Tata Ultra Sleek T. Series
Tata Motors has introduced a Sleek T. Series of range I&LCV segment-based trucks on the highly modular Ultra platform.
Tata Motors has introduced a Sleek T. Series range of I&LCV segment-based trucks on the highly modular Ultra platform.
Launched in 2018, the Ultra has been one of the most modular and modern platforms to come out of Tata Motors after the Prima, which began life as the World Truck Programme. Seeding units even before 2018, the L&ICV-based platform has sprung more than the 14 key models that were announced in 2018. It has grown almost in every direction, and the new Sleek T. Series of trucks are no exception. Borrowing the narrow 1.9 m day cabin of the Ultra T.7, the Ultra Sleek T. Series has come to spring four-tyre and six-tyre models in an effort to address certain emerging (white space) market requirements in the first mile, last mile and line-haul categories. With the Indian CV market showing signs of LCV and ICV segments recovering faster than the M&HCV segments post the economic slowdown of 2019 and the pandemic of 2020, the Ultra Sleek T. Series vehicles include the T.6, T.7 and T.9.
Joining the legendary Tata 407 semi-forward control LCV and the other forward control LCVs and ICVs on the LPT platform, the Ultra Sleek T. Series vehicles reflect a much needed change in terms of performance, efficiency, safety, comfort and productivity. The modern narrow cabin of the new trucks is not only smart looking, it is also safe. It has been subjected to European cabin crash standards, according to Girish Wagh, President – CVBU, Tata Motors. Designed and engineered to suit contemporary urban transportation demands, the Ultra Sleek T. Series trucks ride on the popularity and familiarity of the existing Ultra truck and bus offerings. The Ultra family has grown to bridge the gap between the ICV and MCV segment. The Ultra 2821.T model with a sleeper cab has been well-received. Garnering 40 per cent market share by selling more than 20,000 vehicles in the domestic market and another 2000 units in the international market since 2018, the Ultra Sleek T. Series, according to Ajoy Lall, Head – Manufacturing (CVBU), Tata Motors, is built at a modern facility at Pune. The facility, he informed, includes a robotic weld line,