Ok guys..As promised by the Tata's we had got the car. n friday,so that night i had gone to my friends place to see it in person.
First look:We had got a Metallic Green(dunno the exact colour name) Sumo Grande GX model,suppose to be a top-end model,it was fully loaded with Power windows,power steering,power clutch and power brakes,it even had electric adjustable mirror(not the open close mirrors like the civic has).Well the car is quite Huge,the version we had got was a 8-seater.It had Ac vents on the roof at the center and even behind for the passengers at the back.What i noticed was it was filled with small-small details like cup-holder,lighter,door trims,light indicator warning on door,Engine Immobilizer,Leather Wrapped Steering Wheel ,all four power windows and beige interiors and wooden textured Dash panel,Had a 6-speaker system and Alpine HU and etc.etc,but the qualityof the plastic,fit and finish was making me off.
Test Drive: I started the car,revved it up and found the engine to be quite torquey,then we took the car to TD,on band-stand/carter road (bandra) and saw a open stretch and zooop..!!it goes darn fast,i could feel a turbo kick at around 2.6-3k rpm,in second gear i tried to touch it to 70km,went comfortably,I couldnt feel sluggishness like i had in my earlier sumo DX,I was thinking to my-self whay even they did add the name Sumo,because people firstly think might be like the earlier sumo..hehehehehe... but this is very much different from the earlier one's,except for the same Tataish interiors and the same kind of engine noise.Driving was very much comfortable,as you even had steering tilt option and thanks god this time they have given seat height adjustment,all as well i can say the driving was pretty smooth and easily comfortable,but on turns at speeds you feel the car is dragging on i check the tryes they were 235/70/R16(Tubeless).... but the tyres wern't that grippy.(didn't noticed which company they were) while the ride the gears were pretty stiff,2-3times after shifting from 3rd gear i shifted to 2nd gear,may be i ride a small getz.... heheheehehe....we drove the car chance by chance for about 20 odd kms,it was a great feel for an Indian company developing a good comfy car,the rear seats were good and could adjust the back-rest,it even had a hand-rest on both the front seats as well as a comon hand-rest for the rear seats.A/C was quite affective even at the rear seats,though i could not reach the top-end,but the maximum sped i hit was 110km.
Under Hood:When we opened the hood we saw a big cover 2.2L Dicor written on it,i was like WT.....does it have a safari engine?????The engine bay was quite neat and tidy,i could see a small garatte turbo(though a friend have taken all the pics,as i get i will post it)rest engine details i will let you guys know.
Overall:Overll the design is nice especially the rear part looks very trendy,and some brilliant colours are coming out as the marketing guys had told me,feels as if your driving a monster on road,after driving two tata cars earlier the tata Estate and the tata sumo DX they have higly improved the quality as well as handling of their cars,this is over-all my experience and what i felt after the TD i am sure you guys can explore more on points which i might have left it
.. we have clicked alot of pics but unfortunately i dont have the SDcard with me....ok here are some pics from my cell...cheers.
Ramie