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Got to test drive a new Tata Safari Crew Cab 4WD vehicle in the jungle. Went to sunset point and mystic points. Here's a report. Test drive on the "new" Four-wheel drive crew cab from Tata:The vehicle: Looks - Tata mobile crew cab; but it isn't a Tata mobile 207.It's their new "adventure" model crew cab in the "commercial motor vehicle" segment (they have an independent "car" segment of which Tata Safari is included).The cost: Upwards of 8 lakhsThe interiors: Very plastic Tata mobile-like. But with A/c.Plus points: Four wheel drive engaging "knob" with for 2-wheel, 4-wheel low and 4-wheel high.The test zone:High rainfall evergreen forest with dirt track upto 30 degree elevation on stretch from MSL to 600 m above MSL over 12 km length.Time taken: Roughly 3 hours to and fro.Comparison: This road had been negotiated with a Mahindra Bolero 4WD so that was a standard on which present drive is compared.The drive:The vehicle is hea...