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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/21/09

    In reply to Mahindra TR40 Diesel Pickup Spotted In US-Spec Form
    4wd available, manual option, regular-cab so it has a decent-sized bed, it should sell.

    EDIT: Two-door with a seven-foot bed. Bravo!
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    Edited by MushyHeirloom at 09/21/09 9:36 PM MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of MR42HH MR42HH
    09/22/09

    @FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway:

    No manual option for the US. Only for The Rest Of The World™
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    acarr260 promoted this comment MR42HH was starred MR42HH was unstarred
    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    09/21/09

    In reply to Mahindra TR40 Diesel Pickup Spotted In US-Spec Form
    Does it still have the insane payload rating? Or was that an India only feature?
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    Image of dusanmal dusanmal
    09/21/09

    @IN THE FACE!: "haul up to 2,700 pounds and tow up to 5,000 pounds." is not insane rating. Many foreign makers keep their World-wide standards for payload despite American habits to make a lot of unusable power (ex. compare Subaru Forrester towing ability and similarly sized and I4 powered Chevy Equinox spec...). Most European/Japanese 5ton box trucks are powered by sub-100hp diesel engines and work well all day long. Capacity comes from parts that are not made in a cheap and worthless way, just to be "married" to outrageously powerful engine without capacity to get full benefits from it as it is US custom.
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    so I goes to the local bar, y'know, people promoted this comment dusanmal was starred dusanmal was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/22/09

    @dusanmal: Many foreign makers keep their World-wide standards for payload despite American habits to make a lot of unusable power

    Suzuki isn't one of them.

    The '99 Grand Vitara I had was spec'd in the UK for 1000 kg. of towing. That's a tick over 4K lbs. (!). The US rating? I think it was either 1K or 1,500 lbs., and it was taxed at that.

    I'll resist ranting about US litigation and how it's so out-of-control, it's a wonder we're not told when to breathe.
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    Edited by that ain't the way to have fun, son at 09/22/09 9:48 AM that ain't the way to have fun, son was starred that ain't the way to have fun, son was unstarred
    Image of Joe_Bloe Joe_Bloe
    09/22/09

    @so I goes to the local bar, y'know, people: Uh, one thousand kilograms is twenty-two hundred pounds.
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    so I goes to the local bar, y'know, people promoted this comment Joe_Bloe was starred Joe_Bloe was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/22/09

    @Joe_Bloe:

    My bad. It was spec'd for 1,850 kgs. I thought, when I first saw the specification, it was 1,850, which I thought was reasonable, then I saw it was kg's.

    It's still early, hence the lack of logical math.

    I'll have to dig up that reference on the Grand Vitara list.....
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    09/22/09

    @IN THE FACE!: Sorry that was kind of half joke and half serious and I didn't really give any indication which was which...

    but 2700lb payload and 5k lb tow is an abnormally high rating for a vehicle this size/class by US standards isn't it?
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    IN THE FACE! was starred IN THE FACE! was unstarred
    Image of wojo wojo
    09/21/09

    In reply to Mahindra TR40 Diesel Pickup Spotted In US-Spec Form
    Indian cars now? Isn't the US market over-saturated already?
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    FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway promoted this comment wojo was starred wojo was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/21/09

    @wojo: With cars, yes. With small work trucks, definitely not. The Taco's not small anymore, and the Ranger's hilarious.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    09/22/09

    @FP: Very true, all of the compact trucks of yore, seem to have become bloated mid-sized show trucks. HA!
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    Edited by IN THE FACE! at 09/22/09 1:35 PM IN THE FACE! was starred IN THE FACE! was unstarred
    Image of gabeedwards01 gabeedwards01
    09/21/09

    In reply to Mahindra TR40 Diesel Pickup Spotted In US-Spec Form
    I can't wait until these things are on our roads and getting into accidents. Think of all those new-spec diesel motors just sitting and waiting to be transplanted. I see these Mahindras as organ donors... dead men walking.
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    Image of stinkycatfish stinkycatfish
    09/21/09

    In reply to Mahindra TR40 Diesel Pickup Spotted In US-Spec Form

    Looks familiar:
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    Image of RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile? RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile?
    09/21/09

    @stinkycatfish: It appears that you have just read that in my voice!
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    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    09/21/09


    Good news everyone! You're now reading this in my voice.
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    Tomsk welcomes the Jezebanned home promoted this comment Dhillaz 2.0 was starred Dhillaz 2.0 was unstarred
    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    09/21/09

    In reply to Mahindra TR40 Diesel Pickup Spotted In US-Spec Form
    I heard it runs on coal, and it comes with free shovel and coal pulverizer.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    09/21/09

    @Flathead McNabb: sweet, just like the original diesel.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    09/21/09

    In reply to Mahindra TR40 Diesel Pickup Spotted In US-Spec Form
    Every Kia Sportage driver has just moved up a notch in this world. Congratulations.

    I trust the bumper gap disappears at higher speeds due to expansion.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    09/21/09

    In reply to Mahindra TR40 Diesel Pickup Spotted In US-Spec Form
    Know what I wanna see? A Malibu and this head-on. Yeah. I know, an unlikely scenario...
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    Image of Bullitt417 Bullitt417
    09/21/09

    In reply to Mahindra TR40 Diesel Pickup Spotted In US-Spec Form
    So it needed a standard front and rear Grill guard to pass the 2.5 and 1.5mph bumper crash tests without damage. If thats how the bumpers are built, I wouldn't exactly be thrilled to experience how the rest of the truck is held together. Try again Mahindra?
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    FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway promoted this comment Bullitt417 was starred Bullitt417 was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/21/09

    @Bullitt417: I'd find it hard to believe that idling any midsize sedan into a wall would result in "no damage".

    And Mahindra would be far from the first truck manufacturer to skimp on some costs - there are Tundra owners with tailgates that bend when an ATV is rolled over them, for example.
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    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/22/09

    @FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway:

    The tailgate on my 86.5 Nissan 720 bent when I jumped on it from a loading dock...bout two feet of difference, and I was about 170 lbs. at the time.

    It's all about where you put the weight. I nailed it almost dead-center, L-to-R, but too close to the top (rearmost) edge. Bummed me out, as it was the first damage on that trucklet.
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    Image of 80Kofdrew 80Kofdrew
    09/21/09

    In reply to Mahindra TR40 Diesel Pickup Spotted In US-Spec Form
    I'd buy it, because all the other "small" pickups on the market are too big and no Diesel offerings.

    I really do not understand the thinking that in order to have a pickup with a Diesel engine one has to buy a huge monster(Dodge 3500, Chevrolet/GMC 3500, Ford F-250). I would own a small truck with a Diesel if I could buy one.

    As for the noise a Diesel engine makes, I've lived with it for a long time, coming from a 16 liter ISX. To me, it's the sound of money.
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    Mike the Dog approved this comment 80Kofdrew was starred 80Kofdrew was unstarred
    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    09/21/09

    @80Kofdrew: Well put. If the US market will support a diesel mini-truck, Mahindra is going to know it fairly quickly. If it won't, I don't think it will kill them.
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    Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. was starred Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. was unstarred
    Image of superbadd75, 'tis the season to go on a rampage. superbadd75, 'tis the season to go on a rampage.
    09/21/09

    In reply to Mahindra TR40 Diesel Pickup Spotted In US-Spec Form
    Coincidence that this news pops up during Crash Week? I think not.
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    bzr promoted this comment superbadd75, 'tis the season to go on a rampage. was starred superbadd75, 'tis the season to go on a rampage. was unstarred
    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    09/21/09

    In reply to Mahindra TR40 Diesel Pickup Spotted In US-Spec Form
    I work a few blocks from their US headquarters. I saw one of the SUVs driving around last week.
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    Image of gabeedwards01 gabeedwards01
    09/21/09

    @P161911: Way to snap a pic and share.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    09/21/09

    @gabeedwards01: I didn't want to give Crash Week any more fodder. I about wrecked the other week trying to take a picture of the GM Training Center that mysteriously became the GM/Chrysler Training Center.
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    Image of littleYodaPickup littleYodaPickup
    09/21/09

    In reply to Mahindra TR40 Diesel Pickup Spotted In US-Spec Form
    Interesting. I swear I can see some of the old Willys in it. A little too posh inside, and the engine setup is too complex for me to putter about, but it's a step in the right direction.

    If I were them, I'd change their logo, though. It's a little too close to Oldsmobile, IMHO.
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    Image of nataku8_e30 nataku8_e30
    09/21/09


    @littleYodaPickup: This is what I think of when I think Oldsmobile logo, not that new one they slapped on their late model crap.
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    FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway promoted this comment nataku8_e30 was starred nataku8_e30 was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/21/09

    @littleYodaPickup: I had the same thought almost immediately.

    @nataku8_e30: And you'd be correct.
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    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    09/21/09

    @littleYodaPickup: It's the seven-slot grille. It'll do that to ya.
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    09/21/09

    In reply to Mahindra TR40 Diesel Pickup Spotted In US-Spec Form
    If I can fit a Royal-Enfield in the back, they've got a deal.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    09/21/09

    @Number_Six: By weight you could probably fit a bakers dozen, but without compacting or smelting them into ingots, that's still anyone's guess...
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    09/21/09

    In reply to Mahindra TR40 Diesel Pickup Spotted In US-Spec Form
    I'm in favor of it, up until I get stuck behind one in the fast lane.
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