Tata Motors drives in Zest Sportz Edition to celebrate 50,000 units sold all over India and 2 years in the market.
Launched 2 years back, the Zest was the first model in the Tata model range to be part of the models to be launched as part of the Horizon Next strategy.
To commemorate the success of the sedan for 2 years in the market and for crossing sales over 50,000 units Tata Motors has introduced the Zest Sportz Edition in Goa.
Design wise the Zest Sportz Edition receives Sporty red, black and grey graphics along with Red front, side and rear skirting for a sporty look, Red shade ORVMS, rain visors, Black roof and alloy wheels.
The Sportz edition kit can be fitted at any Tata dealership as a dealer fitment.
The interior of the Zest Sportz are the same and offers the same creature comforts as the standard Zest.
Features on the Zest include Electric power steering with speed sensitivity and active return function, 9th generation ABS with EBD, dual path suspension, Harman infotainment system, 5 inch Connect next touchscreen infotainment system, advance voice command recognition, SMS notification and read outs and automatic touchscreen A/C and temperature controls.
The Zest Sportz Edition continues to draw power from the same engines as the standard Zest, which means the same 1.2 T turbo petrol engine draws power of 90 Ps @ 5000 rpm and peak torque of 140 Nm @ 1750 – 3500 rpm.
The Zest also gets multi drive modes Sport, Eco and City.
While 75 ps does tune for the base variant and a higher output of 90 ps does duty on higher trims and apart from the manual on offer, an AMT gearbox also does duty with Multi drive modes on offer.
The Tata Zest competes with the Maruti Suzuki Dzire, Ford Aspire, Honda Amaze, Volkswagen Ameo and Hyundai Xcent.
Tata Motors is also planning to launch a new compact sedan code named Kite5 in a couple of months.