Improved Tata Indica
Tata Motors have launched 2007 edition of Indica, with some cosmetic changes.
It could be a minor variant, but I really appreciate the way Tata Motors has been constantly making improvements in Indica. The first Indica made some decent sales, but there were plenty of complaints in the area of reliability. It did not take too long for them to realize the problems and come up with Indica V2 which was praised for the improvements and quickly accepted. Since then, Tatas are having a good run with Indica, but have always been making improvements frequently. Launching Indicab was a smart move in pushing sales, though I think the image created by Indicab kept private buyers away from Indica. Xeta was a milestone in petrol version of Indica, in trying to push sales of Indica with younger lot. It is doing well too, and Indica is slowly gaining some acceptance even with people who were initially averse to it. They kept making small changes and improvements time and again, and the new version is just one of them.
The way Tata Motors is going in India and also in many third world countries, and the way they have been acquiring new companies and technologies from all over the world, I have a hunch that they could become one of the important automobile companies in the world in next ten years. Ratan Tata is indeed aiming at it, and I wish them for good days ahead.