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Tata Hispano Motors Carrocera, S.A.
Type Subsidiary
Predecessor Hispano Carrocera
Founded 1939
Founder(s) Vicenzo Angelino Gervasio
Headquarters Zaragoza, Spain
Industry Automotive
Products Bus and coach bodywork
Parent Tata Motors
Website http://www.tatahispano.com/

Tata Hispano Motors Carrocera, S.A. (formerly Hispano Carrocera, S.A.), based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, is one of the largest manufacturers of bus and coach cabins in Europe. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the India-based Tata Motors. Tata Motors acquired control of the company in 2005, after purchasing a 21% stake in the company. In 2009, it acquired the remaining 79% from Investalia SA.[1]

Apart from their main plant in Zaragoza, Hispano has a second one in Casablanca, Morocco; combined, they have a production capacity of 2,000 units in a year.

Hispano bodied buses are built by TATA Motors in India at ACGL plant in Goa. The bus is called Tata Divo.

History[]

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MAN NG313-F; Hispano Carrocera "Habit"

The company was founded in 1947 by D. Vincenzo Angelino Gervasio (an engineer of Neapolitan origin) and his wife Felisa Pueyo as Talleres Nápoles in Zaragoza, Spain.[2] It was originally devoted to repairs, welding and metalwork on post-war trucks, but the company also developed its own design for a "unique truck cabin", which could be mounted on any chassis, and which was very successful. This success allowed the company to expand and move to a 3,000 m2 workshop, where it built its first bus in 1958 and its first double-decker bus in 1960. In 1962, the company moves again to newly built installations on the N-II road, becoming Factorías Nápoles, S.A., and begins to sell vehicles under its own brand, "Nazar" (an conflation of "Naples" and "Zaragoza"), in Spain and abroad. But in 1964, financial problems force the founder, Vicenzo Angelino, to leave the company, which changed its name again to Fabricaciones Industriales S.A.. In 1966, the company became part of Barreiros Diesel, S.A., which was in turn purchased by Chrysler in 1969, forming Chrysler España, S.A.. The bus and bodywork part of Chrysler España was then sold to Van Hool España, S.A. in 1971, which was later renamed to Hispano Carrocera, S.A.L. in 1983. The company manufactured Van Hool buses under license until developing the Hispano Carrocera brand in the late 1980s.[3]

Some of Hispano's bodies, such as the Habit and the Divo, have been designed by Studio Pininfarina.

Products[]

  • CITY BUSES
    • Habit
    • Orbit (built in Casablanca only)
  • INTERCITY & TOURING COACHES
    • DIVO Intercity
    • DIVO Luxury
    • Mosaic
    • Tata Hispano Globus (built in India only)
    • Xerus
    • Intea Intercity
  • SUBURBAN & REGIONAL TRANSPORT
    • Intea Suburban

Major competitors[]

Major competitors of Tata Hispano include:

References[]

  1. 20 Oct, 2009, 05.08PM IST,PTI (2009-10-20). "Tata Motors buys 79% in Spain's bus and coach maker Hispano - The Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved on 2010-11-17.
  2. Juan Alfonso López. "VEHÍCULO CLÁSICO - Clásicos exclusivos. Autobús NAZAR". Vehiculoclasico.es. Retrieved on 2010-11-17.
  3. [1] Archive copy at the Internet Archive
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