The Tata Magic Iris is a 3-door, 4- or 5-seater cabover microvan/ minivan ( MPV) manufactured by the

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, it is intended to compete with auto-rickshaws.
With its engine delivering and 31 Nm of torque, the vehicle has a top speed of just . The Magic Iris is made using an all steel body and frame – reinforced by reverse hat section chassis rails and beams, welded under its floor.
The vehicle features all-around independent suspension with coil springs –

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s in the front, and semi-trailing arms in the rear. It uses a cabover design, meaning the driver seating on top of the front

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and the engine mounted at the rear, and with a vehicle length 1 cm shorter than the 1957 Fiat 500, the Magic Iris is one of the shortest four-seater cars ever produced — however its limited top speed would prohibit actually registering it as a ''car'' in many countries.

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