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2015 Tata Safari Storme 4x4 facelift road test review

The slightly tweaked Safari will go on sale shortly

Overdrive|May 09, 2015, 08:00:15 IST

Tata Motors is on a launch spree, after launching two hatchbacks it's now time to focus on the SUV. The Tata Safari, India's original SUV has been around for the longest time. The first version dates back to 1998. The indigenously developed vehicle survived 14 years without a generation change. But then the new generation Safari Storme finally rolled out in 2012. A lot of eagerly awaiting people including us expected Tata Motors to miraculously transform the Safari into a modern SUV and expected it to be all-new. Well the chassis and powertrain were modern but the body was still retained with few changes, the silhouette was still very much the same. This in the eye of the common-man was still the first generation Safari that probably went through a facelift.

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