Tata Ace family gets extended to XL series

In a yet another move, Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, extended its highly successful Tata Ace family with the introduction of the new XL range. India favourite Chota Hathi (as popularly referred by common man) therefore has become big.

XL Range of Small Commercial Vehicles - Tata Ace XL, Ace Mega XL and Ace Zip XL

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Vinay Pathak, Head SCV, said, “Designed and developed for enhancing customer experience and maximizing revenues of the transport operators, the new BS-IV compliant Tata Ace XL range comes with 15% longer load body and is built to offer best-in-class last mile transport solutions. The XL range of small commercial vehicles includes Tata Ace Mega XL, Tata Ace Zip XL and the flagship model Tata Ace XL. The new Tata XL range will carry more voluminous cargo and provide operators with superior performance and increased profitability. All this is possible due to more speed and load carrying capacity, low cost of ownership, improved style and increased driving comfort with new power steering. With the launch of Tata Ace XL, Ace Mega XL and Ace Zip XL, Tata Motors has the widest range of small commercial vehicles making it a one stop shop for last mile cargo movement. Now there is a Tata Ace for any kind of road and any kind of load.” Tata Ace XL The new Tata Ace XL range comes with a best in class warranty of 2 years or 72,000 Km. Ace XL, with a payload of 710 kg is priced at Rs 4.23 lakh, Ace Mega XL with 1,000 kg payload will be priced at Rs 4.78 lakh and Ace Zip XL with a payload of 600 kg will cost Rs 3.08 lakh (ex- showroom Mumbai), as per company statement. [caption id="attachment_149" align="aligncenter" width="436"] Tata Ace Mega XL This is a game plan by Tata Motors to maintain its supremacy in the mini-trucks segment with growing competition from Mahindra and the new entrant Maruti Suzuki. While Ace Mega XL will compete with the likes of Mahindra Supro Maxi Truck, Ace Zip XL will compete with Mahindra Jeeto, the Ace XL will compete with Maruti Super Carry. Read More : Tata Motors launches new Ultra range of Trucks Tata mini trucks still rule the city roads but the increasing competition from emerging players has pushed Tata Motors to expand its mini trucks portfolio. The competition has become further aggressive with Mahindra launching its modified version of Supro Maxi Truck by replacing front independent suspension with rigid leaf springs. The new mini truck is now called Mahindra Supro Maxi Truck HD Series.