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The Tata Estate was a 
Tata was already a major player in the heavy vehicle segment and the Estate was the company's first attempt at building a passenger car. The car was considered fairly advanced during its production time and had many features which were not common among other Indian cars available at the same price range then. The car came with power windows, power steering and a
The Tata Estate was introduced in 1992 and production ran until 2000.
The Estate was powered by a 
The Estate followed after the production of the Tata Sierra in 1991. It was initially plagued with problems due to high fuel consumption, faulty electrical systems and suspensions before they were fixed in subsequent productions.
The Tata Estate was a station wagon
A station wagon (American English, US, also wagon) or estate car (British English, UK, also estate) is an automotive Car body style, body-style variant of a Sedan (automobile), sedan with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo ...
car produced by Indian car manufacturer Tata Motors
Tata Motors Limited is an Indian Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive company, headquartered in Mumbai and part of the Tata Group. The company produces passenger cars, cars, trucks, vans, and busses, buses.
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(then known as Tata Engineering) between 1992 and 2000.
Tata was already a major player in the heavy vehicle segment and the Estate was the company's first attempt at building a passenger car. The car was considered fairly advanced during its production time and had many features which were not common among other Indian cars available at the same price range then. The car came with power windows, power steering and a tachometer
A tachometer (revolution-counter, tach, rev-counter, RPM gauge) is an instrument measuring the rotation speed of a axle, shaft or disk, as in a motor or other machine. The device usually displays the revolutions per minute (RPM) on a calibrat ...
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The Estate's exterior is based on Mercedes-Benz station wagon design made at the time of conception, in particular the T-series estate-type cars.
History
The Tata Estate was introduced in 1992 and production ran until 2000.
The Estate was powered by a Peugeot
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The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was established in 1810, making it the oldest car company in the world. On 20 November 1858, Émile Peugeot applie ...
sourced 1.9-litre diesel engine producing at 4500 rpm and torque of at 2500 rpm, mated to a 5-speed manual transmission.
The Estate followed after the production of the Tata Sierra in 1991. It was initially plagued with problems due to high fuel consumption, faulty electrical systems and suspensions before they were fixed in subsequent productions.
Specifications
The platform of the Estate was based on the Tata Telcoline pick-up truck, which saved the company around Rs. 10 crore (at that time) in development costs.References
Further reading
* Sen, Gautem. (2014). ''Million Cars for Billion People: The Story of India's 'Millionaire' Cars''. Mumbai, India: Platinum Press.Estate
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* Estate (law), a term in common law for a person's property, entitlements and obligations
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Station wagons
Rear-wheel-drive vehicles
1990s cars
2000s cars
Cars introduced in 1992
Cars discontinued in 2000
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