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spudfan

Member Since: 10 Sep 2007
Location: Co Donegal
Posts: 4703

Mahindra Thar

Mahindra That...would you buy one of these.
1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali
2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu
2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai

21st Jul 2023 8:14pm

markb110

Member Since: 22 May 2010
Location: Guildford
Posts: 2643

Can we just say no, move on and pretend this thread never happened.....

I'm pretty certain when the Mahindra was released in the US it had to be classed as a side by side as it complied with pretty well nothing safety wise to call or sell it as a car.

The original version that was actually sold in the UK, there was a dealer in Cranleigh in Surrey had them for sale, many moons ago. If i remember it was a Series chassis, a Peugot non turbo diesel engine and Jeep-a-like body work that was rusting on the forecourt.

21st Jul 2023 9:09pm

spudfan

Member Since: 10 Sep 2007
Location: Co Donegal
Posts: 4703

During the presentation I thought I saw bits of the body fittings shaking but it was flashed by. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali
2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu
2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai

21st Jul 2023 11:06pm

markb110

Member Since: 22 May 2010
Location: Guildford
Posts: 2643

It’s to let the monsoon out and enable it to fill up quicker during river crossings…..

22nd Jul 2023 8:20am

Moo

Member Since: 01 Oct 2021
Location: UK
Posts: 1399

If you believe in karma and that your destiny is pre ordained, why worry about safety? Eiger Grey MY23 D250 SE with bits. Known as Noddy.

22nd Jul 2023 9:05am

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17443

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

markb110 wrote:
... The original version that was actually sold in the UK, there was a dealer in Cranleigh in Surrey had them for sale, many moons ago. If i remember it was a Series chassis, a Peugot non turbo diesel engine and Jeep-a-like body work that was rusting on the forecourt.

The first Mahindra to be sold in the UK was a license-built CJ-3b but usually fitted with a Peugeot diesel engine, there was nothing "series" about it and it was a bona fide Mahindra/Jeep creation. It had the "high hood" that was a feature of the 3b which was aesthetically unsatisfactory on a vehicle which otherwise bore a striking resemblance to an MB. It was crude, primitive, and a lot of fun, and is now a rare thing. I believe they were only taken out of production cir a 2011 but imports to the UK had stopped long before that.

I always fancied getting one and putting a Rover V8 in it but like so many other good ideas never got around to it.

The monstrosity in the first post makes the Mahindra CJ-3b look like a desirable prestige vehicle!

22nd Jul 2023 9:06am

Dinnu

Member Since: 24 Dec 2019
Location: Lija
Posts: 3421

2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Santorini Black

Reminds me of the Korean SsangYong Korando, which like most manufacturers have evolved their practical 4x4s into family cars.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SsangYong_Korando 1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black

22nd Jul 2023 9:54am

spudfan

Member Since: 10 Sep 2007
Location: Co Donegal
Posts: 4703

Makes you wonder why TATA did not sell the old Defender in India If they made it there and priced it right you would expect it to do well. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali
2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu
2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai

22nd Jul 2023 10:29am

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17443

Too expensive and too sophisticated. Now if they still had the tooling for Series Ones .....

22nd Jul 2023 11:19am

Dinnu

Member Since: 24 Dec 2019
Location: Lija
Posts: 3421

How would a Series 1 be cheaper than a Defender to build today? The lack of dashboard?
On later Defenders, with presssed doors, cast windscreen frame and in basic form should be cheaper assuming the tooling depreciation already done by 2016. Or I miss something (or everything)

? 1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black

22nd Jul 2023 3:13pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17443

Far simpler, far fewer parts, far less wiring, smaller, and less tooling required.

22nd Jul 2023 3:35pm

NickMc

Member Since: 01 Oct 2014
Location: Norn Iron
Posts: 1628

Did anyone buy the tooling when they closed up or did LR keep it?

22nd Jul 2023 3:43pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17443

From what has been made public, it is overwhelmingly likely that the tooling was scrapped. LR refused to sell any of it and there'd be little point keeping it.

Word from inside the factory was that it was cut for scrap.

22nd Jul 2023 5:56pm

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