![]() ![]() It’s an elephant ride.Įven though LX being most value for money option, I settled on EX trim mainly for the rear AC and rear wiper. The smile I saw on my wife’s face when we sat in the storme was not there with other cars. The seating position in Storme is commanding, competitions no match. I felt Innova engine is comparatively noisy. I didn’t see much difference in power and refinement. On the drivability, XUV and Storme are comparable. The sad part now is that I am not happy with the ride quality of my Storme. I felt it is even comfortable than Innova. I got convinced myself that Storme offers best ride. Hence my test drive observations may not be matured enough for others to take as a reference. I had never driven any of these vehicles before (other than Storme test drives). Later on took the storme for a long drive about 30 to 40 KM through the NICE road and Bannerghatta road. Discussed with wife, her comment was- Whatever it is finally you buy the safari, so why waste time? I somehow convinced her to spend a Saturday with me for a back-to-back test drive of XUV, Innova and finally the Storme in the same track. Even though I am a Safari admirer I wanted to check what the competition is offering, mainly on ride comfort and drivability. I had driven Storme immediately after the launch and again few months later. I lost my patience and decided to take the plunge. When they released the explorer edition with the two din music system, I realized that TATA is not serious about the feedbacks. Another reason for the wait was for the initial niggles if any to settle down. Since TATA had collected feedback from some of their existing and prospective customers in early 2012 (much before the launch) and dash design was one of the major concern highlighted by many, somehow I thought a refreshed version with new dash design is on the way and decided to wait for that. I was expecting a well-integrated decent dash for a 14 Lac range SUV. I was not happy with the dash design when TATA launched Storme in 2012. Since then, I was a silent follower of most of the Merlin and Storme threads in this forum. This is the time I got introduced to TAI by Google. When I was ready to go for safari, a web search revealed Merlin which was under development. ![]() I bought my first car, a used Maruti 800 in 2006, I used it for almost a year and upgraded to brand new Indica Turbo DLX in June 2007. It was a dream to own a safari at some point of time in my life. ![]()
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