Tata Motors announced the launch of ‘Tata Motors Full Throttle’, a platform for steering the company’s participation in motorsports and allied activities. As part of this new initiative, the company is participating in the forthcoming Desert Storm Rally with a team of 2 Tata Safaris and 2 Tata Xenon XTs, beginning on February 22, 2011 from Ahmedabad.
According to R. Ramakrishnan, Vice President, Commercial- Passenger Car Business Unit, Tata Motors, “With best in class technologies in our product range, we will now be able to showcase these technologies through Tata Motors Full Throttle. The platform will help the company in organising and synergising all efforts and activities in the area of motorsports including development and testing.”
Tata Motors has earlier participated in several international rallies such as the London – Capetown rally in 1998, ASEAN rally in 2005 and the SAARC rally in 2007 with the Safari sports utility vehicle. Both the Tata Safari and the Tata Xenon XT, a 4x4 lifestyle pickup, have also been driven in various rallies in the past by independent participants.
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