Zest from Tata Motors has been awaited with much enthusiasm in the Indian market. The Indian carmaker has finally announced the launch date for Zest sedan to be on 12th August, 2014. Production of Tata Zest has already commenced at the carmaker's Ranjangoan facility in Pune. Bookings for the sedan began a while ago, wherein interested buyers can book one for themselves on Tata Motors’ official website for a token amount of Rs 21,000.
The upcoming Tata Zest shall be launched in both petrol and diesel variants. The petrol version shall be powered by 1.2-litre MPFi turbocharged engine that produces about 89 bhp. The diesel version shall be powered by 1.3-litre multi-jet engine that produces 89bhp of power with 200Nm of torque. Both the engines are paired to a five-speed manual transmission gearbox; however, the diesel version will also get an AMT (Automated Manual Transmission) option. Tata Zest has come to reality owing to valuable design inputs efforts put-in from three Tata Motors design studios located in Coventry (UK), Turin (Italy) and Pune (India).
Recently the popular Amaze sedan from Japanese auto-giant Honda spoke volumes for itself on nearing the 1 Lakh sales mark in just about a year of marking its presence in the country. The Honda Amaze sedan is available in petrol and diesel variants. The Petrol version is powered by 1.2 Litre i-VTEC engine that generates power of about 88 Ps or power with 109 Nm of torque. The diesel version is powered by 1.5 Litre i-DTEC engine that generates about 100 Ps of power and 200 Nm of Torque. Honda Amaze test drive by ARAI has stated that the sedan delivers a fuel efficiency of around 25.8 kmpl.
Owing to the new Revotron technology, it would be intereting to see if the upcoming Tata Zest can spell trouble for Honda's popular Amaze in India. Tata Zest sedan scores higher in dynamics, but whether that would imbibe confidence among the buyers is yet to be seen.
