Celebrating the first anniversary of its premium hatchback, the Altroz, Tata Motors has unveiled the new Altroz iTurbo in India. With a new engine under the hood, new colors, and some additional new features on the inside, the Tata Altroz iTurbo is now all set to take the competition up to the likes of the Hyundai i20 turbo-petrol and the Volkswagen Polo.

The new Tata Altroz iTurbo is powered by a 1.2L, three-cylinder turbo-petrol engine that produces 110hp and 140Nm of torque. It is the same unit that already does duty on the Tata Nexon. It has however been detuned to produce 10hp and 30Nm of torque less than the Nexon where it produces 120hp and 175Nm of torque. It however has 24hp and 27Nm more torque than the naturally aspirated petrol Altroz. This engine will currently be offered only with a 5-speed manual gearbox with a 7-speed DCT transmission to be introduced on the Altroz iTurbo at a later stage. Tata claims a 0-100 kph sprint time in 11.9 seconds.

Tata has mildly tweaked the steering and suspension setup as well. There however aren’t many changes on the outside apart from a new ‘iTurbo’ badge on the boot lid. There’s is however a new Harbor Blue paint shade with a contrasting black roof, which adds on to the existing colors. To further enhance the design elements, the Altroz in its 2021 avatar will also sport the new Black and light Grey interiors accentuated with perforated leatherette seats to elaborate on the premium feeling of the cabin.

The Altroz will also be equipped with the iRA tech – a connected car technology by Tata Motors. The Altroz iTurbo additionally gets a new Xpress Cool feature, two additional tweeters for the sound system from Harman and now it even features two drive modes – City and Sport. Apart from 27 new and additional features, it also comes with natural voice tech, through which the car understands and processes voice commands not only in English or Hindi but also in Hinglish.