Tata Harrier Waiting Period Is Four Months For Base Variant — SUV Receives Over 10,000 Bookings

Tata Motors launched their much-awaited five-seater Harrier SUV in the Indian market on January 2019. Bookings for the Tata Harrier had however begun earlier and is now said to have already crossed the 10,000 mark.

According to reports, the waiting period for the Tata Harrier is now four months. The base variant, the Harrier XE priced at Rs 12.9 lakh, ex-showroom (Delhi) now has a waiting period of over four months in the Indian market. The top-spec variant of the Tata Harrier is priced at Rs 16.25 lakh, ex-showroom (Delhi).

The Harrier SUV is slowly picking up the sales in the Indian market and has already overtaken some of its competitors such as the Mahindra XUV500, Jeep Compass and the Nissan Kicks — here is how the Tata Harrier fares among its competition in the segment.

The Tata Harrier is a five-seater SUV and was first showcased in its concept form at the 2018 Auto Expo as the H5X. The Harrier is the first product from Tata Motors to be part of an all-new platform and the new 'Impact 2.0' design language. It is part of the Omega platform which is a revised version of Land Rover's D8 architecture.

The Harrier is powered by a Fiat-sourced 2.0-litre 'kryotec' diesel engine producing 143bhp and 350Nm of peak torque. It is mated to a six-speed manual gearbox as standard. Tata is currently said to be working on an automatic transmission for he Harrier as well. This is said to debut on the upcoming seven-seater Harrier-based SUV, likely to called the 'Cassini'.

The seven-seater Harrier-based SUV was showcased in its production-spec version at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show as the 'Buzzard'. The Tata Cassini SUV will be the flagship model from the Tata brand in the Indian market and will also feature the same 2.0-litre diesel engine. It will however be tuned to produce a higher power output of 170bhp.

Tata Motors is also said to be working on a petrol version of the Harrier SUV, however this is still a long time off and not much details have been revealed as yet — here are more details on the Tata Harrier petrol and automatic variants.

Thoughts On The Tata Harrier Waiting Period

The Tata Harrier is growing to be a popular offering in the Indian market. The SUV is quickly picking up the pace in terms of sales in the Indian market and has already overtaken some established competition in the market.