It's got a four wheel drive
and of course it's standard form rear wheel drive, a manual four wheel drive shifter, makes
me feel like a man, hair growing out of my chest
maybe like Ron Jeremy.
Now in the last 12 months, if there have been two cars to take the Indian market completely
by storm everywhere, in real life, on social media and everywhere in between,
it's been these two, the Thar and the Safari.
Both have been reborn in a brand new avatar, but while the Thar has stayed
very, very true to its essence,
chassis is ladder frame, it's got an old school look, two doors,
softtop, which is an option, which can go to completely down,
it's got four-wheel drive, and of course it's standard form rear wheel drive, a manual
four-wheel drive shifter makes me feel like a man, hair growing out of my chest.
Maybe like Ron Jeremy, for Safari, on the other hand, has actually become a little bit
softer, it's become a little bit more premium.
So I'm in an iconic car, which was recently reborn in a modern avatar, the Tata Safari.
Now I'm sure Cyrus is yapping about his car being more old school and a true blue SUV,
but hey, we're on a runway and not going off road
and over here you need a car that is more powerful, which is the Safari, you need a
car that is aerodynamic, which is again, the Safari, you need a modern monocoque chassis,
which again is the Safari, now these exactly aren't drag, ready cars, or they aren't really
meant to go fast in a straight line,
but, why not?
I mean, we've got these two iconic SUVs with us,
we've got a runway with us for the day,
so why not have a bit of fun.
So Ameya, are you ready to be humiliated by a car that looks like it's from the 1940s?
Can you be a little more realistic? I mean, my car is more powerful.
Clearly it is more aerodynamic as compared to your brick,
and also it has a more modern chassis,
so clearly you don't stand a chance.
Would you like to rager a bet?
If I lose,
I get to buy your drink
and if you lose, you get to buy me a drink, let's begin.
Yeah, it works.
So, time to get a free drink.
This should be easy.
What a start, what?!
Bye bye!
This is going to be embarrasing.
This thing is quick.
Even the tracking guy is keeping up with me.
Right, Ameya, let's see all the excuses, come on.
I mean, it's wet today, it's a front-wheel drive,
so I was just struggling for traction.
Yeah, but it's an SUV, doesn't matter how wet it is, it's supposed to perform in everything,
that's the point of it.
Let's just agree that the Thar is a quicker car, right,
it's a cooler car and it's now a faster car
as well, so two big checkmarks in the Thar's book.
Yeah, okay, fine, you won and I'll buy you a drink,
now can I have a go in that car?
So time to do a run in the Thar.
It feels like I'm sitting in the car that is maybe 100 years older than the Safari but
still it is fast!
Okay, now that I'm in the Safari, I know this is more powerful, but it sort of struggled
to put its power down is what Ameya said,
which is strange, because normally front-wheel drive cars in the wet sort of tend to put
their power down a little bit better because all the weight's up front.
Now since the time we did our first run,
it's now pouring cats and dogs, as you can see.
I did have the right choice afterall
I absolutely correctly chose the faster one of the two iconic SUVs.
This car is fast.
How does it feel having the winning car, Amerya? It is the faster car but it doesn't feel as
luxurious and laid back and mainly stable as the Safari for sure. Oh no no, oh no no,
the point here is how fast the car is, and that wins.
It's the strangest drag race I've ever done.
So instead of going...all the way, it's like...
upshift....upshift.