Thursday, November 02, 2017
By Kamal Swami
Tata Launches AMT Variant In Compact Sedan Tigor
Domestic car maker Tata Motors has launched the AMT variant in its seven months old compact sedan Tigor in Indian car market. The AMT variant is launched only in petrol variant and in two trims namely XTA and XZA with the starting price of Rs. 5.75 lakh and Rs. 6.22 lakh respectively and is available for sale with all the dealers across the country with immediate effect.
Under the hood the Tata Tigo AMT is empowered with the same existing 1.2 litre Revotron petrol engine that is capable of boosting the power of 84 bhp and torque of 114Nm. The AMT variant is outsourced from Italian company Magneti Marelli. The five speed automatic gearbox is embellished with the options of automatic, neutral, reverse, manual and sports mode. In the Indian car market the Tata Tigor AMT will compete against Hyundai Xcent AT, and Maruti Suzuki Dzire AMT.
The AMT variant of Tigo is offered with ‘creep’ feature that facilitates the car to crawl as soon as the pressure is released from the brakes with accelerating the speed. Going through this differential feature the drivers of Tigor AMT will find it easier to crawl their car smoothly while driving under heavy traffic.
Addressing the launch event of the Tata Tigor AMT, Mr. Vivek Srivatsa - Head - Marketing, PVBU, Tata Motors said, "Given the current traffic scenario and growing driver fatigue levels, an AMT is the perfect solution to bringing back the joy of driving in a city, without compromising on fuel efficiency. As per our turnaround strategy, we are working with a renewed focus and energy to improve our market share and bring products that align with customers' aspirational and practical requirements. Keeping with the trend of this growing segment, we introduced the AMT variants of the hatchback Tiago, which has so far received a tremendous response. Now, with the TigorAMT, we continue to reach out to our customers with stylish and feature loaded products that offer best-in-class technology and design engineering."
