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10 Things You Didn’t Know About @TataMotors 👇

1.70 years old and started as TELCO in 1945.

2. Three trucks took part in the Geneva - Bombay rally in 1955, travelling 8,000 miles without a breakdown. Who's greeting the drivers👇? Guess.

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@TataMotors first trucks bore the Mercedes logo as they had a technical collaboration with Daimler Benz.

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@TataMotors have been exporting their trucks for more than 50 years and today, they export them to 45 countries! Their first exports were trucks to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) in 1961.

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In 1969, the Mercedes three-pointed star gave way to the 'T' for Tata. A time for celebration!

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Launched in 1986, the Tata 407 shattered Indo-Jap competition including Eicher-Mitsubishi, DCM Toyota, Swaraj Mazda and Allwyn-Nissan. Popularly known as just the '407' the vehicle transformed the light commercial vehicle space with an Indian built solution.

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Tata Sumo, @TataMotors's first multi-utility vehicle, was named after Sumant Moolgaokar, a former MD of Tata Motors.

The naming of #TataSumo Interesting.

Padma Bhushan #SumantMoolgaokar was an Indian industrialist, known as the architect of #TataMotors.

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@TataMotors supplies fully armoured combat vehicles to the Indian Army. That relationship goes back decades.

Here's a picture from the archives 👇

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What was Made-in-India with fully Indian technology? The Indica, India's first fully-indigenous car!

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@TataCompanies tatas way ahead in driving #AtmaNirbharBharat in all possible ways. #TataIndica

More recently, Tata Prima, the 'World Truck', competes directly with the Volvos, the Mercedes and the Scanias of the world.

@TataMotors also has a one-make racing series called the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship, with the 2017 edition hosting the sport's First Woman Driver.

Finally, we are proud owners of #TataTiago by @TataMotors

Fans of #TataMotors #TataGroup out there. Big cheers 🙌

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@TataMotors - Connecting Aspirations

Yes, it did connect our aspirations. Respect @TataCompanies @RNTata2000

The Tiago was previously announced as the Tata Zica, with "Zica" short for "zippy car", but it was changed because the launch of the car coincided with the outbreak of Zika virus. Tiago, a common Portuguese masculine name, was picked from suggestions solicited online. #TataTiago