Last week, Tata Motors shared teasers and the name
of its upcoming SUV based on the H5X Concept from the Auto Expo. Based on that,
IAB's automotive illustrator has rendered the front end of the Tata Harrier.
The rendering amalgamates the details let out by the
teaser image with the Tata H5X Concept's front end. It features LED pilot
lamps/DRLs positioned on either side of the grille. The primary headlights are
placed below in the bumper much like Hyundai's Composite Light Design seen in case
of the new Santa Fe. The lower grille has a finer mesh and a solid grey portion
that holds the license plate as well. The Tata Harrier render sports a dual
tone look.
The Tata Harrier will debut the company's Impact
Design 2.0 philosophy in production form. It will be 80-85% similar to the H5X
Concept concerning appearance. Based on the other images we can conclude that
the SUV will have a SUV coupe-like silhouette. At the back, there will be split
LED tail light clusters.
For the Harrier, Tata has enlisted to services of
the Omega architecture derived from Land Rover's D8 platform. FCA will supply
its 2.0 L Multijet II diesel engine to Tata for the upcoming SUV. A petrol
variant is also rumoured to be in the works, but information regarding the same
is scarce.
As reported last week, the Tata Harrier will enter
production before the end of 2018 at the company's Pimpri-Chinchwad plant near
Pune, Maharashtra. It will make its debut in November 2018, followed by a
market release in the first quarter of 2019 at an expected starting price of
INR 10 lakh.
The Harrier will be the first of around 12 new
products Tata is lining up for the Indian market. There will be a 7-seat
version of the SUV that will arrive within a year of the launch of the 5-seat
version. In the second half of 2019, the production version of the Tata 45X, to
challenge the Maruti Baleno, goes on sale as well.
