Tata Y1 Light Truck Series spied, in an ICB Exlcusive!

It has been close to 10 years since Tata Motors introduced the the Tata EX series of light commercial vehicles, to resounding success in the Indian LCV market. Fast forward to now, a brand new range of light capacity trucks will take Tata into the future even as the The legendary Tata 407 and 709 EX get replaced. Our roving eye in the sky, EarthFusion has snapped up images of the Tata Y1 series of LCVs, and along with that some crucial information about these trucks.

Tata Y1 LCV Truck Series

The Y1 series of light trucks will sit in the 4-9 ton segment with a 11 ton truck also possible, and will replaces the 709EX from the market. The trucks which have been developed at Tata’s Motors’ Pimpri plant will be manufactured at the commercial vehicles units division at Dharwad, Karnataka. As ha been the trend for quite a while now, the Tata Y1 Series of LCV’s will come with big improvement in driver ergonomics, that is expected to reduce driver fatigue and consequently accidents.

Tata Y1 LCV Truck Series

Other than this, many improvements to the engine and gearbox are in line, with the possible arrival of common rail technology to the turbo charged intercooled engine line up, boosting torque output an fuel economy significantly while emissions will be cut down. The same number of gears will be retained with the 6+1 layout. Here are the model variations of the Y1 Series of trucks that will hit the Indian market in late December or Early January at the upcoming 2012 Indian Auto Expo.

* Tata Y1 Series LPT 410
* Tata Y1 Series LPT 712
* Tata Y1 Series LPT 812
* Tata Y1 Series LPT 912
* Tata Y1 Series LPT 1112