Forgotten Tata Cars That You Should Know About! » MotorOctane

Tata is well known for its quality and safety features, but very few of us know about the cars Tata probably made ahead of their time that consumers didn’t take to. Eventually, making these cars a part of the unfortunate forgotten cars of Tata list. But what actually made these cars forgotton in in the Indian car market?
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Forgotten Tata Cars – Tata Indigo Marina

This car was actually ahead of its time. After the success of the Indica, Tata tried to shift gears and develop a new body type for this car. This car was situated in the station wagon segment and had a spacious boot with foldable rear seats. It was offered 1.4-litre TDi Diesel, 1.4-litre DiCOR Diesel, and 1.4-litre Petrol engine options. This car came with Independent McPherson struts at the front and a 3-link setup with gas-filled dampers at the rear, ultimately giving a stable and smooth ride even at 120 kmph. Indian consumers at the time didn’t particularly prefer the station wagon body type and leaned more towards SUVs and sedans, which is why this car was discontinued and why very few people even remember it.

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Tata Bolt

This car, launched in 2015, had poor resale value in the Indian used-car market. It offered a 1.2-litre petrol engine (89 bhp, 140 Nm) or a 1.3-litre diesel engine (74 bhp, 190 Nm), both with a 5-speed manual transmission. Despite being a decent product with good space and better powertrains, this car didn’t perform well, as it had hardly any features that were novel. People assumed this car was not so different from Tata’s other highly appreciated car, the Indica Vista. Also, this car lagged behind due to the tough competition from Suzuki’s Swift and Wagon R. 

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Forgotten Tata Cars – Tata Spacio

This car was launched in 2000 and was primarily focused on as a rugged and affordable people-carrying car. Spacio offered a 2956 cc, 4-cylinder, DI diesel engine, which eventually produced 63-65 bhp and 167 Nm torque. This car was made as a 6-10 seater depending on variants. Spacio had a rugged and reliable image, but this car lacked the comfort features that usually attract private owners. Also, the engine was durable and provided good torque for pulling loads, but it was still noisy and had high vibration levels along with poor refinement, which gave it the tag of ‘Generator engine’. Thus, even after being a good product, this car was not able to perform well in the Indian SUV market.

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Tata Manza 

Manza was launched in 2011 and was unfortunately discontinued in 2015 due its poor sales. This car, unlike Tata’s forte of safe and secure cars, lacked the safety features and failed to meet the modern safety norms. Manza offered 1368 cc, 4 Cylinders Inline, Safire Petrol engine generating 90 bhp and 116 Nm torque and 1248 cc, 4 Cylinders Inline, Quadrajet Diesel engine, ultimately giving 88 bhp and  200 Nm torque. This car failed to achieve long-term market success primarily due to poor brand perception, persistent mechanical reliability issues, resulting in being a name in the list of Tata’s forgotten cars.

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Forgotten Tata Cars – Tata Estate 

The estate, launched in 1990, underperformed due to its high price and low performance. It was a car ahead of its time. It offered various features that were considered luxurious at the time, such as powered windows, a factory-fitted cassette player, a tachometer, and even power steering. This car featured a 1.9-litre (1948 cc) Peugeot-sourced diesel engine, producing 68 BHP and 119 Nm of torque. As a station wagon, the Indian consumers found it hard to drive, and it didn’t catch the SUV craze. The Estate was priced around 7.5 lakhs for the top variant, which was not a very attractive price point for a station wagon in India in that era. These are some of the reasons why the Estate can be counted among Tata’s forgotten cars.

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