Tata Motors has passed another milestone, as all cars have clocked more than 40,000 km by running for 360+ hours non-stop.
Tata Motors has passed another milestone, as all cars have clocked more than 40,000 km by running for 360+ hours non-stop. For an average owner it would take around 3 – 4 years to cover this much distance, which they have covered in just 15 days. As off now, there is no endline set for this event so expect many more miles to come. We guess this event would conclude before the launch of the new Tiago, which is on 6th April.
Tata Motors announced the ‘Geared For Great’ Challenge – the ultimate Endurance Run which will put its new generation vehicles to test. Beginning today, the new generation of Tata Motors passenger cars – ZEST, BOLT and the soon to be launched, TIAGO, underwent a rigorous challenge at the Vehicle Research & Development Establishment (VRDE), in Ahmednagar.
As per the latest available numbers, the cars ran continuously for 48 hours racking up significant mileage.
Tiago diesel-6415km
Tiago Petrol-6106km
Bolt-6364km
Zest-6414km
The Geared For Great Challenge will witness the Petrol variants of the ZEST, the BOLT along with petrol and diesel variants of the TIAGO tested for high-speed as well as fuel economy. Over 60 professional drivers and auto experts will be participating in this mega event to push these cars to their limits.
Elaborating on the event, Dr. Tim Leverton, head of advanced and product engineering section at Tata Motors, said, “These vehicles and their technologies have been created with global R&D inputs by our talented designers and engineers across our India, UK and Italy centres. With the active role played by our globally leading suppliers, these cars have been developed through our GEN3 new product development process. All our cars go through rigorous validation processes including over four years of extensive simulation, CAE (Computer-aided engineering), NVH (Noise, vibration and harshness) analysis, and physical validation on testbed as well as on-road, carried out Pan India”. He also explained the importance of Revotron and Revotorq mills for the company’s portfolio and added, “Our Revotron and Revotorq engines are built to endure extreme performance. They have been extensively benchmarked with competition engines on various parameters like performance, economy, and refinement. This endurance run will not only prove our belief in our rigid processes but will also highlight the robustness of our cars and powertrains. We look forward to this challenge”.
The event is conducted under the aegis of Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI), the sanctioning body for the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile – the international motorsport body).
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