TAMO Racemo can be assembled as a kit car

Tata Motors recently unveiled its first production sportscar at the 87th Geneva Motor Show. Introduced under the company's TAMO sub-brand, the car has been named Racemo and is expected to be launched in India by the end of this year. Upon its launch, it will become India's first commercially sold kit car.

The TAMO Racemo is built on a new patented MOFlex Multi-Material Sandwich (MMS) structure, which is a modular architecture that allows the use of just a few large basic modules to assemble the car, instead of the hundreds of small components that go into a conventional vehicle. This limited number of components of the TAMO Racemo has given Tata Motors an option to sell it as a kit car.

The company's CEO - Guenter Butscheck, has reportedly indicated that the Racemo will be built at small workshops across the country, thus eliminating the need to setup a new assembly line in the automaker's factories. It is still not clear whether the company would ship out the kits just to its dealers or individual customers as well. However, the CEO has mentioned that dealers that won't be willing to scale up their operations in order to handle the extra job of assembling the Racemo at their workshops won't be retailing this car.

Source: Autocar India