Tata Motors Ltd does not build many cars like the Tata Sumo Grande: a 5-door SUV with 2.2L Dicor diesel I4, built from 2008 to 2016 in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids.
The story
The Tata Sumo Grande is a mid-size SUV produced by the Indian automobile manufacturer Tata Motors from 2008 to 2016. In 2014 the name was changed to Tata Movus.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 2.2L Dicor diesel I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. The gearbox is a 5-speed manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 2550 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Tata Motors Ltd's history is not in doubt: the Tata Sumo came before it; it was built at Pune, India. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Tesla Roadster, the Nissan 370Z, the Nissan GT-R. Nearby in the Tata Motors Ltd catalogue sit the TaMo Racemo and the Tata 407.