TATA MOTORS' SITUATION GOING INTO 2013 Tata Motors Group had a successful fiscal 2012, with net revenues increasing by 36 percent and profits after tax increasing by 46 percent. Tata Motors' domestic commercial vehicle segment experienced a 19 percent increase in sales with light commercial vehicles achieving a market share in its segment of 59.6 percent and medium heavy commercial vehicles obtaining a market share in its segment of the Indian market of 62.2 percent. Tatas domestic passenger car grew about 4 percent in 2012-which was the same rate as industry growth. The company increased prices for its passenger cars by an average of about 3 percent. The customers' preference for diesel over gas engines helped Tata because of its large line of diesel passenger cars