Is this a joke?

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Originally Posted by sirmombo

I don't expect a Mahindra to do nearly as well in crash tests as a Frontier or Tacoma or have nearly the acceleration. I expect the Mahindra will seem very slow, especially with an automatic. My biggest concern is whether the Mahindra maintain highway speeds towing 5000 pounds.

Crash testing results will be interesting. They sorta have to do well else they kill part of their market. (Oh my, no pun intended!)
Regarding acceleration, with a 6 speed tranny and the right axle gearing, I think 0-30 will be reasonably good. Turbo lag may come into play here; I feel it in the Super Duty. But even @ 7000 lbs, he gets up and boogies pretty good. When doing accel comparisons, we'll need to compare the 4 cyl versions of the competitors. And even then, diesel doesn't burn as rapidly as gasoline so no one should expect it to rabbit over a gas truck of equal mass.
I share your concern over seeing a 5000 lb truck pulling a 5000 lb trailer down the highway! I always give those rigs a WIDE berth...

-pete

"rave reviews over acceleration" ROFLOL!

[Bugman]

Originally Posted by Kangrapes

One must wonder at this point is this entire Mahindra Truck in the US a joke? It's now going on two years since they started this effort and have dragged numerous followers through the process while doing a great job of keeping us in the dark. The company behavior is that of a mom and pop sole proprietorship, let alone a major importer of vehicles.

Would you really feel safe investing $25K in a truck backed by a company having supply issues in it's own country? They can't keep to a plan and their U.S. importer can't communicate.

GV has been completely quiet within months of a huge launch which means something is seriously wrong. Every bit of information they've provided has been proven wrong. If I am wrong, please show me an accurate statement they've ever made regarding the launch.

The trucks were going to be produced in Ohio but when I checked the local news there, not one story of this. I live in a small town and if Mahindra were talking about building trucks here the news would be talking about it big time. Now, they are going to build them in Canada!

Mr. Perez and GV are pulling something here. If you want to keep waiting go ahead. I am going to the auto show this week in Kanas City and looking for a vehicle. Probably get the VW Jetta Sport Wagon Diesel. Oh yes, has Mahindra showed up at an auto show, ever? Funny, if I were bringing a new vehicle into the U.S. THIS YEAR I would certainly be at the shows.

Good luck guys. I'll check in next year and see how you're doing with the waiting thing.

I agree and don't plan on buying til I have a local dealer, a good long test drive and read alot of buyer reviews. You have to give Mahindra credit for possibly opening up the small diesel truck market again?? Even if their truck is a failure it may kick-start Ford, Honda or Toyota into a diesel for their truck...

[AZDzlPickUp]

That would be a positive! We can only hope. Hopefully there will be huge dmand for their product. Anything less will make no difference to the other manufacturers.