The Tata Harrier has been spied with a 170 PS 2.0L
diesel engine. Reports last year had said that the C-SUV will be made available
with this more powerful engine at a later stage.
The Tata Harrier is currently available with a 2.0L
Kryotec diesel engine that produces 140 PS and 350 Nm of torque. This engine is
basically a rebranded 2.0L MultiJet II unit made by FCA. The 170 PS will likely
deliver the same amount of torque. It will be BS-VI compliant right from the
get-go. Trademark filings accessed by IAB suggest that it will be branded
'Kryotec170'. FCA will use this engine in India for one of its own models first
- the Jeep Compass Trailhawk, which will go on sale in by July this year. The
Tata Buzzard (to be renamed at the time of launch) will get this engine by the
end of this year, and then the Tata Harrier.
Tata Motors offers the 140 PS 2.0L diesel engine in
the Harrier with only a 6-speed manual transmission. However, it is planning to
introduce a 6-speed automatic transmission sourced from Hyundai, and it may do
so along with the 170 PS 2.0L diesel engine. The new options could be
introduced around the same time when the 5-seat C-SUV completes its first year
in the market (January 2020) or a little later. In the coming months, another
development could be the commencement of exports as well.
Tata Harrier competes with the likes of Hyundai
Creta and Jeep Compass. Its prices start at INR 12.70 lakh* and go up to INR
16.26 lakh*.
