Tata Safari

Safari has been designed as a seven-seater SUV with a foldable third row, roomy interior; on the market it has positioned itself as an alternative from the competitive price to other brands off-road vehicles.

Unlike the first generation, the second-generation Safari is a front-wheel-drive, monocoque crossover SUV, sharing its underpinnings with the Tata Harrier.

The Tata range in the nineties saw the expansion into new markets with newer models such as the Indica city car and the Safari.

In December 2006, at the Bologna Motor Show, a further update saw the adoption of the 2.2-litre Dicor diesel common rail engine from the PSA Group and revisited with AVL support.

[6] The Safari uses Telcoline's Tata X2 body-on-frame platform[7] with a redesigned and strengthened rear axle to adapt it to off-road use with part-time all-wheel drive (rear-wheel drive with the option of traction in off-road situations only) with grafting system an electric control up to 60 km/h (37 mph), self-locking rear differential and manual block front hubs, then eliminated in favor of the fully automatic solution).

The front suspension is a double swinging trapezium and torsion bar, while a rigid bridge system with five pulling arms and coil springs has been adopted at the rear.

The engine of the first version was a 2.0-litre four-cylinder diesel (1948 cc effective), equipped with indirect injection and KKK turbocharger with two valves per cylinder distribution capable of delivering 92 horsepower Euro 2.

The 2.2 Dicor engine (based on the PSA Group 2,179 cc DW12 unit, revisited by the Austrian company AVL and produced in India) is always a four-cylinder 16V with common rail direct injection and intercooler, delivers 140 hp (104 kW; 142 PS) with maximum torque of 320 N⋅m (236 lb⋅ft; 33 kg⋅m) available between 1,700 and 2,700 rpm.

The new engine delivers several more horsepower than the previous units but consumption is lower than in the past: on the mixed cycle the Tata declares 7.7 litres (1.7 imp gal; 2.0 US gal) to travel 100 kilometres (62 mi), with average emissions of 205 grams of carbon dioxide emitted per kilometre.

[13] In July 2016, Tata Motors conducted a test on the 2.2-litre VariCOR engine with the six-speed automatic transmission, which would be included in the upcoming Storme models by the year end.

[14] In December 2016, Tata Motors was contracted to provide around 3,192 Safari Stormes,[15] as the official vehicle of Indian Army, becoming the successor of Maruti Gypsy.

The Tata Safari Storme had to fend off competition from the Mahindra Scorpio, and both vehicles are said to have undergone rigorous analysis which included them being tested on snow, high-terrain as well as marshy lands.

[22] On 22 February 2021, the company announced the launch of the Safari Adventurer Persona edition which uses the same colour[23] as shown on the Tata Buzzard and also launched in Orcus White in 2022 (the standard car is available in colours such as Daytona Grey, Orcus White, Royal Blue and Tropical Mist).

In 10 August 2021, Tata Motors launched the XTA+ variant of the Safari, which has a standard 6-speed automatic sourced from Hyundai and panoramic sunroof.