Tata Motors unveiled the H5X concept at the 2018
Auto Expo earlier this month. The SUV will transition from concept to
production-ready by 2019 and IAB’s automotive illustrator has shared
a speculative rendering.
The rendering incorporates production-spec headlamps
with LED light guides, radiator grille, and ORVMs. The primary headlamps have a
rather unconventional placement in the front bumper. In its concept form, the
Tata H5X boasts beefy wheel arches, a high set bonnet, and a sloping roofline.
All these elements have been carried over to the rendering of the
production-ready version.
Styled based on the Impact Design 2.0 philosophy,
the SUV will arrive in early 2019. And if the transition of the Tata Nexon from
concept to production is anything to go by, the H5X will retain much of the
stunning exterior design that caught everyone’s eye at the Auto Expo. Pratap
Bose, Head of Design, Tata Motors, has said that 80-85% of the Tata H5X concept
will make it into production.
The production version will ride on a reworked
version of the Land Rover Discovery Sport’s platform. Tata will offer 5- and 7-seat versions, powered by 140 hp and 180
hp versions of FCA’s 2.0-litre MultiJet II diesel engine.
