Tata Altroz Racer review - Aiming for the i20 N-Line | First Drive | Autocar India 

Tata's own Tiago JTP was much better executed

It’s amazing how truly out of touch Indian carmakers are with what enthusiasts want these days.

Is that something leaking outta the car already??? 0:21

Those 2 lines in the middle reminds of thirupathi thimmappa😂

If indians stop obsessed with foreign brand then tata is truely amazing indian brand

Interiors looks premium ngl

My Ford aspire diesal has a 0-100 time of less than 10 seconds, launched 10 years back.

All are talk about old fastest cars. Guys Now bs6 is running. Lot of limitations

Sheep in wolf's clothing! Tata Management: Can we make a Racer? Tata Engineers: Yes Tata Management: What about 0-100kph? Tata Engineers: Yes Sir, that's possible too.

Did they play the engine and exhaust note or did I miss it?

‘Clutch bite point is not appropriate’ thats a big big NO.

Tata Motors is simply wasting its energy and money. They should instead put DCA in the diesel as well as the CNG models and make sun roof as a separate option. See how sales and reputation picks up before the electric Altroz comes around.

What happened to that 1.2 GDi petrol that Tata showcased at the Auto Expo? Probably it got shelved and the new EVs have taken centrestage.

Mr Jay🚗 Nice Technical👌 fluidic Presentation🤝

Digital screen is too nice and looks absolute sporty 🔥

Manufacturer offering seat belt reminders without load sensors is plane cost cutting. Touchscreen shows normal version in 360 view. Reliability and after sales is a concern.

Considering it’s a niche segment and the fact that Hyundai made a killing on this. It’s a shame that manufacturers are not going all in with a bigger capacity 4 cylinder engines. These 3 cylinder engines don’t start singing unless you are willing to rev it out, even after stage 2 ECU tuning Hyundai’s puny 1.0 litre engine is not doing justice to that chassis. Looking at the torque curve of this 1.2 L, it’s going to be similar case for Racer as well. At the very least kudos to Tata for trying, only hope this time around is for Tata to not abandon this product line the way they did with JTP editions.

Ah! That's some personalization. The watch strap adds to the zing. Good one Autocar India 🧡

Can it match the sound of Zen from the 90’s ?

Personally, I would have liked this engine/powetrain with all the features as a Turbo Variant instead of the Racer tag! Robs the car positioning wrong IMHO! It's at best a Warm Hatch ( as is i20 N Line) & that's not a bad thing. Auto journalists have always been missing what a consumer wants & thier judgement should be taken as a pure opinion & thier personal taste & biasness.

how many times you use "however"...in fact however not needed..

Bring back the good cars like polo and jazz this is nothing but a gimic

the manual gearbox is a plus in my book especially as this is a sport model.

6 airbags too in this beauty. 🔥

I much rather wait for the Polo, which will be making a comeback.

I would appreciate TATA for starting RACER series and hope it would bring more cars in the line-up! All the best!! - A car enthusiast!

I have seen everyone saying bad after sales service of TATA and Mahindra. So considering this ... Which brand offers good after sales service?

I20 nline manaul does 0-100 sub 10 seconds. C3 turbo is has the most enthusiastic engine with sub 10 0-100 and currently the best entry level hot hatch for sure.

no rear dics brakes?

Some how the racer and the + badges seem to be misaligned on all videos. Giveaway that Tata wasn't paying attention to detail

I have no problems if it has a 3 cyl engine. It still sounds good to me when pulled hard at the top.

Linear response is good in terms of increase in speed

Suspension and Handling were kind of expected since regular Altroz had always been good in that aspect. Gearbox refinement would have made it much better. Still happy with the effort Tata is making. 😊

Engine sounds like a Lamborghini Gallardo🔥🔥🔥

Haha, with so many complaining about the performance, steering and paint job, I feel TATA might bring conventional colour later days (after initial feedbacks and correcting them). Im sure, many will buy this car over the i20 NLine.

should have given load sensors instead of sunroof

we r konkani, tata dun kwon our NH and State way.... i request u #Autocar team plz make a car review on our highways... So we understand properly which we all have to buy....

Makes me want to consider I20 Nline

Dca option missed sorely 😢 turbo with DCA would have made the racer option a hot seller of Tata

Deven sir used the Sam Sulek intro song for this one 😂😂

Not mentioned fuel efficiency

The "racer" tag sounds funny to me😂😂

Looks like the Altroz Racer is leaking coolant or water in the first frame itself??

Tata has done a good job with its cars the line since the past 2-4 years has really take an impressive share from the market. However the constant need for visiting the service centre is really a pain in the pocket, the updates are very frequent as to every 6months which makes the market value of the existing cars a bit to more considerably under a nail biting uneasy situation.

Racer ❌ Ricer ✅

12.05Seconds? How much would it be without the "go-faster" stripes? disappointed 😞 How is a >10s car a "racer"?

For anyone looking for a fun hatch, just go for the polo 1.5 (used).

As far as I know suspension hasn't been retuned, only gear ratios have..

Compare i20 n line vs Altroz racer vs Tiago JTP

Why Tata always delay launch of automatic despite the overall variant is delayed. Just get little more time and launch manual and automatic together instead of silently adding it later and getting ignored.

Porshe 911 Killer🔪🩸 🔥🔥🔥

Is it still 3 Cylinder?

Is this faster than Punto Abarth

What is it with these poorly designed rear seat belt warnings in tata and maruti cars.?! Put some.sensors!

So the "racer" is slower than i20 N line :) While i20 uses 999cc turbo charged engine, this racer uses 1200cc, still same power.

Altroz is a Supreme leader 🔥

How these reviewers show and present the product is like .. they are driving a F1 car!!!

120 HP engine of Tata altroz racer: 0-100 kmph in 11 seconds 80 HP engine of Maruti Swift: 0-100 kmph in 12 seconds Some horses seem to have fallen asleep.

Tata need to work on petrol engines..like an addition of Balancer shaft …similar to dragon series ford engines….major hatchback manufacturers moving towards 3 cylinder engines …

Abarth Punto would smother this Ricer. 185 section tyres, tiny discs, drums at rear.

I still feel its like indigo design with few cuts

Tata Racer ❌ Service center Racer ✅🤣

To sum up- Best in class handling Best in class shock absorbers Average engine but very good tractability Below average gearbox and doesn’t come with DCT Looks better than i20 Questionable QA/QC and service centre’s capabilities.

Polo is winner always

Sam Sulek intro (ik the intro is not copyrighted)

i would say you want a proper race give me paddle shifts and i will feel like a racer any day .

N=N number of loops between tata and tata service center, escate to Tata they forward to Service center after N mails and calls you will finally give up.

People will compare this car with XUV 3XO base model @7.5 lacs...Jo ki milne wali nahi hai !!

Negatives Sticker job to enhance cosmetics. Not durable. Left side pulling while driving. Engine noise till rear seat. Panel gaps. Door opening while driving (still not resolved). Need to use child lock only. Positives Power n torque in MT transmission better compared to iturbo variants. Rear suspension and comfort better than iturbo variants.

The strips looks like tirupati swamy namam...

4 cilinder missing 😢

Meanwhile Fronx turbo smoking the sh*t out of the so called Racer with 20HP less. Guess half of Altroz's horses are sleeping 😴

New Swift with no turbo manages 0-100 in about 12-13 seconds, and to top off the gearbox and clutch setup is sublime.

Nothing comes close to polo TSI still

I have seen most Tata cars after a hit rusting

It's so good that Tata did not used red, instead used orange that looks great, especially the highlights. But they missed to offer orange finish to the brake calipers.

Polo is missed 😢

First one to watch this

Tata cars are synonymous with service headaches and hence not even considering buying one.

Oil already leaking 😮 Look at first 30seconds.

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May tata put this car on nurburgring racetrack to atleast make he's own record 😂 hope that tata ready to compete with other Hot hatch manufacturers...this year! Atleast.😅

White stripes look dated

Is it just me or anyone else feels auto car India holds bucket for Hyundai ?😮

Too elite feature 👌

Citroen c3 is better option

Poor Altros never gets a break. Great body but lousy engine and transmission.

A sporty hatchback with 0-100 in 12 seconds! What a joke 😂😂

Wake me up when Tata starts making good cars

120hp and termed 'enthusiast' 💀🤡. Indian car market is so dooned ffs, just lower the taxis please, this govt sucks

Tgdi of tata will change game

Man I have to say this is a worthy competition to i20 Nine and Polo🍺🤙

In the auto industry, there are cars made by the marketing team and those by the engineering team. This seems to be a product by the marketing team who did those stupid benchmarks for feature and pricing and tried to make a car which will appeal to most people. Something which will sell in more numbers and drive more revenues. This should have been an engineer's product with pure focus on driving, gain the spot which Polo has left open and be the Halo product in the lineup. This shouldn't make the most business sense but should be a product for your heart and not your head. I mean whats the point of having a 360 degree camera, ventilated seat and such crap? If you are an enthusiast, you'd know how to park a small hatchback using just your mirrors. An AC would be sufficient for being cool. They should've spent that money on a good short throw gearbox and bigger turbo to make more power than the N Line. This should have been a product with the fastest 0-100 time this side of Tata Nexon EV. And the funnier thing is, the marketing team has failed at product differentiation from the regular Altroz as well. No change in rims. Barely noticable change in cladding. This looks like a regular Altroz with dual tone roof paint. They should've atleast learnt from the i20. The NLIne is noticably different with the different wheels, side skirts, bumpers and the red highlighting. This is a product which I'm sure is going to bomb badly. I'd still buy a used Polo TSI or even a Tiago JTP(if I can find one) over this.

i own Polo 1.0 TSI manual....and my frnd got Nexon last month....which has the same engine and gearbox...driving it first time... //{Cons}: everything i mean each and every thing seems unfinished and rudimentary...from fit finish to quality of every thing to paint quality..like we often check if the paint is coming on the rubber parts...means it is repainted...bt Tata cars have overlapping paint from factory...they jst shocked my concepts ....and do not get me started on the mechanicals,,,shit gearbox...like u cant shift fast u need to get a break in neutral and then shift to another,,,,clutch modulation is seriously very bad...u can not launch that car in a jiffy....and personally i feel the biting point of the brakes was also aggressive...u can not apply slow brakes... //{Pros}: built quality ...like the heavyness of the material, braking power, and the best parts which i feel are the best suspensions, truely mad for villages(and made in villages ...hehe) and steering feedback....that steering slots back to middle after a turn like no ones businesss.....as if tata has done something special so that it does that every time //{conclusion}: do not expect Tata to be mechanically sorted and in fit finish to be anywhere good as a German car like Polo...they have given good things as mentioned in pros...bt lacks in places where heavy Engineering is required...simple

I am tired of this touch screen nonsense. It is racer what the heck. I miss the polo

Atmoic orange is not doing it May be grey is to go for And what is the shitty alloy design I bet u can make better altroz by buying base model and putting 2 lakhs on real mod

It is still a bloody 3 cylinder, half cooked, where is the space for the recer !!! Lol.

Awesome work by tata is tweaking the suspension and steering. For those on the comments, test ride the car before you say something!!! You'll love this one

As well as well as well 🤧

i20 N line sales mostly because of Its sweet DCT. It's costly but if you check with showroom, 70 percent sale of N line i20 is from DCT. And the interior is just 2 step above that of Tata.