Tata’s stab in a home-grown competitor to countless Japanese sports utility vehicles (SUVs) is really a substantially built machine.

A modern-looking SUV, it shares little of their technology using the heavier-duty Sumo (an indicator of how important this emerging market sector would be to Tata) and is provided with either rear wheel drive or four wheel drive.

A very more sophisticated suspension system not dissimilar towards the coil-spring and torsion bar package familiar to drivers of certain Land Rover models is really a feature of the Safari, out of the box a single engine choice the 90PS turbo diesel.