Tata Tiago, Tigor CNG AMT launched

Tata Motors has announced prices for the CNG and AMT-equipped Tiago hatchback and Tigor compact sedan. The Tiago iCNG AMT is priced from Rs 7.90 lakh, while the Tigor iCNG AMT’s price range starts at Rs 8.85 lakh. The launch of the AMT-equipped Tata iCNG models marks an Indian industry-first – the first automatic CNG passenger vehicle.Meanwhile, the Tigor iCNG AMT is available in XZA AND XZA+ form only.

The brand claims that the 1.2-litre engine, shared between the hatchback and compact sedan, will deliver 28.06km per kg of CNG. In addition, the brand has introduced a new Tornado Blue colour for the Tiago, Grassland Beige for the Tiago NRG, and Meteor Bronze for the Tigor. Other than the addition of the 5-speed AMT, and the above mentioned new exterior finishes, the Tiago and Tigor are unchanged. Tata Motors is aiming to up the ante in terms of safety of its future products.

Speaking to our sister publication Autocar Professional on the sidelines of last week’s Bharat Mobility Global Expo, Mohan Savarkar, chief product officer, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, said, “Our main aim is to ensure safe mobility for our customers, and it is not a journey that we have embarked on only recently. In 1997, we set up our in-house crash test lab in Pune even before the Indica was launched.

It is one of the most advanced private crash-test laboratories in India till date. Savarkar further said that while a higher-than-regulation structural safety is already built into Tata Motors' cars – with all its products having received some crash test rating or the other by agencies like the Global NCAP – the company is closely watching the space about augmenting passive safety features like six airbags, and offering them as standard.