Tata Safari Storme Breaks Cover (Launch Coverage: Pg.301+)

justinsylas · 14th January 2012, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by THE XOVER

It has been more than 3 years of testing and Tata are still testing ride and handling

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BTW: One question buddy since you have driven Storme, has its ride quality became more stiff than previous versions also how good is handling when compared to Aria?

Each and every change needs extensive testing. Still they are fine tuning everything.

I drove it very minimal. based on my observation, handing + braking + suspension + pickup + NVH improved a lot than aria. As per my friend, he is not very comfortable in aria after drove the safari ( means the handing part alone )

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Originally Posted by S Class

+1. Classic eg. is some idiot loses control & goes on other side of the divider & hits something there

. There have been several such accidents on Pune-Mumbai expressway.

Btw, sleep is another reason & I think that sleeping driving should be equated with drunken driving.

We are facing lot of AGENTS OF KILLING on the road inch by inch. more than 80% of the peoples killed by accidents due to other's fault.

Thats why i prefer safety packed vehicle as SAFARI.

Kindly gothru the article which is published 2003, to know more about the tata vehicle's safety norms.

I think this is not OT.
tata.com Crash testing for dummies

THE XOVER · 14th January 2012, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by justinsylas

Each and every change needs extensive testing. Still they are fine tuning everything.

I drove it very minimal. based on my observation, handing + braking + suspension + pickup + NVH improved a lot than aria. As per my friend, he is not very comfortable in aria after drove the safari ( means the handing part alone )

Awesome news, Aria's handling is not bad to be honest.And if Storme is better, then great work once again by Tata

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I think this is not OT.
tata.com Crash testing for dummies

Very good Article.

THE XOVER · 14th January 2012, 06:59 PM

Anyone saw "The Car & Bike Show" today, SVP was mentioning about Storme that its not a facelifted but a proper Gen 2 Safari, he also praised the interiors and said that JLR have tuned this cars' dynamics

.He praised the exterior design as well barring the front grill.But only alamring thing that he said was that this car would be positioned not against mighty Scorpio but XUV500 and will be launched in May

.Hope Tata don't do that.

PS: Safari Storme in that Bronze colour looked absolutely fabulous, infact stunning.And Mods sorry for back to back posts.

justinsylas · 14th January 2012, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by THE XOVER

He praised the exterior design as well barring the front grill.But only alamring thing that he said was that this car would be positioned not against mighty Scorpio but XUV500

The exterior design is very balanced now than the existing safari design flow. But the front grill design make things ordinary (not bad at all). And the center console looks neat and looks high quality, but its not giving us a premium feel. The interior fit and finish looks high class, perfectly awesome. These 2 things bring the Strome from XUV500 territory to scorpio territory. They must bring 2DIN HU as standard to make the center console to looks finished. Strome already has automatic-sensing wiper, motorised-lights, parking sensor, better 4x4, better ride and handling, Dual A/C. They can simply add curtain airbags from aria. Still they have a better chance to bring it to XUV territory. Im not talking about the price territory, but about the features.

justinsylas · 14th January 2012, 10:11 PM

I'm trying to add some landroverish grill to strome. Lets do some PS job to make it more modern.

THE XOVER · 15th January 2012, 08:08 AM

^^
Good work Justine, yours' grill design is looking much meaty and butch than mundane tata default grill.As far as curtain airbags are concerned, at least tata should give ESP as standard while offering curtain airbags as option.

justinsylas · 15th January 2012, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by THE XOVER

^^
Good work Justine, yours' grill design is looking much meaty and butch than mundane tata default grill.As far as curtain airbags are concerned, at least tata should give ESP as standard while offering curtain airbags as option.

Yes. i like to have ABS+EBD+ESP than curtail airbags. i dont like the HAC+HDC. bcos we cnt use other vehicles for hillside vacations without this feature.

S Class · 15th January 2012, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by justinsylas

Yes. i like to have ABS+EBD+ESP than curtail airbags. i dont like the HAC+HDC. bcos we cnt use other vehicles for hillside vacations without this feature.

What is HAC+HDC ?

Does it mean Hill Ascent/Decent Control ?

Request members to write complete names for things which are not common. One can understand ABS, EBD, ESP etc. but these terms are not regular. My humble request.

jayadev · 16th January 2012, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by S Class

What is HAC+HDC ?

Does it mean Hill Ascent/Decent Control ?

Request members to write complete names for things which are not common. One can understand ABS, EBD, ESP etc. but these terms are not regular. My humble request.

+1 to that.

Many thing goes above my head .

THE XOVER · 16th January 2012, 07:35 AM

HCA= Hill Climb Assist , assists in climbing a steep incline by engaging the brakes little longer(even if you have braked mid way) until you come back on the gas.

HDC= Hill descent control, you engage this mode and only concentrate on steering, the car will automatically brake+ accelerate according to the situation.

raj_5004 · 16th January 2012, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by THE XOVER

HCA= Hill Climb Assist , assists in climbing a steep incline by engaging the brakes little longer(even if you have braked mid way) until you come back on the gas.

In other words, Hill ascent/assist prevents your car from rolling backwards when your car is stationary & you leave the brake in order to move ahead.

krish_go · 16th January 2012, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by THE XOVER

HCA= Hill Climb Assist , assists in climbing a steep incline by engaging the brakes little longer(even if you have braked mid way) until you come back on the gas.

HDC= Hill descent control, you engage this mode and only concentrate on steering, the car will automatically brake+ accelerate according to the situation.

Wondering if these are part of Storme. I guess these are Off topic/informative only right?
As we are anyway on off topic, can u explain of why 2 exhauses? I mean just style or any perticular fuctions?

tornado78 · 16th January 2012, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by krish_go

Wondering if these are part of Storme. I guess these are Off topic/informative only right?
As we are anyway on off topic, can u explain of why 2 exhauses? I mean just style or any perticular fuctions?

Primarily it is of design purpose but when you place rear tyre underneath than there will be less space for big catalytic converter, hence engineers at TML might have gone for two exhaust pipes with smaller converter and in a way also gives Aria and Storme a disticnt looks.

Note: Was at Tata Dealer on last saturday to ask about any further scheme on ARIA (2011 model) or any news of storme.
Aria: It is still available at around 11L for Pure
Storme: As per dealer bookings might start around last week of March or First week of April.

Maybe TML is waiting for Mahindra to Launch stripped down version of XUV W4 and than they'll decide the pricing and models availabilty.

justinsylas · 16th January 2012, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by tornado78

Maybe TML is waiting for Mahindra to Launch stripped down version of XUV W4 and than they'll decide the pricing and models availabilty.

Based on my observation, they (TATA) has some strategy on pricing. They never look out other companies to price their own product. All tata vehicles are minimum 30K costlier than mahindra vehicles. have a look at SUMO & BOLERO, GRANDE & XYLO and SCORPIO & SAFARI.

I think TATA will keep the base version of SAFARI (7.99L) as it is and replace the higher versions with STROME with the same price level of existing respective versions. And also place the base version of the Strome at 8.5L ( basic config with ABS+EBD ). Classic safari Lx 4x2 will have body colored cladding, and 4x4 without bodycolor cladding.

I think tata 'll start the sales for strome by AUG or SEP this year. Bcos most of their new product launches happened around those months.

krish_go · 16th January 2012, 12:01 PM

None of the Test vechiles are released to delears as they claim.. they are expecting them by Feb 1st week By this, accurate pricing will also be availble only in feb.. Nothing before that. Also as per the info, current Safari will not be disconitued till this yr end.
I am not sure how Tata is planin. It a mystery.