Advocate depute Iain McSporran asked the officer if he could tell anything from the distance of the first impact mark with the wall and the final resting place of the car.
If the yet-to-be-named car is a success when it goes on sale next year, it would herald the emergence of Tata Motors on the global auto scene, mark the advent of India as a global center for small-car production and represent a victory for those who advocate making cheap goods for potential customers at the "bottom of the pyramid" in emerging markets.