Tata Motors Safari History
History
The original Tata Safari was presented in 1998 as India's first ladder-frame SUV aimed at the premium end of the market, with exports to the UK beginning 1999. Over more than two decades it became synonymous with rugged Indian motoring, receiving a significant update as the Safari Storme (2012) with a more powerful engine and revised styling.
After the first generation ended in 2019, Tata relaunched the Safari name in January 2021 with a radical change of character: the new Safari is a front-wheel-drive, monocoque crossover SUV sharing its underpinnings with the Harrier and offering three-row, seven-seat packaging — a deliberate pivot toward modern family buyers. A facelift followed in October 2023.
Generations
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First generation · Safari / Safari Storme
A body-on-frame, rear-wheel-drive (4x4 available) SUV; facelifted as the Safari Storme from 2012.
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2007 Photo: “2007 Tata Safari 2.2 DiCOR.jpg” by Rutger van der Maar / Wikimedia Commons , licensed under CC BY 2.0
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Second generation · Safari (2021)
A complete reinvention as a front-wheel-drive, monocoque three-row crossover on the OMEGA Arc platform.
Body styles
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