The increasing shift in customer preference towards
SUVs has led to the cancellation of yet another car project. It’s the X452 at
Tata Motors, the sedan version of the just-announced Altroz hatchback. The Tata X452 sedan was expected
to arrive in 2020, about a year after the Tata Altroz (codename: Tata X451)
hatchback. The sedan would have been the first four-door based on the Advanced
Modular Platform (AMP) or Alfa-Arc, and would have gone up against the Hyundai
Verna, Honda City and Maruti Ciaz.
Tata Motors teased a rugged variant of the X452
sedan last year in its Auto Expo video. The X452 and its cross variant would
have had a relationship similar to the Renault Logan and Renault Logan Stepway.
Obviously, this car is also off the table now. The reason why the company has
decided to scrap its sedans of the premium B-segment, or as Toyota Kirloskar
Motor says ‘B-High’ segment, is the lack of resources.
With all the resources available, the company had to
choose between a premium B-segment SUV and this premium B-segment sedan. Utilising the Jaguar Land Rover-derived D8 or
Omega-Arc and the in-house developed Advanced Modular Platform or Alfa-Arc,
Tata Motors plans to expand its passenger vehicle line-up to 12-14 models.
