The TAMO Racemo

Indian car manufacturers have come a long way. Just take a look at the TAMO (part of Tata Motors) Racemo, which was unveiled at the 87th Geneva International Motor Show.

The car is the first Indian fully connected sports coupe and it does look good but I wonder how it drives. The interior styling is not that bad either.

Not much info about the engine and other specs other than that it is built on a patented composite structure  which they call MOFlex Multi-Material Sandwich (MMS). According to the TAMO website, the car goes from 0-100 KMs/H in less than 6 seconds and has a the engine boasts of 190 PS @6500 RPM.

Will let you know when they come up with the release dates and prices.

Nissan Datsun Go crash test results

The Nissan Datsun Go car which is aimed at the Indian market was recently tested for safety. The car failed spectacularly getting 0 out of possible 5 stars. The car comes without air bags and looking at the video of the test, it would not have done much good even if the car had been fitted with them. If the car can get this badly damaged at just 40mph speeds, I am just wondering what would happen at UK highway speeds of 70mph.

MNCs need to stop pushing lousy products into the emerging markets. And India definitely needs to have some minimum safety standards put in place.