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Company overview
Tata Motors is India’s largest automobile company. Established in 1945, it is also among theworld’s top five manufacturers of medium and heavy trucks and the world's second largestmedium and heavy bus manufacturer. It entered the passenger vehicles segment in 1991 andnow ranks second in India's in this market.The company, formerly known as Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company, beganmanufacturing commercial vehicles in 1954 with a 15-year collaboration agreement with Daimler Benz of Germany. It has, since, developed Tata Ace, India's first indigenous light commercialvehicle, Tata Safari, India's first sports utility vehicle, Tata Indica, India's first indigenouslymanufactured passenger car, and the Nano, the world's cheapest car.Tata Motors has over 1,400 engineers and scientists in six R&D centres in India, South Korea,Spain and the UK. Its vehicles are exported to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South andSoutheast Asia and South America.
Areas of business
 Tata Motors makes passenger cars, multi-utility vehicles and light, medium and heavycommercial vehicles.
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Passenger cars: The company launched the compact Tata Indica in 1998, the sedanIndigo in 2002 and the station wagon Indigo Marina in 2004. Tata Motors also distributesFiat’s cars in India.
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Utility vehicles: The Tata Sumo was launched in 1994 and the Tata Safari in 1998.
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Commercial vehicles: The commercial vehicle range extends from the light two-tonnetruck to heavy dumpers and multi-axled vehicles in the above 40-tonne segment.
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Passenger buses: The company also manufactures and sells passenger buses, 12-seaters to 60-seaters, in the light, medium and heavy segments.
Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates
 Tata Motors has joint ventures with Marcopolo, the Brazil-based maker of bus and coachbodies, and with Fiat Auto (to build a commercial vehicle at Fiat's facilities in Córdoba,Argentina).Other associates include:
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Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company, a 100-per cent subsidiary of Tata Motors inthe business of heavy commercial vehicles (www.daewootruck.co.kr/).
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