Team-BHP - New Tata Safari Dicor 2.2L released!

Can the guys who have done a TD or seen the vehicle throw some light on if the color of the TD vehicle is Cycus Grey or Steel Blue? I was not sure if the color in the ebrochure and the photos posted by rajismine was the Grey or Blue. Has anyone seen any colors other than that of the TD vehicle?

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Originally Posted by rangaraj (Post 585531)

Inside
- Sat inside - first impression - tried to push the seat back and found it was at max. I am 6'2" and it felt cramped.. Would not like to sit in that position for long drives, or for that matter start/stop city driving either.. Bad leg space

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Originally Posted by extreme_torque (Post 585536)

@rangraj... First time ever I have heard someone say Safari is cramped in the driver's seat!!!!

Actually I felt the same when I first sat in the Safari (3.0L) and I'm 5'10". Then I realised that the height adjuster on the driver's seat moves the seat forward and up together. The TD vehicle had the seat at the max height, so it was much closer to the steering giving a feeling of a very cramped seating position.

@Rangraj, you may want to check this out and try lowering the seat and then check the leg space.

Its very strange, the RT on VX for Karnataka is coming out to be 15.4% which seems fishy, now if someone having contacts in the RTO can clarify whats this all about. Ideally we should be paying 10% for EX,LX and 12% for VX on the ex-showroom price(see link below).

Unless the rest of it goes either in the dealers/RTO officials pocket (I believe, no receipt is given for RT)

The RTI act can also be useful here.

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Originally Posted by dadu (Post 585689)

They are calculating RT @12% for LX and EX, perhaps safari's floor area is more than 5 sq.mt. see here

But for VX its comng out to be more than 12%, which seems a mistake unless its category changes.

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Originally Posted by dadu (Post 585999)

If the exshowroom of a vehicle crosses 10L in karnataka the road tax goes up from 10% to 15%. That's why teh tax is more.

No Vid, It doesnt say so, it says

"for vehicles exceeding 5 lakhs but not exceeding 10 lakhs its 10%"

"for vehicles exceeding 10 lakhs its 12%"

and since they are considering even omni buses I dont think safari crosses 5 sqmt category too.

This is something to be digged into.

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Originally Posted by vid6639 (Post 586004)

If the exshowroom of a vehicle crosses 10L in karnataka the road tax goes up from 10% to 15%. That's why teh tax is more.

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Originally Posted by neo_trace (Post 585997)

@steer
do u think u can find same box for 2.2L (3L one u used in AUG07)
can it be use for 2.2L ?

Let the 2.2 come out into the market. Let it run a while in its original state, and let the engine settle down.

By then we'll get the 2.2 box down.

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Originally Posted by dadu (Post 586012)

No Vid, It doesnt say so, it says

This is something to be digged into.

Dadu, the page says as on 2003 april. These new taxes were put into place this year.

I know this as I had someone about it. The Optra Magnum LT has one model which has ex-showroom tag of 10.02L which is 12K more than the normal LT model. The onroad price for this model is higher by 55K. This is only for a special paint colour.

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Originally Posted by Rajiv Menon (Post 585824)

As far as i am told by TATAs, all td vehicles in SOuth i.e. Hyd, Bangalor, chennai, vizag etc will be mountain green and rest india gets different colors for different places

Out of curosity, which bank is giving you these rates ???

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Originally Posted by aadix (Post 585571)

the quote my financer(not the dealer's fella) gave was 10% for 3 years and 11.5% for 5 years irrespective of any car.