Tata Estate

The Tata Estate was a station wagon car produced by Indian car manufacturer Tata Motors (then known as Tata Engineering) between 1992 until 2000.

Tata Estate
Overview
Manufacturer	Tata Motors
Production	1992-2000
Assembly	India: Pune
Body and chassis
Class	station wagon
Body style	5-door station wagon
Layout	Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Platform	Tata X2
Related	Tata Sierra Tata Telcoline Tata Sumo Tata Safari
Powertrain
Engine	1.9 L Peugeot XD88 diesel I4
Transmission	5-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,825 mm (111.2 in)
Length	4,610 mm (181.5 in)
Width	1,700 mm (66.9 in)
Height	1,610 mm (63.4 in)
Kerb weight	1,640 kg (3,616 lb)

Tata was already a major player in the heavy vehicle segment and the Estate was the company's first attempt at building a passenger car. The car was considered fairly advanced during its production time and had many features which were not common among other Indian cars available at the same price range then. The car came with power windows, power steering and a tachometer.

The Estate's exterior is based on Mercedes-Benz station wagon design made at the time of conception, in particular the T-series estate-type cars.[1]

History

The Tata Estate was introduced in 1992 and production ran until 2000.[2]

The Estate was powered by a Peugeot sourced 1.9-litre diesel engine producing 68 PS (50 kW; 67 bhp) at 4500 rpm and torque of 118 N⋅m (87 lb⋅ft) at 2500 rpm, mated to a 5-speed manual transmission.[3][4]

The Estate followed after the production of the Tata Sierra in 1991. It was initially plagued with problems due to high fuel consumption, faulty electrical systems and suspensions before they were fixed in subsequent productions.[5]

Specifications

The platform of the Estate was based on the Tata Telcoline pick-up truck, which saved the company around Rs. 10 crore (at that time) in development costs.[5]

References

1. "Nostalgia: Tata Estate". indianrays.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
2. "The reasons behind the failure of station wagons in India". CarTrade.
3. "Tata - Estate - 1.9 D (68 Hp) - Technical specifications, Fuel economy (consumption)". auto-data.net.
4. "Big mistakes that crashed Tata Motors' ambitious car dream". Rediff. 1 October 2014.
5. "tata.com : Telco inside India's most exciting co". tata.com.

Further reading

• Sen, Gautem. (2014). Million Cars for Billion People: The Story of India's 'Millionaire' Cars. Mumbai, India: Platinum Press. ISBN 978-93-84027-74-2