Conducted under the aegis of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI), the sanctioning body in India for the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile – the world body for motorsport), the ‘ Geared For Great ‘ challenge saw each car cover 50,000km each with an average speed of around 120 kmph, successfully clocking a 360 records in a single event .
Tata Motors, along with their three cars Zest, Bolt and Tata Tiagoset national records over 18 days, covering 50,000 km each.
The cars ran on a the 4.2 km long NCAT (National Centre of Automotive Testing) high-speed test track at the Vehicle Research & Development Establishment (VRDE), a DRDO (Defence Research & Development Organization) facility in Ahmednagar.
Tata Tiago during the endurance run
The cars ran for 18 days continuously with short pit stops after every two hours for driver changes, fuel fill-ups, routine checks, and cleaning of the windshield/ headlamps.
These records were racked up in the following categories:
Indian National Record for Indian-built sub-compact sedans with petrol engines up to 1200cc Indian National Record for Indian-built hatchbacks with petrol engines up to 1200cc Indian National Record for Indian-built mini-hatchbacks with petrol engines up to 1200cc Indian National Record for Indian-built mini-hatchbacks with diesel engines up to 1100ccTata Zest completing 50,000km milestone
According to Mr. Mayank Pareek, President, Passenger Vehicle Business Unit, Tata Motors, “ We are thrilled to have successfully achieved the 50,000km milestone, this indubitably showcases the technology and robustness of our new cars. The Geared for Great challenge offered us a tremendous platform to display our commitment to bring exciting, high-performance, category defining cars to our customers”.
He added, “Our Revotron and Revotorq engines are built to endure extreme performance and deliver a new level of driving experience and we are now bringing these engines into our new upcoming car, Tiago. This Asian record run demonstrates how our engines are among the most advanced drive systems currently available in the market.”
All cars completed the 50,000 km mark in record time
#GearedForGreat Cars Completion Time Revotron Zest 408hrs 50min 26.688sec Tiago 414hrs 59min 20.995sec Bolt 429hrs 53min 29.400sec Revotorq Tata Tiago 418hrs 51min 26.801secThe Tata Tiago is scheduled for a launch on April 6.
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Tata Zest completing 50,000km milestone Tata Tiago during the endurance run
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