Tata has unveiled its Nano Twist with an opening tail gate and an Automated Manual Transmission(AMT).The Nano AMT will be the cheapest car with AMT.It gets F-Tronic five speed box with a mechatronic unit.The AMT fitted F-Tronic range of cars has been developed by Magneti Marelli,the leading supplier of transmission for the Formula 1 motor sports race cars.
The F-Tronic is an electro – hydraulic mechanism and is based on an electronic control unit and a hydraulic system that supervises the use of clutch and the gear shifting thus, allowing the driver to change gear without having to controlling the clutch either sequentially or fully automatically. This technology will encompass petrol for the first time in India ,in Diesel which will be available in the New Zest.
This advanced technology controls the drive of the car in the same manner as the driver would. It opens and closes the clutch, encages and disengages the gears and when necessary it also provides the choice of transmission (automatic or sequential mode for changing the gear). The Nano AMT is expected to go on sale by 2015.
