Tata to launch facelifted version of Manza

Tata Motors has announced a mid-life facelift for its flagship sedan the Manza. It has introduced new variants including a cut price version with a turbo diesel engine in a lower state of tune to make the car, now called the Manza Club Class, more affordable and garner higher volumes.

The model will now be available with the 1.3-litre Quadrajet turbo diesel engine, which produces 73bhp and 190Nm of torque, for the base variant. This is the same Fiat Multijet engine that powers the Tata Vista, Swift, Dzire and Fiat Punto.

The Manza Club Class will come in five variants:

• LS : Aqua
• LX : Aura
• VX : Aura ABS
• EX : Elan
• EXL : New Variant

 Standard features depending on the variant includes: touchscreen, automatic climate control, Italian leather, revised seat fabric, twin tone roof and chrome detailing on the bumpers and doors. Eight-spoke alloy wheels replace the black ones that were available on the top-end variants of the previous model.  

It is likely that if Tata prices the Manza Club Class competitively, it will be able to boost sales of the model which has taken a hit over the last few months.  According to the petrol heads at Team-Bhp, an official announcement and the price will be declared on October 16.

The current Tata Manza comes with both petrol and diesel engines. The petrol engine is a 1.4-litre FIAT engine producing 90bhp and 116Nm of torque while the diesel engine is the 1.3-litre Fiat Multijet producing 90bhp and 200Nm of torque. Both transmit power to the wheels via a five speed manual gearbox. The top end variants get ABS, EBD and twin airbags as standard option.

Source: Team-Bhp