Re: Tata Safari Storme Road Test Review
Well, I am a staunch believer of a thought ,' though apple and orange are not comparble , they must be compared first , once you select one of them then you start comparing apple with apple or orange with orange.' And this thought belongs to me.And most of the posters seems to be agreeing with me on this thread.
My neighbor owns a base model of XUV since one year.(OTR price 12.5 lakhs + accsesories 3.5lakhs).
Today I checked it (not driven it yet), I have already mentioned my views about ext.looks
on ' storme officially breaks cover' thread.and no dobt they are subjective.
Opened the rear door and found that luggage space is almost nil unless the third row is flattened, once you flatten it , it immidietly becomes a 5 seater .It doesn't allow accomodation for a child or enemy or servent, but only luggage. In Storme if one rear seat is folded , there is lot of space for luggage and remaining seat can be used by a servent.
I found there are two good looking AC vents specifically for rear seat , one for each side.So XUV rear seats are meant for children and not enemies , comfort wise.
The rear mannual internal fuel lid opener is easily accessible by middle/rear row passeger or the person standing near the left middle door as it is placed adjacent to middle row backrest.
In Storme it is placed further rear to rear jump seat , so if rear seats are unoccupied , one has to get down , open the rear door and then open the lid.
In xuv ingress for front and middle doors is easy, for tall as well as short people . I felt it good for unfit people also as compared to storme.
Middle space is ok for the price paid ,while in Storme it is excellent.You can stretch the legs you can stretch the arms and adjacent passeger won't frown even if you are a six feet +.
In XUV , middle row AC vents looks elegant. In Storme they are ceiling mounted and due to huge headroom they hardly attract your attention.But look wise they are one down as compared to xuv.
Now much debated middle row underthigh support.For me (180 cm plus with shoes) it is shockingly poor in xuv! It is not even comparable to manza front seat leave aside rear seat of manza or middle seat of Storme, however it became comparble with manza front seat when I removed my shoes.
But one innovative thing I found is that when I started reclining the seat ,it leads to mild elevation of underthigh area and underthigh support became enough for me . Sadly if the rear is full of luggage, this facility is not available as the luggage will restrict the backrest's backward movement.
In XUV,the middle row kneeroom and leg room is ok for the segment and price paid . In storme it is more than enough and useful too.
In xuv ,the inner door handle/latch/knob has got a silver finish and looks poor as compared to elegant chrome finished in stormevx. But in storme lx and xuv base model they are equally ok or equally poor.
Egress from middle row -In XUV , my foot faced a mild hurdle near door joint area. In storme ingress egress is a breeze for all doors.
The external door handles of xuv seems to be borrowed from bathroom of a caravan or a train, while in storme ext.handles ,I found sports utility items, look wise and, fit finish wise.
Then front ingress , egress a no problem thing for me and shorter people too in XUV.In storme it can be inconvenient for short people at all doors.It would be must for them to use side steps.
Front pasenger underthigh support is again as bad as front seat of manza, again removed the shoes and it became ok.Then I started reclining the backrest, to my surprise, nothing happened , the underthigh area didn't moved at all.It was really disappointing.
Then I got inside , from driver's door , underthigh suport no problem at all due to height adjustable seat.
In XUV , interior feel and looks are definitely good. The dash board , DIS , instrument cluster central console ,steering wheel all felt elegant.Brown color add up the luxury feel.The upholstery is nice.Now coming to its comparison with Storme.
In XUV interiors, I felt as if I am on a front seat meant for a imp.guest ,of a pandal meant for oath taking ceremony of a minister.
While in storme I felt as if I have sat in the waiting lounge of a star rated hotel. For Ex **, for vx *** , and lx not seen yet by me.
I forgot to mention about the leather, the XUV base model , the seat covers are not leather., they are rexine i.e. artificial leather.
I do not remember the storme Ex but vx leather is excellent quality and skin friendly .
And yes XUV seats are definitely harder than the Storme inspite of the fact that it is 23 kkm run .
I cranked the engine with windows closed , believe me , the starting sound and the engine purrr is better in my 27 k km (servicing due in next 3k km ) run manza as compared to this 23 kkm run XUV. I suspect use of BS3 diesel as a culprit, hence I do not consider it apt to compare it with hardly run TD storme I drove few days ago.
I am going to TD the xuv after few days.
Uptill now , do not hesitate to filll in the gaps in my knowledge.
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