[rajchetan]

Originally Posted by Vid6639

The handbrake. They redesigned to liberate some space.

This is not a redesigned handbrake, if you see the pic, you can notice a big gap between the Gear lever and Cup holder. I am sure that gap will be closed with a tumble down cover.

As for the encircled part, it seems like a jugaad done by the driver to place his arm to rest on while driving long distance.

it can not be a handbrake as it sits out of place and in an obstacle

[Vid6639]

Originally Posted by rajchetan

This is not a redesigned handbrake, if you see the pic, you can notice a big gap between the Gear lever and Cup holder. I am sure that gap will be closed with a tumble down cover.

As for the encircled part, it seems like a jugaad done by the driver to place his arm to rest on while driving long distance.

it can not be a handbrake as it sits out of place and in an obstacle

Then wheres the hand brake?

This car is stationary so the hand brake that lever is pulled up. When driving it will be pushed down so as to sit flush.

[rajchetan]

Originally Posted by Vid6639

Then wheres the hand brake?

This car is stationary so the hand brake that lever is pulled up. When driving it will be pushed down so as to sit flush.

yes, now that i look at the picture again, it looks like a pull out / push back lever for the hand break.. would reserve my opinion after seeing it in action / live.

[Vid6639]

Originally Posted by rajchetan

yes, now that i look at the picture again, it looks like a pull out / push back lever for the hand break.. would reserve my opinion after seeing it in action / live.

If you look at page 1 the concept shown at the auto expo had the same lever with parking brake marked.

[neoonwheels]

The interiors look fab. I hope it comes with 6 airbags, at least on the top end and an AT option right at launch

[Guna]

Originally Posted by rajchetan

This is not a redesigned handbrake,

Doesn't look like a handbrake. It is too wide and flat to be comfortable to hold and operate.

[k88k]

Originally Posted by Guna

Doesn't look like a handbrake. It is too wide and flat to be comfortable to hold and operate.

Sharing the hand brake pic of Renault Megane. Although this one comes out of the centre console, but you get the drift. Source: https://pim.famnit.upr.si/blog/index...nd-places.html

[Guna]

Originally Posted by k88k

Sharing the hand brake pic of Renault Megane. Although this one comes out of the centre console, but you get the drift. Source: https://pim.famnit.upr.si/blog/index...nd-places.html

This exactly what I was trying to say. One on the Harrier is 'flat' to hold but this one has 'round' cross section, which will be comfortable to hold.

[Latheesh]

Effort required will be more (if it is a simple lever) in Harrier due to odd placement (fulcrum position) and input force/operating direction.

[condor]

The handbrake would be disengaged when driving - and at this time the lever will be flush with the surrounding level behind the gear lever.

Originally Posted by NPX

.. when engaged the lever may interfere with cup/bottle placed in the holder behind.

Originally Posted by selfdrive

If the armrest behind the bottle holder can be adjusted/ moved forward, or will be used extensively, one cannot place a bottle there anyway.
Seems to be an ergonomics clash. Too much happening in a small area.

It does not look to clash with anything that is kept vertically in the cup-holder. The pics show the position of the engaged lever.

[selfdrive]

Originally Posted by condor

It does not look to clash with anything that is kept vertically in the cup-holder. The pics show the position of the engaged lever.

If the (sliding?) arm rest is moved forward it will foul with the top of the cup. If it is fixed and cannot be moved forward that is another negative altogether. I am not talking about the handbrake lever clashing with anything.

I assumed it to be a bottle holder (hence the rested arm hitting the bottle), but as you mentioned a cup holder let us go with that instead.

[swiftnfurious]

Looks like the handbrake a pull up / push down type. If it's so, we should be using the palm on the flat surface with the fingers wrapped below the flat holder.

Since it's a new design we all have a lot of questions - I personally doubt TATA will do anything wrong on this since they'll want to see this vehicle as a premium one. I hope for this to be a simple operation with minimal effort for a simple pull up. And probably release will be just on the press of a button on the flat surface.

Originally Posted by selfdrive

If the armrest behind the bottle holder can be adjusted/ moved forward, or will be used extensively, one cannot place a bottle there anyway.
Seems to be an ergonomics clash. Too much happening in a small area..

It does look like fouling with a cup placed in the holder in its high position. The immediate solution I can think is to reduce the play of the hand brake so it doesn't come up to this level.

And honestly, its a good observation - hope TML is check these posts and keep an eye on this. I doubt the test drivers will think about all these and provide a feedback to the company.

[aditya79india]

This will be a very awkward design in a premium offering. A vehicle o fthis class should have electric parking brakes instead. Also a closer look at the photo leads me to the view that this is some sort of a temporary fixture to hold or support something - maybe a piece of testing equipment.

[prakash_ajp]

Originally Posted by aditya79india

This will be a very awkward design in a premium offering. A vehicle o fthis class should have electric parking brakes instead. Also a closer look at the photo leads me to the view that this is some sort of a temporary fixture to hold or support something - maybe a piece of testing equipment.

What class are we talking about? I don't see this being priced more than 20L, worst case.

[CarguyNish]

Instrument Panel of Tata Harrier




Left part of the panel houses an LCD with Tacho and MID. Right side there is a Speedometer which looks very plain. I hope Tata provides different one in production spec car. My 5 lakh rupee Tiago has better looking Speedometer then this one.

There are no stalks to toggle through various settings. We may expect Steering Mounted Buttons for the same.


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