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.
The Racemo was designed at the Tata Motors Design
Studio in Turin, Italy, and then built on a patented MoFlex Multi-Material
Sandwich structure, or MMS - a technology that enables greater freedom in
surface design, and is being used for the first time in the automotive industry
for passenger vehicles.
The Racemo features a
three-cylinder 1.2-liter turbocharged petrol unit, good for 190 PS and 210 Nm of torque. Together with the 6-speed automatic transmission, this
mid-mounted unit will propel the car from 0-96 km/h in under 6
seconds.
Other features include the Bi-LED headlights, 40
liter fuel tank, electric power assisted steering and driver and
passenger airbags.
