Prima-ry School - Tata Prima Truck!

At the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, a Prima was unveiled at  the Tata Motors pavilion. And it had nothing to do with the  machine you see here. The Prima was a gorgeous executive  saloon concept designed by Pininfarina that indicated where  Tata was looking at entering next. But before you know it,  barely had a few months passed that the manufacturer unveiled the Prima in India – and the badge was affixed on a big rig,  instead of a car! Never mind what the sedan will be called,  we got behind the wheel of the bigger Prima instead. If you took three Kartiks or 3.2 Kyles (I suck at math, you see) and  stacked them one above the other, the roof of the truck and the skull of the third would just about fall in line. It's so long  with the trailer attached that I doubt if our entire team of eight lying down one behind the other head to toe would measure up.  But really that is hardly an excuse to drive it now, is it? The true reason is simple. Think of the good ol' Tata 1612.  Those hot interiors, an apology for a dashboard, gears that  would refuse to stick and with a steering wheel so thin, you  could actually use them for hula-hoops. Now place it next to  the Tata Prima and you get the drift. The jump is monumental.  So monumental that it is enough to change the face of trucking  in India forever and take Tata Motors straight into the backyard  of the Renaults, Volvos and DAFs of the trucking world. More Photos: