Tata Motors Receives Orders For 1542 Sumo Golds from Police & Law Enforcement Agencies

Tata Motors today announced that it has received an order for 1542 SUMO GOLD utility vehicles from various Police & law enforcement agencies across the country. The Sumo Gold derives its power from a 3.0-litre diesel engine that is good 84bhp @3000rpm, and is claimed to return a fuel economy of about 15Km/l. The vehicle also has best-in-class ground clearance of 182mm.

Commenting on the orders, Mr. Vernon Noronha, Vice President, Defence & Government Business, Tata Motors said, "The Tata Sumo was conceived and designed keeping in mind the need for a rugged, comfortable and reliable vehicle that was powerful and versatile, with the ability to do almost everything with ease, including negotiate narrow city roads. These strong attributes have made the Tata Sumo popular in both commercial and personal transportation segments, and with law enforcements agencies. As a leading partner in supporting the country's police and paramilitary forces, we at Tata Motors are proud to have received these orders for the Tata Sumo Gold utility vehicle and we will soon commence deliveries."

Tata Motors' Defence Solutions offers its customers a wide range of vehicles in the light, medium and heavy category. These include Logistics, Tactical, Armoured and Specialist vehicles, with lowest life-cycle maintenance cost, supported by Tata Motors vast pan-India service network, ensuring maximum operational readiness.

Tata Motors has been associated with the country's off-road defence and security forces, since 1958 and has supplied over 1,00,000 vehicles to the Indian military and Paramilitary forces, so far. The company offers its products and services that not only meet the needs of the domestic market, but are also positioned to meet most stringent requirements across the world. Tata Motors exports its range of specialized defence vehicles to the SAARC, ASEAN and African regions. With Tata Motors