Tata Harrier Price, Review, Specs, Variants, Color Options.....

Tata Harrier, a Benchmark SUV in its segment

Tata Harrier is India's one of the most anticipated SUV which was showcased in Auto Expo 2018 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi as a concept car H5X. It created a lot of hype among the buyers of all the segments starting right from the buyers of Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza, Ford Ecosport and went till Ford Endeavour, Toyota Fortuner and even the lesser-known Mahindra's car Mahindra Alturas G4. It is a five-seater car C-segment SUV based on the Omega Arc platform, a re-engineered platform of Jaguar Land Rover D8 architecture which is also adopted by Range Rover Evoque, Discovery Sport and Jaguar F-Pace which makes Harrier rugged strong as compared to other SUVs in this segment. 

The Harrier comes with front-wheel-drive train mechanism, a AWD or 4WD has not been made available yet but could be launched by mid-2020. The SUV has sourced its heart i.e. the engine from Fiat's 2.0L(1956cc) Multijet 16-valve four-cylinder turbo diesel engine which produces a slightly lower state of tune of 138bhp and 360Nmof torque which is also used by Jeep Compass with power production of 170bhp with a higher state of tune. However, this difference in the power configuration barely makes any difference in the real world as Harrier comes with three driving modes (eco, city and sports) where one can drive it as their needs. In the Harrier, Tata Motors uses the commercial name 'Kryotec' for the engine instead. The transmission is a 6-speed manual. An automatic will be sourced from Hyundai on its 4x4 variant in future. 

Looking into the interior, it comes with a massive 8.8-inch touchscreen system equipped with Android Auto, an instrument cluster of 7-inch TFT display which is semi-analog display as the speedometer covers the analog portion and the tachometer sits under the TFT screen. Top trims of Harrier is equipped with 6 airbags, ESP, traction control and a terrain response system (inherited from Land Rover which offers Rough, Wet and Normal modes). However, a sunroof is a miss. The seats in the top trim come with perforated leather upholstery with a center and a rear armrest and have a very good under-thigh support. The steering, however, is hydraulic steering with quite a good sheer of weight that comes while driving at high speeds and off-course is available with tilt and telescopic adjustment and all the media controls are mounted within the steering itself making it quite helpful while driving.

Talking about the exterior, it comes with 17-inch alloy wheels with high profile tires of 235/65 as proportions. The LED DRL adds elegance to the car in both day and night. The dimensions are length 4598mm, width 1894mm, height 1706mm and a whopping ground clearance figures of 205mm which makes it a very bulky machine in this segment and a worth considering option too. The Kerb weight is 1675kg. Coming to the boot space it has a 425litres of space and with seats folded becomes more than 800litres which is one of the biggest in the segment. The capacity of the fuel tank is 50litres. The color variants are Calisto Cooper, Ariel Silver, Thermisto Gold, Telesto Grey, Orcus White, Altas Black and two dual-tone options available with Calisto Cooper and Orcus White. The ARAI rated mileage is 16.71kmpl which means in a normal city drive it would render a 12-13kmpl and 15-16kmpl on highways. But keeping this assumption aside, when the car has been driven in the real world with Eco mode on at a speed of 80-90km/hr as rendered a mileage of 21-22kmpl in some cases(Below are the links given of the videos that claim such). The price of this car starts from 12.99lakhs to 17.46lakhs ex-showroom price.

Concluding this topic, it can only be stated that a car in this price range has a lot of rivals like Hyundai Creta, Mahindra XUV500, MG Hector, Kia Seltos and Jeep Compass and to sustain in this segment, it should have offered a bit more features like the connected car, Tire Pressure Monitoring System, sunroof, etc. The verdict that we here give you is that if you’re looking for an SUV that has great road presence, can be taken almost anywhere, offers good mileage and comes with a company that is trusted by all the Indian for years then you should definitely go for Tata Harrier as it offers you a class above feel and also the driving dynamics are more superior than others mentioned as its rivals. However, it comes only in Diesel and no automatic is offered as of now, however with the 7-seater version of the car Tata has claimed that an automatic version would be available.

Tata Harrier Mileage Test

Tata Harrier Review

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