Re: Tata Kestrel Q501 / Q502 SUV (1.5 MJD) Spotted Testing
Dont Expect you will get all technology and goodies from Discovery Sports TATA just using bases Land Rover LR-MS platform, shared with the Range Rover Evoque and derived from the Ford EUCD platform. JLR ingenium engine power rating ranges from 147BHP,180BHP and 250BHP, its quite expensive to localize in india due to these things considered TATA decided to go with FIAT's 2.0L multijet2 engine
What technology and goodies?
Tata is going to offer Harman Audio on Q501/502 as it is
Else you can opt for aftermarket speakers from Bose and any good headunit
JLR Ingenium is only in 147bhp tune in India for Discovery Sport
My father was very keen on Discovery Sport but the high price , poor performance and skimping of basic things like leather seats on variants except HSE Luxury were a put off
Ingenium is also a very new lineup of engines that is yet to prove itself
Fiat 2.0 MJD is from a proven lineage of engines thats proven itself
It has more output in current tune than the Discovery Sport
Also 2.0 MJD is already sold with ZF9 gearbox , the exact same one found in Discovery Sport
Would you pay 3 times the price just for "technology and goodies"? I dont see what would be missing in Q501/Q502 other than some luxury bits
Discovery Sport itself is a very bland car compared to X3/X5, GLC/GLE and Q5/Q7 (It sits between two segments)
The only pro for Discovery Sport was that they didnt skimp on spare tyre and In personally liked the interior colours schemes and practical design over the competition's "screaming" consoles
Q501/502 is gonna be an interesting car
Overall its gonna get a Ford platform(American) with a Fiat engine(Italian) with a ZF9 gearbox(German) and Harman Audio with little Tata input (Indian) in there (hopefully maintenance costs should be low)
Seems like a winner to me