Tata Safari Vs Jeep Compass - Price, Mileage, Specs

Tata do not offer the Safari with a petrol engine option. If you are living in Delhi-NCR and want to keep your car for long, you will have to look at the MG Hector or the Mahindra XUV700. However, the Safari is likely to get a petrol engine option with the facelift. Furthermore, it also lacks 4WD, which its arch rival — the XUV700 — offers.

While the Safari 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 Safari’s rivals and come in handy while driving on the highways. Furthermore, the ADAS features are only available with the automatic variants of the Safari.

The base XE variant lacks a lot of must-have and good-to-have features whereas the XM variant feels overpriced for the features it offers. The Safari XE lacks features like a touchscreen infotainment system, steering-mounted controls, power-adjustable ORVMs, height-adjustable driver’s seat and automatic climate control.

The XMS variant of the Safari offers really good value but the lack of a few must-have features make it hard to recommend. These features include cruise control, alloy wheels, rear seat armrest, automatic climate control, keyless entry with push-button start/stop and tyre pressure monitoring system.