some products are petrolbased and the transition to petrol is an easier step for bs vi than it is the case for diesel butschek some recovery can be expected in march to conclude the quarter and ending the fiscal on a higher note that is going to give us a much more optimistic attitude in the transition into the next fiscal year said gunther butschek ceo tata motors in an interview with et nowedited excerpts you unveiled four show cars in geneva auto show would they remain as concept cars or are they going to be road readya year ago we brought two show cars representing the alpha and omega architecture of the future of the passenger vehicle business of tata motors to geneva at that point of time the same question was asked is it just a concept car or is it going to be road ready we had said it is going to be on the roads within the coming 1218 months that was the very straightforward commitment and promise made advt yesterday we unveiled four vehicles and we brought the harrier back to geneva because the harrier was already delivered to the indian customers at the end of january so promise was kept and the other ones are going to be with the customers soonback home how do you read the current market condition the market has been in a bad shape since the last six months what is exactly wrong and by when do you think the situation will get better it is a good question if we rewind the same question was asked after the second quarter we were still outpacing the competition the market and i said we are cautiously optimistic we were well set for a very strong festive season expecting a recovery in retail there was no festive season there was a subdued third quarter the same question was asked after the third quarter and let us stay cautiously optimistic because normally the fourth quarter is going to be strong if not necessarily as of january but it should pick up as of february we have just published the figures for tata motors and you have seen that the second month of the fourth quarter namely february has not brought in the expected recovery some recovery can be expected in march to conclude the quarter and ending the fiscal on a higher note that is going to give us a much more optimistic attitude in the transition into the next fiscal yearthe bs vi implementation is not only about technology but also about timing the market right when can we see the bs vi vehicles getting into the market that is pretty much what i had said it is not going to be one date which is going to be the date of transition for all of the products this is going to be an educated decision product by product advt some products are petrolbased and the transition to petrol is an