third largest carmaker and the top truck and bus maker, signed an agreement with MG Rover last month to supply the homegrown Indica car to the British firm for sale under the Rover brand in Europe.

MG Rover had picked the Indica to fill a gap in its model range and address the high volume small car segment.

The Telco spokesman said shipments of the Indica car, which Telco developed by itself and launched in early 1999, are expected to begin in the second half of 2003.
He said the Indica will undergo some design changes to suit the Rover brand but will be made at Telco’s plant in Pune in western India and be shipped in fully built form. Bureau Report