Safari Storme, Scorpio pass army test, vie for big deal

[Echo_419]

No its not. I don't even think its available for the army yet. All I have seen are concepts, prototypes and test mules.

The things look like American Humvee

 

[doppelganger]

The things look like American Humvee

Yup. Exactly. Especially front on.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

I don't get the feeling these Storme/Scorpio are for replacement of the Gypsy in the field but as General purpose Vehicles for officers and some logistical roles. The Storme and Scorpio are too "soft" for the majority of frontline combat roles IMHO and Tata and Mahindra need to pull their fingers out to produce more militarised versions.


I think the Gypsys in frontline roles, though, are intended to be replace by the light Support Vehicles, LSVs (Mahindra AXE and the like) but god knows where that program is, trails where held many years back and since then almost no forward movement.

Tata has even sold (well part of GoI aid) some to the Seychelles:

The SUV on the right of axe (left corner) looks like a bastard child of Kaiser M715 ..


I'd love to own a kaiser M715 .. Plenty of them around here in Pak (ex PA).

I kinda like the Scorpio Getaway more.

Here is Gul Panag's custom modified adventure rig .....

Meh what's so customised about that? Chopped off back,roof rack,a winch and a front bumper?

I like this indian guys modification (what's the engine capacity of Scorpio )

I'd love to do something like this to my Hilux:

But short on $$$ .. Just spent over a lac RS on my CJ 5...still work needs to be done..

Or get into a project like this (some guy in Rawalpindi created this FJ monster)

The things look like American Humvee

It was designed by Israelis .. And I've been hearin about it since years.. A little modifications it would look really nice..

 

[doppelganger]

Meh what's so customised about that? Chopped off back,roof rack,a winch and a front bumper?

Sir the Getaway (like the Tata Xenon) is a pickup - either single or double cab. So that is not back chopped away. It comes from factory like that.

Its got a ton of stuff. Raised suspension. Hi lift snow/slush jacks (rails). Roof tent. storage racks and boxes - all collapsible and on rollers to save space. Front and side and back ARB bumpers. Motorized winch. Snorkel. Expedition rack. Lot of other stuff.

Guy who does it is a surd in Mumbai. A fellow Bulleteer. This vehicle was used for one of the TV travel and adventure series she did. There was a more detailed technical article of the mods somewhere. Maybe on team-bhp.

I like this indian guys modification (what's the engine capacity of Scorpio )

@DESERT FIGHTER

The old CRDI Scorpios were 2.6 L, but low on power. Good torque though. Similar old Safaris were 3 L (modified Tata 307D mini-truck engine). The new Scorpios are all 2.2 L same as Tata Safari/Storme/Aria. But 120 bhp compared to 140 bhp for the Tatas.

In fact both SUVs share the exact same block (from AVL Austria). Only the fuel injection systems and tuning are different (Bosch and Delphi).

But the Scorpio's have shorter gearing and are thus more sprightly in city, off road, between traffic lights, etc. - also thank to their lower weight. The Scorpio is around 1.8 tons to the Safari's 2 ton unladen weight.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Sir the Getaway (like the Tata Xenon) is a pickup - either single or double cab. So that is not back chopped away. It comes from factory like that.

Its got a ton of stuff. Raised suspension. Hi lift snow/slush jacks (rails). Roof tent. storage racks and boxes - all collapsible and on rollers to save space. Front and side and back ARB bumpers. Motorized winch. Snorkel. Expedition rack. Lot of other stuff.

Guy who does it is a surd in Mumbai. A fellow Bulleteer. This vehicle was used for one of the TV travel and adventure series she did. There was a more detailed technical article of the mods somewhere. Maybe on team-bhp.

Not such a big deal man ... Try different FB pages or PakWheels ... A lot of extreme shit can be done to vehicles...
I'm still a rookie and my first project CJ-5 (it was PAK made) although has been a climb uphill but has taught me a lot about this shit.
I did the following to my CJ (unfortunately I don't have a pk and the Jeep is still parked at a garage)..

33 inch shoes.
Custom roll cage (self designed - the asshole denter guy didn't do justice)
Front pumper
Disc brakes
Power steering
Replaced the engine with a 3500cc Toyota engine
Lifted the vehicle a few inches
New seats
Wiring
Nice (tough ***) japanese rims
Snorkel
66 liter fuel tank (scrapped the 30? Something tank under the front second seat)
Lots of fukin body work and alterations


Etc etc .. (No money for winch . .. A good motorised winch cost about 35k)

But still man .. If I hadn't been so eager and instead bough a Kaiser M715 and made it into something like this (it would have been worth it).


As for team-bhp nothin special man .. Although the have some sweet riced up Suzuki gypsie (we call it Potohar) long body/chasis.. but that's about it .. It seems to me that our mechanics,specially the denters are really good when compared with other countries ...

 

[doppelganger]

@DESERT FIGHTER

Nice to hear about your mods bro. Would love to see some photos. I am quite the stock guy myself for all my vehicles. Cars and bikes.

I really envy you guys (Pakistanis and Afghans) for having such easy access to the Hilux. Wish we had it here. I love that vehicle and black is my favorite color too! Though a total bitch to maintain. I know. Our Storme is black and each of us brothers gets saddled with duty in rotation to wash and dry her. Which is a good 2 hour exercise.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

@DESERT FIGHTER

Nice to hear about your mods bro. Would love to see some photos. I am quite the stock guy myself for all my vehicles. Cars and bikes.

I really envy you guys (Pakistanis and Afghans) for having such easy access to the Hilux. Wish we had it here. I love that vehicle and black is my favorite color too! Though a total bitch to maintain. I know. Our Storme is black and each of us brothers gets saddled with duty in rotation to wash and dry her. Which is a good 2 hour exercise.

Man .. Mine is legal .. Although you can get a unregistered one from baluchistan-Afghanistan border for as low as 7-8 lac... But it's useless .. At max you can only drive it in your remote isolated village lol..


I know a guy who hiugh at wrangler 2009 for 10-11 lac back in 09.. He and others had unregistered vehicles got saved when the PPP govt started a campaign to registering ..unregistered/smuggled vehicles by taxing (limited time offer haha)... And at that time car smugglers got filthy rich selling unregistered vehicles at double the rates ..

 

[punit]

I kinda like the Scorpio Getaway more.

Here is Gul Panag's custom modified adventure rig .....

the insides of Scorpio is pretty cramped. Any one above 5'10 will feel his leg cramped after 1 hr drive. Storm is much better but i don't like the new front look. Old safari looks were much better.

 

[doppelganger]

Man .. Mine is legal .. Although you can get a unregistered one from baluchistan-Afghanistan border for as low as 7-8 lac... But it's useless .. At max you can only drive it in your remote isolated village lol..


I know a guy who hiugh at wrangler 2009 for 10-11 lac back in 09.. He and others had unregistered vehicles got saved when the PPP govt started a campaign to registering ..unregistered/smuggled vehicles by taxing (limited time offer haha)... And at that time car smugglers got filthy rich selling unregistered vehicles at double the rates ..

Sounds a lot like our superbike grey market that got busted a few years ago.

the insides of Scorpio is pretty cramped. Any one above 5'10 will feel his leg cramped after 1 hr drive. Storm is much better but i don't like the new front look. Old safari looks were much better.

Agreed. The Scorpio is frankly an overgrown Jeep. The Safari a true blue SUV.

Best Safari look is the one which is part of the President's fleet. The same one as the middle easter country Safari posted by @acetophenol a few pages ago.

Classic!

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Sounds a lot like our superbike grey market that got busted a few years ago.



Agreed. The Scorpio is frankly an overgrown Jeep. The Safari a true blue SUV.

Best Safari look is the one which is part of the President's fleet. The same one as the middle easter country Safari posted by @acetophenol a few pages ago.

Classic!

Got super bikes too .. In baluchistan many of those cruisers sorta bikes are used to pull trolleys lol..

 

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