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> There are no cars or electronics, or chip fabs in this country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Motors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Motors

blobbers 4y ago
Anyone want to vouch for their great experience driving a Tata car? Not exported outside the middle east and India. Looks like they sold 5 of them in Europe in 2016. https://carsalesbase.com/europe-tata/#:~:text=Tata%20cars%20have%20only%20been,the%20pick%2Dup%20truck%20Xenon https://carsalesbase.com/europe-tata/#:~:text=Tata%20cars%20....
- 1024core 4y ago
  You do know that Tata owns Jaguar and Land Rover... right?
  - bitL 4y ago
    Wasn't that a package deal? "Buy all of it or we won't sell you anything!"-style? IIRC they were shopping only for some tech not those brands.
  - blobbers 4y ago
    Not really in the Jag or Land Rover game mate. That said, they have a horrible reputation for unreliability.
  - Zuiii 4y ago
    They bought them.
  - poppytaker 4y ago
    They are engineered in the Uk. Engines made in Uk and China. From memory India was assembly from knockdown unless that has changed. Supply is for the domestic market. Just because there is Ownership doesn't mean transfer of skills Hyundai does some design work in India and manufacturing (i20) but hardly any exported, and for the domestic market. Mahindra is probably doing the most exports, at a guess
    - adave 4y ago
      Maruti, Kia, Volkswagen and Nissan are exporters of cars from India to 100 locations around the world. Simple search would have fixed this.
- throwawayxx123 4y ago
  I do not have a Tata car, but its everywhere here in India. It gets the job done and it is reliable, cheap to service and maintain and has good fuel economy. They also have make so many heavy buses and trucks. Technology and reliability isn't an issue with them. The latest Tata cars score high in NCAP too. Only reason I don't like a Tata car is because they are not so great in styling their cars. If some of them have good front design, they look bad from the back. The one's that look nice from back or sides doesn't look so nice from in the front etc.
- kamaal 4y ago
  Only have good things to say about Tata Indica. My dad was a Cab driver. Indica's were big then. We had two cars, both crosses 2,00,000 kms. The last one not only crossed 2,00,000 kms, we still use it. Very durable and value for money.
voytec 4y ago
They appear to be the ones with 50% failure rate > At an iPhone casings factory in Hosur run by Indian conglomerate Tata, one of Apple’s suppliers, just about one out of every two components coming off the production line is in good enough shape to eventually be sent to Foxconn, Apple’s assembly partner for building iPhones, according to a person familiar with the matter.

blobbers 4y ago

Anyone want to vouch for their great experience driving a Tata car? Not exported outside the middle east and India. Looks like they sold 5 of them in Europe in 2016. https://carsalesbase.com/europe-tata/#:~:text=Tata%20cars%20have%20only%20been,the%20pick%2Dup%20truck%20Xenon https://carsalesbase.com/europe-tata/#:~:text=Tata%20cars%20....

1024core 4y ago
You do know that Tata owns Jaguar and Land Rover... right?
- bitL 4y ago
  Wasn't that a package deal? "Buy all of it or we won't sell you anything!"-style? IIRC they were shopping only for some tech not those brands.
- blobbers 4y ago
  Not really in the Jag or Land Rover game mate. That said, they have a horrible reputation for unreliability.
- Zuiii 4y ago
  They bought them.
- poppytaker 4y ago
  They are engineered in the Uk. Engines made in Uk and China. From memory India was assembly from knockdown unless that has changed. Supply is for the domestic market. Just because there is Ownership doesn't mean transfer of skills Hyundai does some design work in India and manufacturing (i20) but hardly any exported, and for the domestic market. Mahindra is probably doing the most exports, at a guess
  - adave 4y ago
    Maruti, Kia, Volkswagen and Nissan are exporters of cars from India to 100 locations around the world. Simple search would have fixed this.
throwawayxx123 4y ago
I do not have a Tata car, but its everywhere here in India. It gets the job done and it is reliable, cheap to service and maintain and has good fuel economy. They also have make so many heavy buses and trucks. Technology and reliability isn't an issue with them. The latest Tata cars score high in NCAP too. Only reason I don't like a Tata car is because they are not so great in styling their cars. If some of them have good front design, they look bad from the back. The one's that look nice from back or sides doesn't look so nice from in the front etc.
kamaal 4y ago
Only have good things to say about Tata Indica. My dad was a Cab driver. Indica's were big then. We had two cars, both crosses 2,00,000 kms. The last one not only crossed 2,00,000 kms, we still use it. Very durable and value for money.

voytec 4y ago

They appear to be the ones with 50% failure rate > At an iPhone casings factory in Hosur run by Indian conglomerate Tata, one of Apple’s suppliers, just about one out of every two components coming off the production line is in good enough shape to eventually be sent to Foxconn, Apple’s assembly partner for building iPhones, according to a person familiar with the matter.