geneva tata motors plans to amplify focus on safety aspect in its passenger vehicles going ahead by conforming to the highest level of global standards a top company official saidthe company whose compact suv nexon already conforms to 5star safety rating by global ncap that is much stricter than the existing government regulations in india also wants to replicate the enhanced safety aspect across its electric vehicles going ahead5star global ncap needs to be the norm for tata motors if there is a star we would like to have five of them tata motors md ceo guenter butschek said here in an interactionwith upgradation in safety features and making models conform to better emission norms vehicle prices may however go up he pointed outcustomers need to be educated on importance of safety it is not going to come freethe consumer who goes with a mindset of discounts will have to shell out more due to changing regulatory requirements butschek saidhe however declined to comment on the changes in pricing structure but added that even the big boys as compared to tata motors would not be able to swallow this additional costelaborating further tata motors chief technical officer rajendra petkar said that in the wake of new regulations kicking some of the companys products may not be able to transition to next level due to constraints in body architecturenew products from the stable of tata motors would now be based on two architectures optimal modular efficient global advanced omega and agile light advanced architecture alfawhile the alfa architecture is going to cover all vehicles from 37 metre to 43 metre the omega architecture is going to accommodate all products from 43 metre and above regionthe company has already launched suv harrier on omega platform it plans to launch premium hatchback altroz by middle of this yearwhen asked about future of products like tiago and tigor that are based on companys x0 architecture petkar said they will continue to be there in the line up beyond 2020he however said that upcoming safety regulations from october this year and later bsvi emissions in april 2020 and cafe norms in 2022 would kill some of the productsstating that the company has to go through this transition petkar addedthe products which were designed 1015 years ago will not continue in the same mannerhe added that companys new architecture with some incremental modifications would enable its products to garner the highest level of safety standardsthe products will have safety features as mandated by the government from october 2019 like two airbags and seat belt reminder as standardthe vehicles would also conform to offset frontal crash and side impact crash tests at 64kmhr petkar saidin order to homologate vehicles currently indian regulatory authorities crash test vehicles at 56 kmhrwhen asked if the company can also make its current products conform to 5 star rating petkar said there is a cost element in that but we are looking at it now it is a possibilityon fuel