Tata Harrier Vs Skoda Kodiaq (2022-2025) - Price, Mileage, Specs

The Adventure and Fearless variants of the Tata Harrier are overpriced whereas the Pure and Smart variants are stripped down for the asking price. In addition to that, no variants above the Adventure justify the incremental cost for the features they offer.

Tata do not offer the Harrier with a petrol engine option. If you are living in Delhi-NCR and looking to keep your car for long, you will have to look at the MG Hector or the Mahindra XUV700 with a petrol engine. However, the Harrier is likely to get a petrol engine option in 2024.

The Harrier sits on a monocoque chassis which carries its architecture from the Land Rover Discovery Sport. While the platform itself is capable of holding 4-wheel-drive hardware, Tata Motors decided to offer only 2-wheel-drive drivetrain. Hence, the multi-terrain modes in the Harrier serve little to no purpose in treacherous conditions.

The Harrier base model itself is poorly equipped and the feature distribution throughout the variant lineup is terrible. While we get alloy wheels in the base variant, we don’t get must-have features like power mirrors and height-adjustable driver seat. Even higher variants miss out on several must-have features we expect from a car at this price. Instead, Tata have given these variants several good-to-have features to justify the incremental cost over the lower variants.

Tata offer the Harrier in XE, XM, XZ (S), XT+, XZ, XZ+ and XZ+ (O) variants. These variants are further segregated into Dark and Red Dark editions. These variants create confusion among buyers and makes the buying process a lot more difficult, owing to the closely priced and specced variants. Although Tata have resolved the confusing list of variants by giving them names such as Pure, Adventure and Fearless, there are still 15 variants to choose from including Dark editions.

While the Harrier facelift offers a better set of ADAS features than before, it crucially does not offer adaptive cruise control with the manual transmission.

While the Harrier finally offers ADAS features, it feels like a half-cooked implementation owing to the lack of adaptive cruise control and lane keeping assist. Both features are offered by the Harrier’s rivals and come really handy while driving on the highways. Fixed in October 2023 update.