27 JUNE 2016AlCircle.com
Tata Motors' X451 premium hatchbacks likely to house lighter aluminium engines
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Tata Motors has made its new direction clear with cars like the Tiago, the Kite 5 and the Nexon. There are at least six new cars that the carmaker is actively working on (apart from everything it’s shown so far at the Auto Expo), involving its multiple design studios, engineering arms and its blue-eyed boys — Jaguar and Land Rover.
Arguably the more important of these is a car code-named the X451, a premium hatchback that will take on the likes of the Maruti Suzuki Baleno and the Hyundai Elite i20. Unlike the Bolt, which was a rehashed Vista, the X451 is a ground-up design.
The upcoming hatchback will be based on Tata’s new Advanced Modular Platform (AMP), and powertrain options will be new 4-cylinder petrol and diesel engines. There is concrete information about the engine line-up yet, but speculations say these will either be similar to the Bolt’s supposedly robust, cast-iron powertrains or will be based on the new and lighter aluminium engines that power the Tiago line-up.
Arguably the more important of these is a car code-named the X451, a premium hatchback that will take on the likes of the Maruti Suzuki Baleno and the Hyundai Elite i20. Unlike the Bolt, which was a rehashed Vista, the X451 is a ground-up design.
The upcoming hatchback will be based on Tata’s new Advanced Modular Platform (AMP), and powertrain options will be new 4-cylinder petrol and diesel engines. There is concrete information about the engine line-up yet, but speculations say these will either be similar to the Bolt’s supposedly robust, cast-iron powertrains or will be based on the new and lighter aluminium engines that power the Tiago line-up.
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