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Tata Racemo: First Sportscar by Tata Motors

Tata Motors have officially revealed its new two-seater sports coupe – RaceMo at the 87th Geneva Motor Show. The company also briefly shared its future plans on connected cars to keep up with the new global technology the automobile industry is quickly adopting too. The car has been designed at Tata Motors design studio in Turin, Italy.
Tata Motors has rolled out its new Passenger Vehicle strategy and introduced its new sub-brand — TAMO.

TAMO will define future mobility solutions. RACEMO was the first product developed by TAMO.
Tata Racemo is the first product under the TAMO brand. The length of the new sports car is 3835 mm and has a rear mid-engine. Tata Motors Racemo is powered by the new 1.2L turbocharged revotron engine shedding 190 PS and 210 Nm of torque and mated to a 6-speed gearbox with paddle shifters.
The new sports car from Tata Motors - RACEMO is built on a patented MOFlex Multi-Material Sandwich (MMS) structure – a structural technology, enabling greater freedom in surface design, efficient large-scale part integration leading to modularity and faster time to market.
Conceived 22 months ago, the RaceMo is amongst the fastest project conceived at Tata Motors under Tim Leverton, head of R&D at Tata Motors. Designed on a very innovative Moflex chassis construct - conceived by legendary designer Marcelo Gandini - using multi-material sandwich structure technology - which offers greater freedom in surface design, efficient large-scale part integration leading to modularity and faster time to market.
Tata Motors will introduce sporty seats and steering wheel to increase overall feel of a sportscar
Speaking about the unveil of the sports coupe, Guenter Butschek, CEO & MD, Tata Motors said, "Racemo is the first innovation from TAMO, and our emotional, unexpected leap to the future. Symbolising the change that is taking place at Tata Motors, Racemo is the proving ground of the TAMO family of vehicles and will drive the future of India's connected generation. From styling and design to driver experience and technology, Racemo is an extension of customers' personality, as part of their digital ecosystem and will break the ice with a radical new presence and pique the interest in the parent brand."
Tata Motors have also confirmed that the car will be making it to production and expect the company to launch the car in India in early 2018.
Top officials from the company including Ratan Tata and Tata Group’s new Chairman N Chandrasekaran were present at the unveiling.
Tamo RACEMO
Tata Motors 1st sportscar Racemo on display at 2017 Geneva Motor Show
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