Tata Yodha

Highlights

January 7, 2020: Tata Motors Yodha is a product design and developed for today’s rapidly changing last-mile transportation needs. Targeted at customers who are looking to migrate from a three-wheeler or upgrade from Tata Ace or another sub-1-ton vehicle. Yodha is also suitable for entrepreneurs looking to get into the booming e-commerce and aggregator businesses who are enrolling trucks as they disrupt the traditional transport business.

Tata Motors already has product such as 207 and Xenon Pick-Up, Yodha is an additional product in the same growing pick-up category but promise much more to the customers in terms of product refinement, features and advantage of earning more per trip.  Yodha comes with a variety of and quality aggregates which offers a lot more value to customers.

In order to cater to a wide range of transport applications, Youdha comes with 5 variants. With a payload of 1-1.5 ton, Yodha gets the 4-cylinder 2956 cc engine with 85 HP of power @3000 rpm and 250 of torque @1000-2000 rpm across variants. For ease of driving Yodha comes with standards power-steering, the suspension offers comfort and flexibility with 6 semi-elliptical springs and 9 leaves leaf springs.   

As a modern vehicle Yodha give 30% gradeability, 22% of restart gradeability and a top speed of 80 km/h with driver plus one seating capacity. The cabin is quite comfortable with modern features with driver ergonomics. Importantly, Yodha comes with 3 years or 3 lakh km warranty, whichever is earlier on the driveline and engine oil change intervals of 20,000 km, plus has the promise of Tata Motors widest network in the industry for any unusual breakdown or spare parts requirements.

Tata Yodha - Expert Review

Overview

Tata Yodha is right fit for array of applications for customers, it is not only the superior looks, Tata Motors has combined this new pick-up with toughness, ergonomics, safety is also another focus area along with greater performance and importantly competitive operating costs for customers to run this pick-up most efficiently, hence more earning power to truck owner.

The Pick-Up segment is dominated by Mahindra Bolero pick-up range, yet Tata Motors is offering the equally compelling products in the segment to win over a customer in this important growing segment.

Specs

Interiors of Tata Yodha are quite standard as expected and comes with a single tone dashboard that features silver accents. Yodha gets manual door locks and rolls down windows which is pretty standard in offerings of this segment. Surprisingly the position of handbrake has been moved on to the right side of the driver seat. The headlamp adjuster switch is located on to the right side of the steering wheel and the quality of plastics used across the cabin is reasonably impressive. The instrument cluster comprises two analog gauges which include a speedometer and RPM meter/ temperature gauge. Between the two dials, we find a digital odometer located at the bottom of the cluster.

The middle console is also stripped down and does not get air conditioning or even a media system as standard however there are slots available for aftermarket add-ons. The only feature offered as standard in the center console is a 12-volt charging socket and a lockable compartment. The top speed of Tata Yodha is limited to 80 kmph and the commercial pickup truck comes with an impressive engine oil change interval of 20,000 kms.

Engine & Performance

Tata Yodha is the company’s latest commercial pickup truck which is powered by Tata’s 3 liter 4-cylinder BS4 engine that produces 85 BHP of power at 3000 RPM and 250 NM of torque between 1000 and 2000 RPM. The engine comes mated to a 5-speed synchromesh gearbox and gets power steering as standard. Tata Yodha is available in 5 variants which include the standard Yodha, Yodha Eco, Yodha 1500, Yodha 4x4 and Yodha Cabin Crew models. The prices for the all-new Tata Xenon Yodha pickup with BS-IV compliant engine start at Rs. 6.19 lakh (ex-showroom, New Delhi)

Vehicle Build & Load Capacity

On the side, we find vinyl graphics stickers and branding logos. Tata also offers broad rearview mirrors in the Yodha pickup truck which offer impressive quality. The pickup truck is 5350 mm long and gets a 45-liter fuel tank. Tata Yodha is 1810 mm tall, 1860 mm wide and features 3150 mm wheelbase with 8.4 ft x 5.7 ft internal load body size. Tata’s commercial pickup truck is capable of towing 1250 kgs of payload and rides on two-stage semi-elliptical leaf springs which comprises 9 leaves each. Tata Yodha offers 210 mm of ground clearance and a 6250 mm turning circle radius. The total kerb weight of Yodha stands at 1850 kgs whereas the gross vehicle weight of the pickup stands at 3100 kgs.

Handling & Suspension

The ride and handling of Tata Yodha is quite comfortable for an offering in this segment and one that can take on any terrain or payload size (within recommended limits), thanks to improved stability bestowed by antiroll bars and 16-inch radial tires.

Braking & Safety

Tata Yodha comes with a front anti-roll bar as standard across all models and braking duty at the front is carried out by hydraulic twin-pod disc brakes and at the rear, we find dual drum brakes set up. The pickup rides on 16-inch rims wrapped in 215/75 Radial tyres. At the front, we find standard headlamp clusters and even though there are slots provided for fog lamps, Tata does not offer fog lights in the Yodha pickup truck even as optional extras. On the sides, we find indicator inserts that sit on top of the wheel arches and underneath the company’s 3.8-liter DiCOR logo.