The Tata Winger is a light commercial

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produced by the

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in 2007. It is a rebadged version of the

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Mk1 Phase 3 van, but fitted with Tata's own 2 litre diesel engines, competing with the

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, Mercedes-Benz MB100,

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, and the ГАЗ Соболь.

First Generation (2007-2019)

The Winger is offered in six variants and two seating configuration: long or short wheelbase, high and low roof versions and also specialised

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and school bus versions, as well as the plain

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. The top of the range is a flat roof, air-conditioned variant is a ten-seater, while the remaining five versions are offered as either 13 or 14 seaters, taking the total number of variants to 11. The Winger is powered by a modified version of the 2.0 litre diesel engine that is currently offered on the Tata Sumo. This 1948 cc engine comes with a turbo-charged, inter-cooled (TCIC) version in all the variants, except in the smaller length, entry-level Winger van. The non-turbo-charged version of the engine develops a peak power of compared to the that the TCIC version puts out. The Winger meets Bharat Stage VI emission standards, except for the base variant, which is BS-VI compliant. The ambulance model was certified to meet BS-IV standards.http://it.delhigovt.nic.in/writereaddata/Cir201675654.pdf

Second Generation (2020- )

Second generation Tata Winger is offered with three wheelbases(2800, 3200 and 3488), two roof heights and four use cases. Both air conditioned and non air conditioned variants are available. Seating capacity varies from 9 seater to 20 seater. Winger is powered by a BS-VI(Euro-6) compliant 2.2 litre turbo diesel engine producing 99 PS and 200 N-m of torque. It uses a semi-hydraulic actuated dry clutch.

Transmission and suspension

The Winger van is front-wheel-driven, with the engine mounted longitudinal. A five-speed

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engine is used. The Winger's suspension is

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up front with a beam axle with parabolic leaf springs at the rear.

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