India's Tata Motors invites Zambian goats to take a seat in its new vehicles Indian carmaker Tata Motors has asked the country of Zambia to supply 500,000 goat hides annually for use as leather material for car seats, reports the Times of Zambia . Dr. Stephen Muliokela, director of Zambia's Golden Valley Agriculture Research Trust (GART), confirmed the car company's interest, noting that goat hides beat conventional cowhides hoofs down for the purposes of automobile upholstery. Dr. Muliokela says the goat hides would be used in both Tata vehicles and Mercedes-Benz vehicles assembled by the company. Zambia may not currently have the agricultural capacity to produce the requisite number of quality hides using the traditional Zambian dwarf goat. GART, however, is researching the possibility of introducing a rare breed, known as the boar goat, to the country's livestock mix. The larger boar goats produce as much milk as Zambian cows -- up to six litres a day -- while producing skins more suitable to the level of quality expected in Mercedes car interiors.