Tata H5X is a far cry
from its most famous vehicle, the ultra low-budget Nano. However, they
represent the Indian firm’s future, and since it’s tied to Jaguar Land Rover as
their parent company, both of them have a lot in common with the Discovery
Sport, Range Rover Evoque and Jaguar E-Pace.
That’s because they share a version of their
platform called Optimal Modular Efficient Global Advanced Architecture (OMEGA).
Powering the H5X concept is a diesel engine, but despite being originally
presented at the New Delhi Auto Expo last month and now at the Geneva Motor
Show, nothing else is known about it.
The H5X has a quite funky styling with squared-off
wheel arches, bloated fenders, slim lighting units, skid plates, and some
plastic cladding that provide the must-have off-road look. Still, it’s a bit
longer, wider and taller than the Range Rover Evoque, and has a longer
wheelbase, too, than the British SUVs on which it’s based.
Tata didn’t say whether any of its two show cars
actually previews a future production model. If they do, we guess the styling
will have to be toned down a lot, especially in the H5X, but they might just be
the ticket Tata needs to make it outside its home market, as the Nano is most
definitely not a product they’d like to launch in, say, Europe or China.
