Tata Zest

The Tata Zest is a subcompact sedan from Tata Motors, revealed at the Indian Auto Expo in 2014 alongside its hatchback sibling the Tata Bolt and launched in India on 12 August 2014. It is part of Tata's Falcon programme and is built at the Ranjangaon factory on the same platforms as the Indica Vista and Indigo Manza. Buyers chose between a Fiat-sourced 1.3-litre Quadrajet diesel in 75 PS and 90 PS tunes and a new 1.2-litre Revotron turbocharged petrol of 90 PS, all with a 5-speed manual and an automated manual option on the diesel. The range ran through XE, XM, XMA, XMS and XT trims, and Tata also sold the car in Nepal. After the Tigor arrived in 2017 the Zest was sold only as a taxi, and it was permanently discontinued in April 2019 after roughly 1.5 lakh sales. Global NCAP gave the version without airbags zero stars for adults in 2016.