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Think about a popular compact 5-door and you’ll probably envision something like the Volkswagen Golf, or perhaps the Ford Focus. But what if there was another option, straight out of left field? The Tata 45X concept, unveiled last month at Auto Expo 2018, would be a perfect candidate for such a task, specifically to woo us into hoping for the best with regards to what the production model will eventually look like. Thanks to the 45X’s modern exterior and ready-to-pounce stance, we can easily envision it wafting along some nice European road, or perhaps blending in with all the other 5-door hatchbacks that populate most of the Old Continent’s metropolitan areas. Noteworthy visual details include the large wheels, floating A-pillar aesthetic, a sweeping, Nike swoosh style shoulder line and a large design piece that wraps around the entire rear end, stretching all the way to the rear doors. The 45X concept measures 4,253 mm (167.4 in) in length, 1,850 mm (72.8 in) in width a...

Tata Motors unveiled the EVision sedan concept during this year’s Geneva Motor Show, a vehicle that utilizes the same Omega platform as their previous concept, the H5X crossover. According to AutoNDTV, the EVision concept is about the same size as a Jaguar XE or a Mercedes-Benz C-Class, which would make it a compact sports sedan, even though it doesn’t look particularly sporty or aggressive, despite having a few muscular angles here and there. Design features include the sculpted doors with flush door handles, large wheels, chrome highlights, slim LED lights front and rear, a panoramic glass roof and a fastback-like rear end. Inside, there aren’t a lot of buttons to be found on the dashboard, which features a very clean appearance, interrupted only by the occasional LCD display or aluminum air vent. The central infotainment screen is actually retractable, while the gauge cluster is fully digital. Last but not least, there is a third screen that stretches across the entire p...

Tata has axed its plans to bring a Mazda MX-5-rivalling sports car to the market. At March’s Geneva Motor Show, the automaker unveiled the Racemo, what it dubbed as the world’s most affordable sports car. Despite its impressive design and claimed performance, Autocar India says the project has been shelved because executives believe it would be smarter to invest in its commercial vehicles. In recent times, Tata’s commercial vehicle business has floundered and while recently speaking with company shareholders, Tata company chairman N Chandrasekaran suggested the company needs to prioritize its commercial vehicles. “The commercial vehicle segment has witnessed a continued decline in market share and the passenger car performance has been muted,” he said. Tata originally intended on producing the Racemo around a new flexible architecture dubbed Moflex and ultimately wanted to launch a small city car and an electric crossover around it. Carscoops

Tata Motors sub-brand TAMO is using the 87th Geneva International Motor Show as a platform to launch 'Racemo', a two-seater sports coupe, blending Italian design and Indian ingenuity. Racemo is India's first globally developed "phygital" car, meaning it merges the physical and digital worlds, while also boasting strong connectivity features such as cloud computing, analytics, geo-spatial and mapping, as well as an increased human-machine interface. You can even play with the Racemo+ (the track version) in an interactive gaming environment using Microsoft's Forza Horizon 3 - by the way, this is the first Indian car to ever be available on this platform. "We launched our sub-brand TAMO as our answer to new technologies, business models and partnerships. Racemo is the first innovation from TAMO, and our emotional, unexpected leap to the future," said Tata Motors CEO, Guenter Butschek. "From styling and design to driver experience and tec...

Tata Motors, that huge Indian company mostly known for the  incredibly cheap Nano city car  and for being the owner of JLR, will unveil a new two-seater sportscar at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show.  The new model will be launched under the company’s new sub-brand, called Tamo, which will house the more innovative products of the Indian carmaker. “TAMO will act as an open platform to network with global startups and leading tech companies, to get access to trends, innovations and solutions, for the design of exciting future products and services”, the company said in their press release. Tamo’s first model will be a two-seater, mid-engined sports car with the codename Futuro to act as the halo model. Production will be limited to 250 cars with the car expected to go on sale by mid-2018,  Autocar India  reports. While there’s no official information yet, company sources say that the new Tamo sportscar will be powered by a turbocharged 1.2-litre with around 180h...