The Indica Diesel Standard is truely a small car with a large heart - powered with a 1405cc diesel engine. The design is based on the TUD5 Peugeot powerplant. The engine has been refined and optimised to deliver high standards of efficiency and emission.

The diesel powerplant of the Indica is indirect-injection design with a single overhead camshaft driven by a toothed belt. Fuel is delivered by a Lucas TVS rotary pump. The engine produces a fantastic 38.1 bhp/litre which is the highest among similarly sized engines.

The front-suspension is Independent, Wishbone type with McPherson strut and anti-roll bar and the rear is Independent semi-trailing arm with coil-spring mounted on hydraulic shock absorbers. Brakes are disc-type in the front and drum in the rear, with dual and diagonally split circuits, vacuum assisted with PCR valves.

Conceived by the Italian design house I.DE.A., the tear-drop headlights and bison tail lamps are unique. The Indica is the roomiest car in its class, with fully foldable rear-seat that allows you to accommodate extra luggage. The Indica conforms to current European safety norms for frontal impact. Energy absorbing crumple zones, side-impact beams, a rigid monochrome frame and child safety locks (on rear doors) ensure adequate safety to passengers.