Tata Hatchback Cars in India

It is one of the biggest automakers in India, formerly known as Telco (Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company). In 2008, Tata acquired two of the British brands namely Jaguar and Land Rover after which the total revenue was $16 billion. Today, Tata Motors is India’s largest automobile company,with consolidated revenues of USD 20 billion in 2009-10. The first major success for Tata was the launch of Tata Indica, India's first fully indigenous passenger car. It was launched in 1998 and was a huge success. The latest addition in the passenger car segment is the Tata Nano, notably world's cheapest car.

In 2004 the company acquired Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle, and in late 2005 it acquired 21% of Aragonese Hispano Carrocera giving it controlling rights of the company. The company's manufacturing base in India is spread across Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Pune (Maharashtra), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Pantnagar (Uttarakhand) and Dharwad (Karnataka). Tata Motors set up an alliance with Fiat in 2005. The alliance brough about an industrial joint venture with Fiat Group Automobiles at Ranjangaon (Maharashtra) to produce both Fiat and Tata cars and Fiat powertrains. The company is establishing a new plant at Sanand (Gujarat).

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