Tata Safari Storme Breaks Cover (Launch Coverage: Pg.301+)

[Raja]

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Nice pictures Raja, Lumia did great job of capturing those images but I thinkg editing was overly done. BTW, which model is that? 4x2/4x4?

@sanjay: Your comments on the drive so far?

4x2 vx model . Editing well yes , I agree my mistake I edited them on my phone should have done on pc or iPad .

 

[Tornado]

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@mercidised, 4x4 is yet to be launched.

 

[Raja]

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@mercidised, 4x4 is yet to be launched.

Come to Mumbai , Concorde motors has 2 one in black and another in urban bronze colour .

 

[allhyundaicars]

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even i saw a storme today. it passed at around 30 kmph while my car was stationary with windows down. the engine was silent. my friend's laura sounds like a truck , maybe because it's 2 years old. but it's ( storme ) a lot silent.

and raja the level of detail is really good. even if it's edited the detail is remarkable.

 

[S Class]

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Fantastic to see Storme on TAI & congrats all TAIians who have bought/booked Storme .

The Evoque sitting on top-right of forum page needs to be replaced by Storme, atleast till it gets launched pan-India.

the engine was silent. my friend's laura sounds like a truck , maybe because it's 2 years old. but it's ( storme ) a lot silent

Laura like truck i.e. SUV . Yes buddy, also heard lot of sound from Superb, seems Skoda is doing some chindhi-giri on noise dampening. And Storme is silent in its class, no doubt. When time permits, I will be going to Concorde motors, I am curious about steering position.

@ Raja,
Nice pics. Have you shot any interior snaps with people sitting in it ? Would have given more idea about legroom, headroom etc.

Waiting for Dharmesh's review & more importantly his wifey's. Ladies in general don't like trucks, lets see what happens here.

 

[allhyundaicars]

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Laura like truck i.e. SUV . Yes buddy, also heard lot of sound from Superb, seems Skoda is doing some chindhi-giri on noise dampening. And Storme is silent in its class, no doubt. When time permits, I will be going to Concorde motors, I am curious about steering position.

they install noise dampening mats under the bonnet as well or just inside the cabin ?

everyone says the steering won't hamper while driving .when sitting idle one thinks that the legs is touching the steering.

 

[Raja]

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Fantastic to see Storme on TAI & congrats all TAIians who have bought/booked Storme .

The Evoque sitting on top-right of forum page needs to be replaced by Storme, atleast till it gets launched pan-India.


Laura like truck i.e. SUV . Yes buddy, also heard lot of sound from Superb, seems Skoda is doing some chindhi-giri on noise dampening. And Storme is silent in its class, no doubt. When time permits, I will be going to Concorde motors, I am curious about steering position.

@ Raja,
Nice pics. Have you shot any interior snaps with people sitting in it ? Would have given more idea about legroom, headroom etc.

Waiting for Dharmesh's review & more importantly his wifey's. Ladies in general don't like trucks, lets see what happens here.

I think Sanjay has pics of the interiors, iam 5"11 , so is sanjaysg we dint have any issues with the steering atall , the first thing dharmesh checked was the steering and he was quite pleased and it dint disturb him atall when he was driving .

The styling of steering is very boring and dated and that is what I hate . Otherwise everything is fitted well and solidly in ths car .

Btw last row is only for small kids and enemies .

 

[S Class]

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I think Sanjay has pics of the interiors, iam 5"11 , so is sanjaysg we dint have any issues with the steering atall , the first thing dharmesh checked was the steering and he was quite pleased and it dint disturb him atall when he was driving .

There are 3 types of persons -

1. Whose height is evenly balanced,
2. Those who have more height in back,
3. Those whose height is in legs like Amitabh Bacchan.

Type 1 don't have issues, type 2 face from headroom issues (one of my friend is 5' 11" & he can't sit properly at rear seat of Linea. Type 3 have issues with legroom. I can't drive Innova, Fortuner (new models) as steering gets stuck in thighs despite seats pushed far & steering at top most position.

 

[jagrover]

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Great pics Raja
Storme looks stunning in that urban bronze...
Again congrats Sanjay for your storme as well as your effort for accompanying Raja and Dharmesh for the test drive..
Great going TAIns..

 

[Gurrala74]

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@Sanjay, Raja, Dharmesh

Now I would like to ask you questions about

1. Steering position and seating comfort for a person who is 5'11"
2. Breaking in corners are straight line
3. ABS experience as mentioned by those persons who felt those tyre marks

 

[sanjaysg]

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just reached will update after couple of hours about my drive

1. Steering position and seating comfort for a person who is 5'11" : I am 5.11 ..no issue
2. Breaking in corners are straight line. excellent, khandala ghats were best to test

3. ABS experience as mentioned by those persons who felt those tyre marks : ABS tested many time ...its perfect

 

[Raja]

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@Sanjay, Raja, Dharmesh

Now I would like to ask you questions about

1. Steering position and seating comfort for a person who is 5'11"
2. Breaking in corners are straight line
3. ABS experience as mentioned by those persons who felt those tyre marks

1) steering position wrote above

2) dint understand your question

3) I have never faced any issues with brakes , whenever I have driven the storme the brakes have been amazing .

Btw how the storme drives over a speed breaker dharmesh will update it .

 

[S Class]

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just reached will update after couple of hours about my drive

1. Steering position and seating comfort for a person who is 5'11" : I am 5.11 ..no issue

Some pics buddy. Thanks in advance.

 

[dharmesh]

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Hey guys, it was just fun meeting Sanjay and Raja. Thanks to Sanjay to letting us drive his brand new beast.

Now back to Business: WOW is the word that em and wifey said after seeing the beast.
We were late by one and half hour ,Sanjay and Raja were waiting for us. As soon as we reach the meeting place, directly sat in Storme to feel it. Me on driver seat and wifey next to me. As soon as we enter the beast, it was huge inside. big , bigger, biggest. Nice and simple interiors not much jazzy. very well placed arm rest. Dash board was looking really nice, and 1 Din that people were cribbing about, actually does not looks that bad. The door levers were looking really rich.

Then first thing I checked was the famous knee problem, I tried all seat positions and steering din't touch my knees. As it is I keep my legs little tilted. My knees always rest on side wall of Dash board so it was not a problem for me.

Footwell was not feeling cramped as claimed by many people here.

Then Sanjay gave keys and inserted keys and turn ignition on. White illuminated lights glow up the dash and instrument cluster. IMO, white glowing light always give the rich feeling (personal choice). I would any day prefer white over red and orange.

The I came out of Storme, checked all around, Color quality as mentioned was top notch. It was actually different from other cars (till now what I have seen).

Then Raja took over the wheel and then we went for small drive. Me and wifey took the rear seat, it was huge. acres of place in rear seats. Absolutely comfy seats. Lotz of leg room and three people can easily accommodate there. Raja took the beast at good speed over the bumper and some bad patches, dint even felt that.

Now it was my time to take the wheel, although the drive was really small, enjoyed it very much. Slotted first gear. Actually I was not able to slot the first gear properly first time , tried again and it worked. 2 ton beast was moving on half clutch . The slotted 2nd gear and then 3rd gear it was butter smooth. Then we reached our destination and my TD ended there. But it was fun.

I can say driving storme was easier to drive then Punto, because of the clear visibility of bonnet and good road visibility. Steering was not one of the best in terms of looks, but the feedback from steering was good. I din't get chance to test the brakes, so cannot comment much on it.

Then came wifey's turn to try her hands. I stopped car near the big bump on the front right wheel. Wifey slotted first gear. Again she was able to pickup the beast on half clutch and also she managed the go over the big bump without using the accelerator. That's it she was done. I have never seen my wifey so happy after driving any car, she was damn happy.

Then we all had normal chat to each other, mostly it was about TAI and Storme. Then we bid adieu to each other, Sanjay left for Pune, Raja to his home and we for dinner.

As soon as we entered Punto, wifey was like, this is so cramped. . She liked Storme so much.

From Wifey:

1. She liked the Dash, plus music system with remote (music system remote not present in Punto)
2. She said, chrome door handles gives very rich feeling.
3. Color is brilliant.
4. Storme cannot be compared with other cars especially Duster. She said while chatting with Sanjay and Raja, Duster's height is less than Wagon R. .
5. She also said that visibility was awesome and she will feel more confident while driving Storme than Punto. She never felt like driving big SUV.
6. Liked the soft touch leather on dash.
7. While going to dinner to South Mumbai, we saw at least 4-5 banners of Storme advertisement. And everytime she was more than happy to see to each Storme ad poster.
8. On road we saw the Range Rover and she said that the front part of Storme from side angle looks similar to Range Rover. She also mentioned the same while talking to Raja, but she din't remember the name of the car at that time.
9. Last but not least, she din't even mentioned anything about that Music HU looking odd on dash. That means, normal person will tend to either miss that 1 DIN or All other things in Storme is so impressive that people just don't care about what music system it provides.

That's it from my side, But like Raja is saying from ages, you need to see it in real to actually feel what the beast Storme is.

 

[S Class]

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As soon as we entered Punto, wifey was like, this is so cramped. . She liked Storme so much.

So honest.
Thanks for your feedback. Appreciated if you could have uploaded some pic of all of you with storme.