New Tata Safari review: It’s so much better that it’s not the same
If you’re a Tata Safari die-hard, you’re going to be conflicted by this genuinely nice new-gen SUV. Aww.
Feb 16, 2021 13:59:16 IST
Just how many of your sweet memories of yesteryear are based on pure, irrational nostalgia? Rola-Cola? Sickly-sweet, weird, barely cola-like, but recent Instagram gold. Coolie No. 1 then: Whee! Coolie No. 1 now: WTF? Then: Zeher hai ke pyaar hai tera chumma? Now: Do you like eating mangoes?
So, here’s my unpopular opinion: I don’t see the draw of the old Tata Safari. And I have fond memories of my family Tata Sierra, so if anything, I might be biased. The Safari holds the distinction of being one of India’s early “true” SUVs with 4x4, a reasonable cabin for reasonable people and other such luxuries. But the last time I drove one (the Storme), my elbows sat at different levels, I was more sailing than driving and spent most of my time wondering that perhaps Tata Motors
2021 Tata Safari road test review
Tuhin Guha Updated: February 01, 2021, 09:46 AM IST
We always knew there was going to be a three-row Harrier, Tata Motors made sure of that with the showings at Geneva and then at the Auto Expo. But what we didn t know was that this was in fact the new Safari. An inspired move no doubt, but one that brings with it the sentimentality and expectations associated with a well-remembered name. So now this needs to be not just a good SUV but a good Safari. A cakewalk or do the trappings of lineage hold it back?
Look at the new Safari straight on and you ll need a discerning automotive eye to separate it from the Harrier. The grille is now finished in brushed silver with Tata Motors new tri-arrow motifs highlighted in chrome. There s some more chrome around the carried-over split headlamps. These changes are well-integrated and don t neces