Tata Xenon XT 2010

shortbread · 18th January 2010, 04:21

It'll take the Indian psych sometime to accept a pick up as a life style vehicle. But the Xenon is definitely a start.

gthang · 18th January 2010, 05:42

Love the Xenon pickup's looks. Was seriously contemplating getting one, but was put off by some specs. Little too long on the wheelbase and turning circle radius very high IMHO.

Maybe some owners can shed some light on this. Is it manageable in our Indian driving conditions? Can you take U turns on our narrow roads, or is every U turn a 3 point turn? From the pic posted above also, it didnt look like the truck was going to make the turn.

But everytime I see pictures or see one on the road, I am tempted to throw such reasons out the window, and get one. It looks really good.

dinar · 18th January 2010, 10:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by gthang

Love the Xenon pickup's looks. Was seriously contemplating getting one, but was put off by some specs. Little too long on the wheelbase and turning circle radius very high IMHO.

Maybe some owners can shed some light on this. Is it manageable in our Indian driving conditions? Can you take U turns on our narrow roads, or is every U turn a 3 point turn? From the pic posted above also, it didnt look like the truck was going to make the turn.

But everytime I see pictures or see one on the road, I am tempted to throw such reasons out the window, and get one. It looks really good.

There is no U [or you] when one buys a pickup truck, it always ME

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The vehicle is longer than a Q7. What do you expect. and also this is sold here as a lifestyle pickup but the actual vehicle is designed to carry loads.

Guys in America, the PICKUP TRUCK is bought because it's cheap and can be loaded with sutff, the laws in US till recently had lower emission regulation for such vehicles [mainly pickup] hence cheap to build and sell. Here in india it the same but a big deterrent is the regisatration as public transport [read Yellow plate] is the vehicle is launched as commercial vehicle. And anything other than that the company wants to make big bucks by selling a vehicle as lifestyle, where similar components in other vehicles is cheaper.

ACM · 18th January 2010, 12:46

good well needed improvements, saw a Xenon XT parked at Nirmal Lifestyle last week, and both I and my wife immediately like it quite a bit, the black one looked gigantic due to the full hard rear cover.

Had seen one without the cover in Blue earlier and was not impressed, infact it had felt too sissy if it can be that.

The Hard Top full hight rear top makes the vehicle loog cool and big expecially with the original crome rear guard, but dont really get the point of this unless one mounts seats at the rear and I think the hight left after the loading bay is too less to do this well enough.

TATA is just making a statement with the vehicle and there is no intention of selling it in numbers in India presently, so this works fine for them, but there could be a market with a price tag that is down by about 1.5L with no loss in other stuff across the board.

Xehaust · 18th January 2010, 13:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by shortbread

It'll take the Indian psych sometime to accept a pick up as a life style vehicle. But the Xenon is definitely a start.

+1
I love the car, it looks awesome & starts a segment which has been absent in India. It may take a while for the Indian psyche to accept it but it definately is a great start.

Everytime i think of a pickup, i think of the Dodge Ram. Intimidating looks & a stonking engine. I can just imagine driving one on Indian roads

Pardus · 25th August 2010, 21:20

I had been to Concorde Motors @ Dairy Circle in Bangalore 2 days back to enquire about Xenon 2010 version and its availability.

Unfortunately I was told the 2010 version is yet to arrive at Showrooms and is expectedly only by September end. Not sure if 2010 version is available at other parts of India.

The Senior SE with whom I discussed about the vehicle did send a power point slides which indicate the interiors to be of two tone beige as against my beleif that it was a single tone beige. The slide has a CAD image, so cannot realy makeout the actual shades of the beige.

The second difference specified is that ABS comes with EBD, not sure if this is common combination in all cars, but seems to be welcome option.

The saddest part is that the 2010 version is going to be 80K more expensive than the previous version. This would mean a Xenon XT 2010 4X4 will now cost about 11.30 lakhs on road in Bangalore.

joshguy · 25th August 2010, 22:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pardus

I had been to Concorde Motors @ Dairy Circle in Bangalore 2 days back to enquire about Xenon 2010 version and its availability.

Unfortunately I was told the 2010 version is yet to arrive at Showrooms and is expectedly only by September end. Not sure if 2010 version is available at other parts of India.

The Senior SE with whom I discussed about the vehicle did send a power point slides which indicate the interiors to be of two tone beige as against my beleif that it was a single tone beige. The slide has a CAD image, so cannot realy makeout the actual shades of the beige.

The second difference specified is that ABS comes with EBD, not sure if this is common combination in all cars, but seems to be welcome option.

The saddest part is that the 2010 version is going to be 80K more expensive than the previous version. This would mean a Xenon XT 2010 4X4 will now cost about 11.30 lakhs on road in Bangalore.

So ,the already expensive Xenon is much more expensive now.

BTW it is already august and if still the vehicle is yet to reach showroom when will it reach??? May be in jan 2011

The Uninor uses xenon for its marketing activities and has been provided to regional mangers ,so that they can park the vehicle and start the marketing with the loading bay full of promotion materials

In chennai i think only uninor has bought 8 xenons

Latheesh · 13th September 2010, 17:57

Yes, I had spotted a black UNINOR badged Xenon during my last visit to Chennai. This machine looks awesome!!

indianvirus · 22nd September 2010, 11:17

Even I happened to spot the black uninor xenon parked at a hotel parking last evening. It's HUGE, almost as big as a endy, and very handsome looking. But rear leg room seemed very low. It is a let down if such a huge "so called" lifestyle vehicle can't accommodate 5 adults in best comfort.

Pardus · 15th November 2010, 19:29

Came across this video on YouTube. Madrid Rumbo al Sur con Tata Motors 4X4 Seems to be a Tata Motors sponsored event. There are more Tata vehicle.

YouTube - Madrid Rumbo al Sur con Tata Motors 4X4 Marruecos 2009

troublemaker · 16th November 2010, 04:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by SumitBahl

Since its launch I have liked this vehicle a lot.
I find it better than safari.

I spotted a black pimped up Xenon XT a few days. Bling alloys, fat tyres.
Here are the pictures:

This one looks really nice! Too good to be the first Indian pick-up truck...

amitk26 · 16th November 2010, 10:06

Mods : Why exactly the only lifestyle pick-up in India pushed to commercial vehicle segment. I am yet to see a yellow board Xenon.

jeepster · 16th November 2010, 13:20

here is a Xenon with private registration.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/indian...rt-pics-2.html

valhallen.282 · 16th November 2010, 13:47

The xenon was originally designed beacuse people who own farms or places outside the city don't want to take their normal cars till there. The market is small and a 'decently' long flat loading bay is needed for transport. Also because not every pickup owner owns a commercial vehicle license. Most only have a standard LMV license.

All the Uninor trucks were bought I believe from a Bangalore showroom. I saw them just out of showroom in koramangala sometime ago.

amitk26 · 16th November 2010, 14:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeepster

here is a Xenon with private registration.

+1 In fact I have only seen private registrations till now team-BHP ownerships are also for private use.

18th January 2010, 04:21	#31
shortbread BANNED Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: KL 7 Posts: 2,658 Thanked: 7,593 Times	It'll take the Indian psych sometime to accept a pick up as a life style vehicle. But the Xenon is definitely a start.
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18th January 2010, 05:42	#32
gthang BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 805 Thanked: 1,351 Times	Love the Xenon pickup's looks. Was seriously contemplating getting one, but was put off by some specs. Little too long on the wheelbase and turning circle radius very high IMHO. Maybe some owners can shed some light on this. Is it manageable in our Indian driving conditions? Can you take U turns on our narrow roads, or is every U turn a 3 point turn? From the pic posted above also, it didnt look like the truck was going to make the turn. But everytime I see pictures or see one on the road, I am tempted to throw such reasons out the window, and get one. It looks really good.
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18th January 2010, 12:46	#34
ACM Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 4,770 Thanked: 4,582 Times View My Garage	good well needed improvements, saw a Xenon XT parked at Nirmal Lifestyle last week, and both I and my wife immediately like it quite a bit, the black one looked gigantic due to the full hard rear cover. Had seen one without the cover in Blue earlier and was not impressed, infact it had felt too sissy if it can be that. The Hard Top full hight rear top makes the vehicle loog cool and big expecially with the original crome rear guard, but dont really get the point of this unless one mounts seats at the rear and I think the hight left after the loading bay is too less to do this well enough. TATA is just making a statement with the vehicle and there is no intention of selling it in numbers in India presently, so this works fine for them, but there could be a market with a price tag that is down by about 1.5L with no loss in other stuff across the board.
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25th August 2010, 21:20	#36
Pardus BHPian Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 140 Thanked: 262 Times	I had been to Concorde Motors @ Dairy Circle in Bangalore 2 days back to enquire about Xenon 2010 version and its availability. Unfortunately I was told the 2010 version is yet to arrive at Showrooms and is expectedly only by September end. Not sure if 2010 version is available at other parts of India. The Senior SE with whom I discussed about the vehicle did send a power point slides which indicate the interiors to be of two tone beige as against my beleif that it was a single tone beige. The slide has a CAD image, so cannot realy makeout the actual shades of the beige. The second difference specified is that ABS comes with EBD, not sure if this is common combination in all cars, but seems to be welcome option. The saddest part is that the 2010 version is going to be 80K more expensive than the previous version. This would mean a Xenon XT 2010 4X4 will now cost about 11.30 lakhs on road in Bangalore.
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13th September 2010, 17:57	#38
Latheesh Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: CNN/BLR Posts: 4,341 Thanked: 10,642 Times	Yes, I had spotted a black UNINOR badged Xenon during my last visit to Chennai. This machine looks awesome!!
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22nd September 2010, 11:17	#39
indianvirus BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Vadodara Posts: 207 Thanked: 122 Times	Even I happened to spot the black uninor xenon parked at a hotel parking last evening. It's HUGE, almost as big as a endy, and very handsome looking. But rear leg room seemed very low. It is a let down if such a huge "so called" lifestyle vehicle can't accommodate 5 adults in best comfort.
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16th November 2010, 10:06	#42
amitk26 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,089 Thanked: 716 Times	Mods : Why exactly the only lifestyle pick-up in India pushed to commercial vehicle segment. I am yet to see a yellow board Xenon.
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16th November 2010, 13:20	#43
jeepster Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: MH24 aka LATUR Posts: 1,722 Thanked: 2,079 Times View My Garage	here is a Xenon with private registration. http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/indian...rt-pics-2.html
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16th November 2010, 13:47	#44
valhallen.282 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 331 Thanked: 196 Times	The xenon was originally designed beacuse people who own farms or places outside the city don't want to take their normal cars till there. The market is small and a 'decently' long flat loading bay is needed for transport. Also because not every pickup owner owns a commercial vehicle license. Most only have a standard LMV license. All the Uninor trucks were bought I believe from a Bangalore showroom. I saw them just out of showroom in koramangala sometime ago.
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