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The Tata Indica is a supermini car produced by the Indian manufacturer Tata Motors since 1998. It is the first passenger car from Tata Motors and it is also considered India's first indigenously developed passenger car. , more than 910,000 units were produced and the platform had spawned off close to 1.2 million vehicles.〔http://www.tata.com/company/releases/inside.aspx?artid=JRJI3w7xCQo=〕 The annual sales of Indica has been as high as 144,690 units in 2006–07. , monthly sales of Indica were around 8000 units. The models have also been exported to Europe, Africa and other countries since late in 2004. ==History== On 30 December 2000, Tata Motors (previously called TELCO) introduced the most modern car ever to be designed by an Indian company: the Indica. Initially introduced with the caption "More car per car," the ad campaign focused on roomy interiors and affordability. Within a week of its unveiling in 1999, the company received 115,000 bookings. In two years, the Indica became the number-one car in its segment. Partly designed and developed by Tata Motors, it is a five-door compact hatchback with a 1.4-L petrol/diesel inline-four engine designated as 475DL internally. This is a homegrown engine which is derived from the engine used by Tata in their line of pick-ups and SUVs earlier, but with a reduced stroke. The original engine was designated as 483DL which stood for four-cylinder and 83-mm stroke. The Indica offered options such as air conditioning and electric windows, which were previously restricted to only upmarket imported cars in India. Three years later, the Indica was exported to European markets for the first time, and from 2003, the Indica was badge engineered and sold in the UK as the Rover CityRover. This vehicle ceased production in April 2005 when MG Rover went bankrupt, and did not resume production when new owners Nanjing Automobile launched its own versions of the MG Rover range in 2007. The outer body styling was designed by the Italian design house I.DE.A Institute, under contract from Tata Motors, with heavy interaction with Tata's in-house design team. The engine, however, was indigenous. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tata Indica」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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