Superb for an SUV!

I don’t think the Terracan needs to be compared with the monocoque bodied softies, the best of which may just about come up to par with the rugged design and terrain bashing capabilities of a well tried and tested ladder frame chassis.

It is a high vehicle with a substantial ground clearance of 215mm, is not stiffly sprung and has quite high profile rubber. So it is but natural that there would be a lot of body roll and with anti-roll bars both front and rear, there is bound to be some rough stuff as they kick into action. Given all that the Terracan handles quite well for an SUV.

Ride quality given the 75 profile 15-inch tyres and the way the vehicle is sprung is quite nice and the Terracan just glides over bad road surfaces and the like.

Braking is quite superb too given the discs all around and the distances of 50.87m and 32.11m for coming to a stop from 100kmph and 80kmph respectively are comparable to the best. The most important thing though is that the car maintains its poise even under the severest of emergency braking situations.

Although steering is not as precise as we would have liked it to be, we are given to understand that the adoption of the recirculating ball and nut type of system is in the interests of off-roading, maintaining durability and ruggedness of the overall package.