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Tata Motors rolled out its first commercial vehicle in 1954. After the launch, the company studied various drawbacks in the launched vehicle and introduced DI engines to make its trucks more efficient. In 1986, the company launched the first indigenous commercial vehicle, Tata 407. The company received good response from the commercial sector and so decided to enter the passenger cars segment.

After great research and studies, the company finally rolled out the first indigenous passenger car, Tata Sierra, in 1991. Initially the car was propelled by a naturally aspired engine but later on a turbocharged version was introduced. Though the car is no more in production, it was believed to be one of the most durable cars in the Indian car industry.

A couple of years after the launch of Tata Sierra, Tata Motors designed various new cars on different platforms. First it introduced a multi-utility vehicle, christened as Tata Sumo in 1994. During that time, other car manufacturers had also rolled out their car models on Indian roads. To have a competitive edge, Tata decided to come up with an effective and better version of Sumo and so a new Tata Sumo deluxe was launched in 1996.

Further to that, the company also introduced its first sports utility vehicle in the year 1998, codenamed Tata Safari. This newly launched Safari was not only the first SUV by Tata but also the first one to be designed and produced in the country. With further advancements, the car was extensively modified in 2005 with addition of a new DICOR engine coupled with modified car interiors and exteriors.

Tata Motors was now very much into the production of passenger cars and therefore the desire for manufacturing innovative and competitive car concepts kept on increasing. In response to its own desires, the company launched its fully indigenous car, Tata Indica, in 1998. The immediate year after the launch of Indica showed full swing commercial production of this new car. As and when the requirements and demands of the customers kept on swinging, Tata also kept on bringing better versions and generations of Tata Indica.

In the year 2000, the company introduced a new version of Indica that was in compliance to the Bharat Stage II emission norms. This Indica 2000 was first launched with a diesel engine followed by a multi-point fuel injection petrol engine in the same year. Car owners had repeated complaints with the horsepower and gas mileage. In response to the prompted complaints by the customers, the company re-engineered the engine technology and introduced second generation, Indica V2, in 2001. In the later part of the year, CNG Indica was also introduced, making the car a big hit in the Indian market. Moving along with advancement and technology, Tata introduced many other versions of Tata Indica. Shaking hands with innovation, the third generation Indica, known as Tata Indica Vista or Tata Indica V3, is also launched in the year 2008.