Tata Harrier Waiting Period Rises to 3 Months; Mileage Revealed
Tata Harrier has received over 16,000 bookings at the end of December 2018
The long-awaited Tata Harrier SUV has finally been introduced in the Indian market. Tata Motors has left no stone unturned to make it a successful product. Priced aggressively at Rs 12.69 lakh for base model and Rs 16.25 lakh for the top-end model, the Harrier is significantly cheaper than the Jeep Compass and Mahindra XU500. Tata has been accepting pre-orders for the SUV since October 2018. If media report is to be believed, the company has received over 16,000 pre-orders at the end of December 2018.
Due to rising booking numbers, the Tata Harrier commands a waiting period of around 3 months. It is only available in a single-diesel and manual gearbox option. Powering the SUV is a 2.0-litre KRYOTEC diesel engine that produces 138bhp of power and 350Nm of torque. Power is transmitted to the front wheels via a 6-speed manual gearbox.
The ARAI certified fuel economy of Tata Harrier is 16.7kmpl, which is higher than that of the Mahindra XUV500 which offers 15.1kmpl. However, it is lower than that of the Jeep Compass and Hyundai Creta rated at 17.1kmpl and 19.6kmpl respectively. THe reason behind this is that the Harrier is significantly bigger and heavy than the Compass and Creta. Also See – Tata Harrier – 10 interesting facts
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The Tata Harrier is built on Tata’s new OMEGA Arc platform, which is derived from Land Rover’s D8 platform. This SUV also debut the brand’s new IMPACT 2.0 design philosophy. It is available in 5 exterior colour options namely Calisto Copper, Thermisto Gold, Ariel Silver, Telesto Grey and Orcus White. Also See – Tata Harrier Vs Jeep Compass
The top-end model gets an 8.8-inch touchscreen infotainment system with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, a JBL sourced sound system, leather seats, automatic climate control, cruise control and automatic headlights. For safety and security, the SUV gets six airbags, ABS with EBD, a hill hold and hill descent functions, a rollover mitigation and corner stability control.
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