TATA cars come with a long history of up and down formerly then known as Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company Ltd. (TELCO) they have been working in the Indian automobile industry for such long time.
So In this time period, they make some cars but today nobody knows about it. So we are going to discuss Forgotten Tata cars in India.
Also in 2008 tata motors acquire Jaguar Land Rover after that they never look back and after Harrier in the Indian market tata comeback so hard that now tata motors is the 2-3rd largest manufacturer in India.
Forgotten tata cars in India
According to Wikipedia data, there is a total of 18 cars that were formerly sold in India but they have to discontinue it. So here are some of the legendary cars of tata motors that we forget.
Tata Telcoline
In 1988 Tata launched a mid-size made in India Pickup Truck. from that they are selling this pickup truck under different names and tags but this telcoline was so powerful and rugged pickup that we saw in a lot of Bollywood movies.
From 1988 to 2002 they sold this truck without any Facelift or new generation. but after that, they launched a facelift and in 2006 they launch the second generation of tata telcoline.
Also in different markets, this truck knows as Tatamobile 206,
Tata Pick-Up, Tata 207, Tata TL, and Tata Loadbeta.
After the second generation, we know this pickup truck as Tata Xenon.
Tata Estate
In the early 90’s station wagon concept was so popular in the outside world but here in our nation, this is not so acceptable form of car. with this Tata Estate tata motors tried to bring the station wagon concept to India but they failed and they have to shut down production in 2000. So this was a forgotten Tata cars in India.
Tata Estate is based on the X2 Platform. and assembled in the Pune plant.
Tata Sierra
It’s an iconic SUV from tata motors with modern functionality they launched the tata sierra around 1991. Tata sierra comes with three doors and big glass but this SUV comes before time. that’s why they can’t able to generate that much revenue.
Recently tata showcased the new tata sierra EV concept at the 2020 Auto Expo so we can expect new sierra in ev.
Tata Sumo
India’s most popular and iconic SUV that we show a lot on roads. this legendary tata sumo is used in almost every part of India. this car is used in the defense and health sectors. This SUV was produced from 1994 to 2019 and this car was assembled in the Pune plant.
Tata sumo got four upgrades with different names Sumo Spacio, Sumo Victa, Gold, and Sumo Grande. But now it’s forgotten tata cars in India that we loved so much.
Tata Indica
Tata Indica is India’s first hatchback car with a diesel engine. this car is the first indigenously Passenger car in India that was from Tata motors. Before Indica Tata motors launched a station wagon and SUV but it was the first small car from Tata motors.
Also, tata motors introduced a successor to Indica but they didn’t perform in regard to Indica.
This car was produced from 1998 to 2018 but after some time this car was not able to meet past sell that’s why tata motors shut down production.
Tata Nano
Nano was so close to Ratan tata sir they show a vision to provide affordable cars so that everyone can be brought his first car and travel on bikes. But they failed in this product in our Indian car market.
We can not forget this car but nowadays it’s rare on the roads. This car sold in India for around 10 years but after some time car’s price increased and people stopped buying.
Tata Aria
Tata Aria was launched around 2010 and Sold till 2016 when his successor come Tata hexa. This was a Full-Size Crossover SUV from tata motors but now it’s come into forgotten Tata cars in India. this car was based on a concept car that was showcased at the Geneva Motor show.
Tata Safari
Safari is a brand in itself. we can see this car in our defense sector lot of army personnel use this car to date. Now they discontinued this model and they introduced a new Tata safari but in front wheel drive.
This car is a direct competition against the Mahindra Scorpio. Both tata motors and Mahindra and Mahindra both fight in this space.
But now we have front-wheel tata safari so there’s no such offroading capability.
conclusion
Here in this article, we share the top 8 forgotten tata cars in India that we loved so much and they gave so much value to our life now tata motors producing great mass vehicles for Indian buyers.
We hope you like our Forgotten tata cars article and in the next article, we gonna share some of the tata motor’s concepts.
