The Rising

We drive the latest ‘StyleBack’ fro m Tata Motors that might be the next big thing from the company.

- Aspi Bhathena

AFTER BEING QUIET FOR A while Tata Motors are now launching a slew of new cars and SUVs. It began last year with the launch of the Tiago. Then came the Hexa and now the Tigor. Both the Tiago and the Tigor follow the new impact design philosophy of Tata Motors.

At the front is the dual coloured bumper with the Tata signature grille, accentuated with a chrome strip that extends to the crystal-like smoked projector headlamps. The tornado line runs from the headlamps over the wheel-arches, along the doors and merges into the rear split LED tail-lamps. The sloping roof-line flows seamlessly into the boot-lid like a fast back that Tata call StyleBack. The split LED tail-lamps and the integrated high-mounted LED stop light accentuate the width of the car.

The Tigor looks like a car that is designed rather than one where the boot was added on or, the other way round, was chopped off to make it a sub-four-metre sedan. The tall stance of this car and its big wheelarches let down the good-looking car as they make the 15-inch wheels look small.