2014 Tata Vista without ‘christmas tree’ taillights rendered

Regular readers would be aware that Tata Motors has commenced testing the 2014 Tata Vista. As part of their Horizonext strategy, Tata would be introducing a comprehensively refreshed Vista next year. We have seen camouflaged test mules on Pune roads and we have also shown you a spy shot of what could be the new front design of the hatchback.

Team BHP member AntlerRoad has now rendered the rear of the 2014 Vista. The major change happens to the taillights, which will no longer sport the ‘christmas-tree’ like arrangement, a design highlight that has been present on the Indica and Vista since their inceptions.

Rear of the current Tata Vista added for comparison.

Instead, the lights are now grouped to the lower portion of the bootlid, which also sees a complete makeover. As for the space on either side of the rear windshield, which earlier had the brake lights, two blackened pillars have been placed.

The number plate holder has also been moved up from the bumper to the bootlid. To compensate for the extra space, the reflectors on the bumper seem newly designed. Based on the rendering here, it seems there are going to be extensive sheet metal changes in the refreshed Vista.

This could be the front of the new 2014 Vista.

However mechanically, the Vista will continue with the same set of engines – the 1.3-liter MultiJet engine in two states of tuning, a 1.2-liter petrol and maybe an upgraded BS4 compliant CR4 engine. Will Tata show the updated Vista at the 2014 Auto Expo in February next year?

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Nissan Terrano to be launched on the Ninth of October?

NISSAN had announced during the unveiling of the Terrano that it would be launched during the first week of October and now word has spread on the interweb that October 9 will most likely be the launch date. We have already driven the car and have a written review as well as video both of which you can find at the bottom of this story.

The Nissan Terrano was unveiled for the Indian market on August 20 and is based on the Renault Duster.  It shares a common overall design with the Duster but gets new front end as well as rear end to help differentiate between both cars. Nissan has also given the Terrano different style alloy wheels on the top spec variant and wheel covers in the lower spec variants.

It gets interiors similar to that of the Renault Duster but with a different colour scheme and obviously a whole host of Nissan badges. The most major change is the new  music system and design of the AC Vents.  This also means that the car will be extremely spacious and very comfortable for five people to travel comfortably. The car will be offered in six colours; red, white, black, red, grey and silver.

We expect that Nissan will price the Terrano Rs 50, 000 more than the equivalent variant of the Renault Duster. When launched, the Nissan Terrano will compete with the Ford EcoSport, Renault Duster and the Mahindra Quanto. We will bring you live coverage from the launch as it happens so stay tuned to torque-tuno for all the details.  

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