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Mahindra will offer a pickup truck similar in size to a Dodge Dakota. Standard features will include a power windows and locks, keyless entry, air conditioning and electronic stability control.

About the company
India-based Mahindra dates back to October 1945, when the Mahindra brothers won a contract to assemble Willys Jeeps in India. The company, known as Mahindra & Mohammed, changed its name to Mahindra & Mahindra two years later.

Focus on tractors
The Mumbai-based company’s activities include financial services, infrastructure development and information technology, but its main focus remains tractors. Mahindra USA has been manufacturing two- and four-wheel-drive tractors, loaders and mowers for more than a decade, with its first U.S. plant opening in Texas in 1994.

The business of cars
Mahindra entered the car market in 1996, when it signed an agreement with Ford to manufacture the Ford Fiesta in India. In 2007, the company signed an agreement with Renault to build the Dacia Logan, a popular European low-budget sedan.

1 posted on 07/17/2009 3:40:23 AM PDT by csvset

“The company, known as Mahindra & Mohammed, changed its name to Mahindra & Mahindra two years later.”

Probably a good business move....

2 posted on 07/17/2009 3:45:06 AM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)

I've been waiting years for GM to come out with a half ton diesel. With this truck I can get rid of my half ton gas hog and my 36 mpg econobox that has no power anything and no A/C.

3 posted on 07/17/2009 3:49:25 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Democrats spent that time trying to destroy it.)

We have had these trucks in Chile for the last few years. I have been very tempted to buy one. Everything I hear is that they are tough trucks, if not very stylish.

8 posted on 07/17/2009 4:05:00 AM PDT by WellyP

To: csvset; Kolokotronis; flaglady47

Mahindra & Mahindra Limited is part of the Mahindra Group, an automotive, farm equipment, financial services, trade and logistics, automotive components, after-market, IT and infrastructure conglomerate.

The company was set up in 1945 as Mahindra & Mohammed. Later, after the partition of India, Ghulam Muhammad returned to Pakistan and became that nation’s first finance minister. Hence, the name was changed from Mahindra & Mohammed to Mahindra & Mahindra in 1948.

9 posted on 07/17/2009 4:07:10 AM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)

Let me guess, the ad copy will read something like
"...the bed comfortably fits 30" /sarc>

Cheers!

10 posted on 07/17/2009 4:08:17 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)

Word has it that this is a Mahindra too. It's a tricked out version of their Scorpio model.

17 posted on 07/17/2009 5:21:34 AM PDT by RoadKingSE (How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash ?)

That's not a truck!This is a truck!

And here's a bigger one!

19 posted on 01/21/2010 5:11:49 AM PST by cavador (Wash your Hands-Cover that sneeze!It helps stop the H1N1 Virus)

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