TATA 407 SFC GOLD BSVI

The Tata 407 SFC Gold BSVI is a curious mix of ‘history in motion’ and still very relevant and empowered.

- Bhushan Mhapralkar

It is late evening and the road past Pen on the famous Mumbai-Goa national highways turns terrible. It becomes difficult to pick up the road from the potholes as the bright headlamp beams break the monotony of the dark. Progress, albeit at a slower pace, is assured by a reliable machine that the Tata 407 SFC Gold BSVI is turning out to be. It is taking what is thrown at it with a compliant. Moving cargo from Vasai on the outskirts of Mumbai to Dapoli, some 280 kms to the south, the LCV, in its new, BSVI avatar, is coming across as a capable machine that is still very much relevant. Against the backdrop of much modernisation that is sweeping through the CV industry for a decade or two now, the Tata 407 SFC Gold BSVI is making a case of how its semi-forward cabin is still keeping up with the times. Coming to life in the mid-80s when the tide of modernisation was sweeping through the various tiers of the Indian auto industry, starting with the arrival of Government-backed Maruti Udyog on the scene, the Tata 407 did not take time to carve out a niche for itself. It was not an easy task with the likes of DCM Toyota, Eicher Mitsubishi and Swaraj Mazda on the scene.