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TACO Group supplies to Tata Indigo Manza Tata's components arm, the TACO Group, supplies a significant amount of components and systems to the new Tata Indigo Manza |
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TACO Group supplies to Tata Indigo Manza Tata's components arm, the TACO Group, supplies a significant amount of components and systems to the new Tata Indigo Manza |
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Sloted in the entry-level mid-size seg-ment, the Tata Indigo Manza replaces the Indigo sedan based on the Indica platform. The Indigo Manza too shares the platform with the new, Indica Vista. A completely new platform that shares little with the platform it replaces except the name, the Indica Vista and Indigo Manza may share an amount of components, systems and modules. Far different from the models they replace, what the two cars continue to get is a significant number of components from the TACO Group, which under the umbrella of the Tata Group is a provider of products and services to the Indian and global automotive OEMs as well as Tier 1 suppliers with clients like Ashok Leyland, BMW, Fiat, Force Motors, Ford Motors, General Motors, Honda, John Deere, Mahindra & Mahindra, Mahindra-Navistar, MAN, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Piaggio, Renault, Tata Motors, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo-Eicher. Says, Shvetal Diwanji, the spokesperson of the TACO Group, “The TACO Group has a significant contribution in the engineering, design and supply of components to the Tata Indigo Manza”. “Positioned as a luxury sedan, the challenge was to ensure that the components accentuate style and luxury of the vehicle”, he adds. 
The TACO Group, which has 13 joint ventures in partnership with leading companies from the global auto component industry and has manufacturing facilities spread across India and China, supplies both critical as well as trim parts. Tata Toyo Radiator supplies a fully integrated front end module, which incorporates the radiator, fan motor, shroud, condenser and accessories. Traditionally, these were supplied as individual components which were assembled at the car makers’ end. By developing an integrated module, Tata Toyo has helped in saving assembly time and reduction of sub-processes at the OE’s end, besides offering a huge value addition. Tata Visteon Automotive supplies the fully integrated head lamp assembly. The three-tiered H7 lamps are fitted with lamp levelling motor offering longer life and easy serviceability. The module includes high-beam, low-beam lamps, position lamp and turn indicator. Tata Yazaki Autocomp supplies the wiring harness comprising a modular fuse box. Designed and developed by Tata Yazaki, the wiring harness helps to reduce the number of circuits. With smaller harnesses fitted with end to end connectors, it increases the serviceability of the system. Tata Johnson Controls Automotive supplies seating system. With adjustable height on driver seat, adjustable head rest and lumbar support, the seat is designed to offer maximum comfort to the driver. All fabric upholstery accentuates the style of the car and complements the interiors as well as offers better comfort and sweat absorption to the occupants. The rear seats come with ergonomically designed with best in class torso angle. It also has a central arm rest which has a built-in cup holder. All the passenger seats come with under seat storage drawers and magazine holders. The Tata AutoComp–IPD supplies the dual-tone dashboard with adjustable air vents and controls, body coloured bumpers and grille.