The U.S. market is going to be playing host to India”s largest utility vehicle maker, Mahindra & Mahindra. Mahindra hopes to announce a timeframe for the launch in the next two to three weeks. So far their launch, originally slated for 2010 has been pushed back due to safety and emission certification issues. Mahindra aspires [...]
Mahindra & Mahindra is gearing up to launch its compact diesel pickup trucks in the U.S. from early 2010. According to the company’s executive vice president of international operations, Pravin Shah, Mahindra is looking at options to purchase a new U.S. facility to produce its pickups locally. The move is expected to save Mahindra costly import duties. [...]
Mahindra & Mahindra is gearing up for the U.S. launch of its diesel pickup; however, we’ve always wondered how these compact diesel trucks would live up to the high-exceptions of American pickup buyers. Luckily, Mike Levine of PickupTrucks.com decided to get behind one of these small diesel pickups from India to give us the low-down on how [...]
We briefly reported last week that a Chrysler dealer in Detroit has agreed to start selling small pickup trucks made by India”s Mahindra & Mahindra. Chrysler’s move to cut 789 dealers from its dealership network has provided the Indian automaker and truck manufacturer to enter the U.S. market fairly quickly. Another retailer in Detroit, Tibor Gyarmati of [...]
It’s been previously reported that Tata Motors is in talks with Chrysler to sell Jeep Wrangler SUVs in India. At the recent Bologna Motor Show, Mahindra & Mahindra, a Tata Motors rival, sent out a message to Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli and Tata Motors CEO Ratan Tata that basically screams “Forget you guys – we can do [...]
It’s been reported that GM is talking to Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra to take HUMMER of their hands. Well – not so fast. Mahindra & Mahindra isn’t interest. According to Vice Chairman Anand Mahindra, the Indian automaker will focus on its own models for the U.S. “There has been a lot of speculation. [...]
