Tata built its own Indica engine in-house, but for the all-new Vista it switched things up entirely, sourcing two brand-new Fiat engines for the car instead.
Lead trim: Indica Vista 1.2 Safire MPFI petrol (65 PS) · up to 89 hp
Tata Indica Vista2008–2015
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FactTata built its own Indica engine in-house, but for the all-new Vista it switched things up entirely, sourcing two brand-new Fiat engines for the car instead.
The Indica Vista (Indica V3, sold as the Tata Vista in Indonesia and Vista Ego in South Africa), unveiled at the 9th Auto Expo in New Delhi and launched in August 2008, is not a facelift: it is built on a completely new platform and shares nothing with the old Indica, bigger at 3,795 mm long on a 2,470 mm wheelbase. It has two new Fiat engines — the 1.3-litre Quadrajet (Multijet) common-rail diesel, built by the Tata-Fiat joint venture at Ranjangaon (in a later 90 PS / 88 bhp "D90" form for the Vista, also used in the Punto 90HP Sport and the Manza saloon), and the 1.2-litre Safire MPFI VVT petrol — plus a 1.4-litre 90 PS Safire petrol added later; the 1.4-litre TDI was dropped in April 2010 because it did not meet Bharat Stage IV. The Vista 1.2 Safire was criticised for poor city fuel economy (5 to 9 km/L). An electric Indica Vista EV (55 kW motor, 26.5 kWh lithium-polymer battery, about 200 km range) was made in a few units in 2008 and in Spain in 2010.
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Trims & Figures
4 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indica Vista 1.2 Safire MPFI petrol (65 PS) | 2008–2015 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 64 hp | 71 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| Indica Vista 1.3 Quadrajet CRDI diesel (75 PS) | 2008–2015 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 74 hp | 140 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| Indica Vista 1.4 Safire MPFI petrol (90 PS) | 2008–2015 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 89 hp | 86 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| Indica Vista 1.4 TDI 475 IDI turbodiesel (71 PS) | 2008–2010 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 70 hp | 100 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
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Tata built its own Indica engine in-house, but for the all-new Vista it switched things up entirely, sourcing two brand-new Fiat engines for the car instead.
Tata's Indica had an unlikely second life in Britain — badge-engineered and sold by MG Rover as the Rover CityRover until Rover went bankrupt in 2005.
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