At a time when
industry is thinking about Tata Motors shoddy sales, here comes a spy picture
of the Tata Kite compact sedan which was seen testing in Pune. Tata Motors has
been testing Kite hatchback for a while and the spy picture of its compact
sedan is indeed a very surprise.
Tata Motors has
been struggling since the Nano problem started. At present, apart from Zest
which was recently launched, the company has no model which is getting it good
profits. The new Kite platform gives a hope for the ailing company which once
dominated the diesel hatchback segment with its Indica car.
The spy pictures
of Tata Kite compact sedan reveals lots of details about the car. The camouflage
tapes with Zest monogram put on the boot is to confuse the people or the tape
would have been left over when Tata Zest was being tested and hence used it
here. It is clearly seen that the racking C pillar almost eats the boot and the
rear tyre is almost at the end giving no overhangs to the car at all. The car
looks more coupeish, a good effort by Tata to make its cars more futuristic.
The Kite
compact sedan is expected to launch after its hatch sibling. Powering both
hatch and compact sedans will be 1.2L Revotron petrol engine and new 1.05L 3
cylinder Dicor engine which was showed at a Motor Show earlier this year.
Picture source: CarToq
