Tata Motors may soon launch petrol variants of the Tata Safari and Tata Harrier SUVs to compete with the petrol variants of midsize SUVs like Mahindra XUV700, Hyundai Alcazar and MG Hector in India. At present, both these SUVs are only with the diesel engine.
Tata Harrier And Tata Safari Petrol Launch Price Features
Domestic automobile company Tata Motors, which is making a splash in India with one of its SUVs, is soon going to give new options to its customers. Yes, you are thinking that maybe Tata is launching another SUV, then your guess is correct, but let us tell here that the company is also going to bring petrol variants of its popular SUV Tata Harrier and Tata Safari soon, because this SUV is currently Same with diesel engine. Actually, people want to buy SUVs like Tata Safari and Tata Harrier in petrol engine option too, so the company is also thinking about it. Petrol cars are also slightly cheaper than diesel cars.
Petrol engine option also required
The number of gasoline powered SUV buyers in India is very high and at present, midsize SUVs like Mahindra XUV700, Hyundai Alcazar and MG Hector are making their mark in this segment. There are also SUVs in this segment like Tata Safari and Tata Harrier, but the problem is that both these SUVs are only with diesel engines, due to which buyers of petrol powered SUVs consider SUVs of other companies as options. Now for such customers, Tata Motors can also launch petrol variants of Harrier and Safari in the near future and they have been recently seen during testing. In the coming time, an official announcement related to Harrier petrol and Safari petrol variants can also be made by Tata Motors.
Just know about these two SUVs of Tata
According to media reports, the 1.5-litre turbocharged petrol engine could be seen in the gasoline-powered models of the Tata Harrier and Tata Safari, which could be mated to 6-speed manual and automatic transmission options. There could also be a 1.2L 4-cylinder turbo petrol engine, which will be capable of generating 150bhp power and 250Nm torque. Currently, the Tata Harrier is offered with a 2.0-litre diesel engine and a 2.0-litre Multijet diesel engine option. Currently, the 7 seater SUV Tata Safari is offered in India in the price range of Rs 14.99 lakh to Rs 23.19 lakh (ex-showroom) and the Tata Harrier SUV in the price range of Rs 14.39 lakh to Rs 21.19 lakh (ex-showroom).