The large glass area provides ample visibility especially to the driver. Two jump seats are placed at the back for seating two additional passengers. There is abundance of space for front and rear passengers with comfortable leg room. Instrument cluster behind the steering is large and clearly visible. Floor console has practical cubby holes for storage purpose. Silver finished centre console features ac vents, temperature dials and a music system. Besides, the dashboard is styled modishly, although the quality of material used inside is not up to the mark. One of the highlights of the cabin is the responsive four-spoke steering wheel borrowed from Zest. Embracing a dark tone with splashes of silver all around, cabin looks way more up-market. Thankfully for Strome, interior is styled better than the exterior. Despite various makeovers, Tata could not do justice to the rear styling, it looks dated featuring a rounded spoiler at top, a flat boot lid, a pair of unimpressive tail lights, reflectors and dual chrome finished tail pipes. Moreover, the tyres are not placed justly there is a conspicuous gap between arches and wheels. Wheel arches are flared and a side stepper is placed for convenience of passengers. Side profile isn’t impressive and appears too crowded featuring multiple creases. Frankly, the front wind-screen and the mundane window frame on flanks are a huge put off. Fog lamps assembly on lower side of bumper features fog lights and small air-intakes. The bonnet is flat and hence makes the SUV appear old-fashioned. A thick chrome band is placed just above the front grille showcasing STORME embossing in black. In profile, it looks huge or more of bulky, the front chrome finished dual-slat grille meets with the large pulled back head light units.
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Power comes from a 2.2 litre, DOHC VTT, VARICOR diesel powertrain paired to a manual gearbox. Feature list includes most of the equipment seen on rivalling SUVs, although it misses out on some fitments. Interiors are spacious and surprisingly better styled than outside. Exteriors are hulking, but they do not appeal for some reason. Albeit, the quick overhauls could not do any good to the SUV falling short in the thick of rivals. To inveigle larger audiences, Tata rolled out special editions followed by facelift versions and a new more powerful variant.
To Tata’s disappointment, the overhauled version failed to appeal to the masses unlike the regular avatar which ruled for long.
Tata’s facelift version of Safari with an additional suffix ‘Storme’ was first launched in 2012. The more powerful VARICOR 400 diesel unit, essentially the same engine is equipped in the range topping VX variant, linked to a new six-speed manual transmission. Feature list includes most of the equipment seen on rivalling SUVs, although it misses out on some equipment.
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