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dafyddcoch · 21st July 2007, 17:41

hi folks and greetings from a new member. My name is Foxy and I live in Wales a small country to the west of England. I own a Tata Sierra td 4x4 of 1998 manufacutre. Over here however, Sierras are sold as Gurkhas I think due to their being a Ford Sierra and Ford UK had a legal battle over the name years ago with a kit car maker over the name.

Over here Tatas are not that well regarded but then there is a lot people who comment without trying the product and assume that it must be rubbish if it doesn't come from a company they have heard of before. I have been very pleased with my Sierra / Gurkha and use it in teh mannerit was intended. I live on a small hil-farm (about 7 acres) and the Tata pulls my Universal 4x4 tractor on a trailer up the mountain to my farm and it often has a trailer on the back with scrap metal or masses of firewood or building rubble on it. Yet it cruises down the motorway effortlessly at 70 to 75 mph (the speed limit in Wales and England is 70 mph) and is nice and comfortable. The fuel economy is not fantastic but then it is turbo diesel 4x4 that is heavy and it is better than most of the other 4x4s. I find that if you are prepared to drive it 10 mph slower than one would drive a family saloon / hatchback the economy is not mush worse than the saloon / hatchback.

Sure it doesn't go round corners like a GTI hatchback but then a GTI hatchback doesn't pull several tons up a mountain track. All these big 4x4's drive like tractors and even if you fit wood door cappings and leather seats and an on-board entertainment system, if you tip it upside down it looks pretty much like the underneath of a Tata really.

Spares can be a bit of a problem over here though as at the moment imports of the cars have stopped. This is due in part I think to the fact that the same people who ruined MG Rover having done very well out of it personally, the so called Phoenix 4, were also the importers for Tata and nobody else has yet started to import them. This has left a few really angry and fed up dealers who supported the product but have been left with no cars to sell.

Anyway say hi if you like and I look forward to reading and sending posts to this group.

Hwel fawr (something we say around here in Welsh speaking Wales when leaving, it sort of means 'have lots of fun')

Foxy

21st July 2007, 17:41	#1 (permalink)
dafyddcoch Newbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bangor in a country called Wales Posts: 2	New member from Wales in Europe saying hi hi folks and greetings from a new member. My name is Foxy and I live in Wales a small country to the west of England. I own a Tata Sierra td 4x4 of 1998 manufacutre. Over here however, Sierras are sold as Gurkhas I think due to their being a Ford Sierra and Ford UK had a legal battle over the name years ago with a kit car maker over the name. Over here Tatas are not that well regarded but then there is a lot people who comment without trying the product and assume that it must be rubbish if it doesn't come from a company they have heard of before. I have been very pleased with my Sierra / Gurkha and use it in teh mannerit was intended. I live on a small hil-farm (about 7 acres) and the Tata pulls my Universal 4x4 tractor on a trailer up the mountain to my farm and it often has a trailer on the back with scrap metal or masses of firewood or building rubble on it. Yet it cruises down the motorway effortlessly at 70 to 75 mph (the speed limit in Wales and England is 70 mph) and is nice and comfortable. The fuel economy is not fantastic but then it is turbo diesel 4x4 that is heavy and it is better than most of the other 4x4s. I find that if you are prepared to drive it 10 mph slower than one would drive a family saloon / hatchback the economy is not mush worse than the saloon / hatchback. Sure it doesn't go round corners like a GTI hatchback but then a GTI hatchback doesn't pull several tons up a mountain track. All these big 4x4's drive like tractors and even if you fit wood door cappings and leather seats and an on-board entertainment system, if you tip it upside down it looks pretty much like the underneath of a Tata really. Spares can be a bit of a problem over here though as at the moment imports of the cars have stopped. This is due in part I think to the fact that the same people who ruined MG Rover having done very well out of it personally, the so called Phoenix 4, were also the importers for Tata and nobody else has yet started to import them. This has left a few really angry and fed up dealers who supported the product but have been left with no cars to sell. Anyway say hi if you like and I look forward to reading and sending posts to this group. Hwel fawr (something we say around here in Welsh speaking Wales when leaving, it sort of means 'have lots of fun') Foxy