Tata Aria

The Tata Aria is a seven or eight seat MPV from Tata Motors, shown at Auto Expo in Delhi on 5 January 2010 and delivered to customers from 12 October 2010 at a starting price of 10.4 lakh rupees. It grew out of the Tata Xover concept shown at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show, and Tata designed it together with Jaguar Land Rover. The body sits on a galvanized steel body-on-frame chassis with three rows of seats, a 300 litre boot and a flat-folding third row. Power came from the in-house 2.2-litre Varicor common-rail diesel, an inline four-cylinder with a variable-geometry turbocharger rated at 150 PS, paired with a 6-speed manual and offered in two-wheel and four-wheel drive. Safety equipment included six airbags, ABS and ESP. The Hexa later succeeded it. The name was also used for concept cars Tata showed in 2000.