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The local Mahindra dealer also seems to be doing a brisk business with their Roxors - they're almost literally a 1950s Jeep with a modern diesel engine in them.
by Syonyk 4y ago
The local Mahindra dealer also seems to be doing a brisk business with their Roxors - they're almost literally a 1950s Jeep with a modern diesel engine in them. It's the same market niche - small, off highway use, utility vehicles.
And at least out here, you're allowed to run around on the roads at least some with them to get between fields.
- officeplant 4y agoI've seen some very questionable old jeeps cruising around that I suspect were Mahindra's with a CJ2 tub on them.
- SkyPuncher 4y agoIt's a shame that Roxor isn't street legal. We live about 2 miles from our city's downtown. I'd absolutely love to have a little car that I take into town.
- dabluecaboose 4y agoDepends on where you live, there are street-legal kits and some places allow off-highway driving for side-by-sides.
- kylehotchkiss 4y agoI presume you're not in USA - I can't imagine being allowed to import the Mahindra copy-paste Jeep into USA. Those clones are so blatant... Wish they added some more Indian flair to them. I can't believe jeep still bothered to enter the Indian market with that on the roads!
- paxys 4y agoJeep's design is close to a century old at this point. Why should it still be legally protected?
- yellowapple 4y agoThey don't even look all that much like Jeeps. Like yeah, some similar design elements, but that's true of pretty much every sedan or crossover or SUV or what have you on the market today.
- dsfyu404ed 4y agoTrademark protections. FCA sued. IIRC Mahindra redesigned the grill in response.
- Syonyk 4y agoI'm very much in the rural mountain west USA.
- jccalhoun 4y agoMahindra was originally going to release a vehicle that looked a lot like the original Jeep but Jeep fought them and they changed the looks of it (Kind of reminds me of a Rivian now) https://jalopnik.com/the-2021-mahindra-roxor-looks-like-a-happy-alien-1845097871 https://jalopnik.com/the-2021-mahindra-roxor-looks-like-a-ha...
- kylehotchkiss 4y agoI love it! Great revision and character.
- dabluecaboose 4y ago> they're almost literally a 1950s Jeep with a modern diesel engine in them For those who aren't aware, Mahindra secured a licensing agreement with Willys in 1947 to make them. They're actually as close as you can get to a modern Willys Jeep, so much so that they were sued by Chrysler for infringing on Jeep's trade dress by looking too much like a Jeep brand Jeep
- nicbou 4y agoI've seen what Mahindras can do in Nepal. These things are amazing.