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{{Infobox company
| name = Tata Hispano Motors Carrocera, S.A.
| logo = Tata Hispano logo.svg
| logo_size = 170px
| type = [[S.A. (corporation)|Sociedad Anónima]]
| traded_as =
| foundation = {{start date|1939}}
| founder = Vicenzo Angelino Gervasio
| defunct = {{end date|2013}}
| location = [[Zaragoza]], [[Spain]]
| industry = [[Automotive industry|Automotive]]
| key_people =
| num_employees =
| products = Bus and Coach bodywork
| revenue =
| parent = [[Tata Motors]]
| subsid =
}}
'''Tata Hispano Motors Carrocera, S.A.''' (formerly '''Hispano Carrocera, S.A.'''), based in [[Zaragoza]], [[Aragon]], [[Spain]], was one of the largest manufacturers of [[bus]] and [[coach (vehicle)|coach]] cabins in [[Europe]]. It was 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.<ref name=et-acquisition>{{cite web|author=20 Oct, 2009, 05.08PM IST,PTI |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/auto/automobiles/Tata-Motors-buys-79-in-Spains-bus-and-coach-maker-Hispano/articleshow/5142275.cms |title=Tata Motors buys 79% in Spain's bus and coach maker Hispano - The Economic Times |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date=2009-10-20 |access-date=2010-11-17|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091025213715/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/auto/automobiles/Tata-Motors-buys-79-in-Spains-bus-and-coach-maker-Hispano/articleshow/5142275.cms |archive-date = October 25, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Apart from their main plant in Zaragoza, Hispano had a second one in [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]]; combined, they had a production capacity of 2,000 units in a year. Tata intends to keep the Moroccan plant open.

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

==History==
[[File:Manng313fv1.JPG|right|thumb|250px|[[MAN Truck & Bus|MAN]] NG313-F; Hispano Carrocera "Habit"]]
The company was founded in 1947 by D. Vincenzo Angelino Gervasio (an engineer of [[Naples|Neapolitan]] origin) and his wife Felisa Pueyo as '''Talleres Nápoles''' in Zaragoza, Spain.<ref>{{cite web |author=Juan Alfonso López |url=http://www.vehiculoclasico.es/es/galerias/exclusivos/nazar.htm |title=VEHÍCULO CLÁSICO - Clásicos exclusivos. Autobús NAZAR |publisher=Vehiculoclasico.es |access-date=2010-11-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.is/20091226111853/http://www.vehiculoclasico.es/es/galerias/exclusivos/nazar.htm |archive-date=2009-12-26 }}</ref> 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 moved again to newly built installations on the [[Carretera Nacional N-II|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 (manufacturer)|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.<ref>[http://www.hispano-net.com/in/pag/pag1-1.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801190526/http://www.hispano-net.com/in/pag/pag1-1.html |date=August 1, 2010 }}</ref>

In 2005, sensing an opportunity in the fully built [[bus]] segment, [[Tata Motors]] from [[Mumbai]] acquired a 21% stake in [[Hispano Carrocera]] SA,.<ref name="H I S P A N O">{{cite web|url=http://www.hispano-net.com/ |title=H I S P A N O |publisher=Hispano-net.com |access-date=11 October 2010}}</ref> In 2009, the Tata acquired the remaining 79% of in Hispano Carrocera for an undisclosed sum, making it a fully owned subsidiary, subsequently renamed Tata Hispano.

In September 2013, Tata announced the closure of the Zaragoza factory. It said sales had fallen and that future prospects for its marketplace were poor.<ref>http://mediacentre.tatamotors.com/PressReleaseDetails.aspx?pid=802&val=2013#.U73WkUAUqvk</ref>

==Products==
* [[Transit bus|City Buses]]
** Habit
** Area
** Orbit (built in Casablanca only)
* [[Coach (vehicle)|Intercity touring Buses]]
** DIVO Intercity
** DIVO Luxury
** Mosaic
** [[Tata Hispano Globus]] (built in India only)
** Xerus
** Intea Intercity
* SUBURBAN & REGIONAL TRANSPORT
** Intea Suburban

<gallery>
Image:Bilbobus Mercedes (Hispano Habit).jpg|[[:Image:Bilbobus Mercedes (Hispano Habit).jpg|Bilbobus Mercedes (Hispano Habit)
Image:Hispano with Iveco EuroRider 35 chassis.jpg|[[:Image:Hispano with Iveco EuroRider 35 chassis.jpg|Hispano with [[Iveco Bus|Iveco]] EuroRider 35 chassis
Image:SMRT-MBO405-B3.JPG|[[:Image:SMRT-MBO405-B3.JPG|[[Mercedes-Benz O405]] Hispano
Image:SMRT Mercedes Benz O405G Euro II (Hispano Habit) - 47308961711.jpg|[[:Image:File:SMRT Mercedes Benz O405G Euro II (Hispano Habit) - 47308961711.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz O405]]G Hispano Habit
Image:MBO405G-H2Gen.jpg|[[:Image:MBO405G-H2Gen.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz O405]]G (2nd generation Hispano)
Image:Hispano Divo.jpg|[[:Image:Hispano Divo.jpg|Hispano Divo]]
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Hispano buses}}
* [http://www.tatahispano.com/?lang=en www.tatahispano.com]

{{Tata Motors}}
{{Automotive industry in Spain}}
{{European bus builders}}

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