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Like many readers, browsing Jalopnik regularly over the years, I naturally became inclined towards manual diesel hatchbacks, wagons, and utilitarian body-on-frame 4x4s, obviously. During a recent trip to India, I was in manual diesel heaven. SUVs are especially very popular in India and for good reason. It’s a very rough place to drive, be it in the city with patchy alleyways full of pot holes and speed bumps or the countryside with dirt roads. Of course, ALL of them were manual diesels.
Below is a guide to new Indian SUVs you can buy right now in India. Keep in mind that all of these were designed to be relatively simple to work on, because in India the fancy, smancy garages we are used to in the West are apparently rare in most places over there and back alley repair work is very cheap. I’ve omitted a few Indian crossovers. Much of the information was compiled from carwale.com and cardekho.com, both of which are great sites to research new cars in India.
Mahindra Thar
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Starting price: Rs. 522,000 ($7,800 USD)
Engine: 2.5l turbo diesel (104 BHP)
Trims: DI 2WD, DI 4WD, CRDe
Fuel economy: 13 kpl (or 31 MPG)
Mahindra Bolero
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Starting price: Rs. 633,000 ($9,450 USD)
Engine: 2.5l turbo diesel (63 BHP @3200 RPM)
Trims: EX, SLE, SLX, ZLX, DI
Fuel economy: 15.96 kpl (or 38 MPG)
Mahindra Scorpio Getaway
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Starting price: Rs. 841,000 ($12,552 USD)
Engine: 2.6l turbo diesel (115 BHP @3800 RPM)
Trims: 2WD, 4WD
Fuel economy: 10.73 kpl (or 25 MPG)
Mahindra Scorpio
photo credit: Me!
Starting price: Rs. 897,000 ($13,388)
Engine: 2.2l turbo diesel (120 BHP @ 4000 RPM); 2.5l turbo diesel (75 BHP @ 3200 RPM)
Trims: S2, S4, S4, S6, S8, S10 along with their 4WD variants
Fuel economy: 15.4 kpl (36 MPG)
Maruti Suzuki Gypsy
(based on the long wheelbase Suzuki Jimney SJ40/410 series)
photo credit: Me!
Starting price: Rs. 601,000 ($8,970 USD)
Engine: 1.3l petrol (80 BHP @ 6000 RPM)
Trims: King ST BS-IV, King HT BS-IV
Fuel economy: 11.96 kpl (28 MPG)
Tata Sumo Gold
Starting price: Rs. 623,000 ($9,300 USD)
Engine: 3.0l turbo diesel (70-84 BHP @ 3000 RPM)
Trims: CX, EX, GX
Fuel economy: 14.7-15.3 kpl (35-36 MPG)
Tata Safari
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Starting price: Rs. 899,000 ($13,418 USD)
Engine: 2.2l turbo diesel (138 BHP @ 4000 RPM)
Trims: 4x2 LX, 4x2 EX
Fuel economy: 13.93 kpl (33 MPG)
Tata Xenon ST
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Starting price: Rs. 996,000 ($14,866 USD)
Engine: 2.2l turbo diesel (140 BHP @ 4000 RPM)
Trims: EX 4x2, EX 4x4
Fuel economy: 13.49 kpl (or 32 MPG)
Tata Safari Storme
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Starting price: Rs. 999,000 ($14,910 USD)
Engine: 2.1l turbo diesel (148-154 BHP @ 4000 RPM)
Trims: LX, EX, VX with their 4wD variants
Fuel economy: 13-14 kpl (31-33 MPG)
Force Motors Gurkha
Starting price: Rs. 642,000 ($9,582 USD)
Engine: 2.6l turbo diesel (80 BHP @ 3200 RPM)
Trims: Soft Top 4x2, Soft Top 4x4, Hard Top 4x4
Fuel economy: 12 kpl (28 MPG)
Force Motors Force One
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Starting price: Rs. 959,000 ($14,313 USD)
Engine: 2.1l turbo diesel (139 BHP @ 3800 RPM); 2.7l turbo (81 BHP @ 3200 RPM)
Trims: EX, SX, LX with 6 or 7 seater variants
Fuel economy: 17 kpl (40 MPG)
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> cuts_off_prius
01/11/2016 at 10:15 |
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So is the Thar a rip-off or is it license produced?
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> cuts_off_prius
01/11/2016 at 10:15 |
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Even though these are knockoffs of other designs, I still really want one.
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cuts_off_prius
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
01/11/2016 at 10:21 |
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This one’s neat. Called the Force Motors Trax Cruiser, looks like a Defender, and can be configured to seat up to 11 people. Overlanding, anyone? http://www.forcemotors.com/vehicle/index/…
450X_FTW
> cuts_off_prius
01/11/2016 at 10:21 |
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Are you telling me I can buy 4 Jeep Wrangler knockoffs with a diesel for the price of 1 Murican made Wrangler!?!
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cuts_off_prius
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
01/11/2016 at 10:25 |
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Apparently these were licensed under the Willys Jeep in the old days.
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> cuts_off_prius
01/11/2016 at 10:28 |
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Can we import these? Because that would be awesome.
Yeah, we probably can’t. But it would be fun.
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> cuts_off_prius
01/11/2016 at 10:31 |
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I know Mahindras of yore were, but if this new one is too, that means that there is a place in this world whete you can buy a brand new CJ for barely more than a decent condition original.
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cuts_off_prius
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
01/11/2016 at 10:56 |
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Yeah, you’d have to wait till its 25 years old under the current US FMVSS. 15 years for Canada.
Probenja
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
01/11/2016 at 11:22 |
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They ripped off the new one’s interior too:
