True to the tradition of the Tata Group, Tata Motors is committed in letter and spirit to Corporate Social Responsibility. It is a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact, and is engaged in community and social initiatives on labour and environment standards in compliance with the principles of the Global Compact. In accordance with this, it plays an active role in community development, serving rural communities adjacent to its manufacturing locations.

Tata Motors believes in technology for tomorrow. Our products stand testimony to this.Our annual expenditure on R&D is approximately 2% of our turnover. We have also set up two in-house Engineering Research Centres that house India's only Certified Crash Test Facility. We ensure that our products are environmentally sound in a variety of ways. These include reducing hazardous materials in vehicle components, developing extended life lubricants, fluids and using ozone-friendly refrigerants. Tata Motors has been making conscious effort in the implementation of several environmentally sensitive technologies in manufacturing processes. The Company uses some of the world's most advanced equipment for emission check and control.

Tata Motors concern is manifested by a dual approach -
1) Reduction of environmental pollution and regular pollution control drives
2) Restoration of ecological balance.

Our endeavors towards environment protection are soil and water conservation programmes and extensive tree plantation drives. Tata Motors is committed to restoring and preserving environmental balance, by reducing waste and pollutants, conserving resources and recycling materials.

Tata-Fiat alliance

Following this agreement, the Palio 1.2 Petrol EL PS & ELX , Palio 1.6 Sport & Adventure 1.6 Sport will now be available at 44 Tata-Fiat showrooms in 11 cities across the country. The showrooms are spread across Mumbai, Pune & Ahmedabad in the West; NCR, Chandigarh & Ludhiana in the North; Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad & Cochin in the South and Kolkata in the East.

The Tata - Fiat Dealers will undertake sales, service & spare Parts of all Fiat Products ie. Palio, Petra, Adventure & Uno.

Models available are:

INDICA

INDIGO

The Tata Indigo is a sedan manufactured by Tata Motors of India. It is based on Tata Indica model of the company. An estate version of the Indigo, the Tata Indigo Marina, was launched in 2004.

In 2005, Tata Motors released the Indigo SX, an upmarket version with a leather-trimmed steering wheel and leather seats, among other features. It starts at around Rs. 6,00,000.

All versions of the Indigo are powered by either a petrol or a diesel engine. The petrol unit is a 1.4-liter unit that produces 85 bhp, and the 1.4-liter Indirect Injection Turbocharged intercooled diesel engine produces 70 bhp.

Neither of the engines are very refined, and are quite noisy. The diesel engine is very economical, and the petrol unit, though quick, isn't very economical.

The Indigo range starts from around 4 lakh Indian rupees (Rs. 4,00,000) or USD 9000 and the range is topped by the SX, which is priced at RS. 6,00,000 or USD 13000.

SAFARI

Tata Safari is an SUV produced by Tata Motors of India. It is the first SUV developed entirely in India. The second one being the Scorpio by Mahindra of India. It was released in 1998 with a 1.9 litre Turbo Diesel engine. A 2 litre Petrol engine was added in 2005. The Tata Safari was extensively modified in August 2005, which included the addition of a new 3-litre DICOR engine along with modified interiors and exteriors. This 3 litre engine is the first diesel engine from Tata Motors with CRDi technology.

SUMO

Tata Sumo is a multi-utility vehicle released by Tata Motors in 1994. It quickly made a name for itself in a market which had never seen anything modern than the Mahindra vehicles. The Sumo was facelifted extensively in 2004 and renamed as the Sumo Victa in face of competition from relatively modern competitors.

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