I saw a Mahindra today

"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12) 05/15/2016 at 03:03 • Filed to: MAHINDRA

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You know when you a see a modern car on the road and you have absolutely no idea what it is?

I love that moment. Most modern cars I can easily identify, I’m sure most on Oppo could too. We all struggle with older cars to some degree, some more or less than others, for some eras more than others. But new cars aren’t that hard. Most new cars on the market we know about ahead of time, and are swarming with resemblances to existing cars. So when you see one you really don’t know it’s always a shock and a delight.

Last time it happened to me it was the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! a few years ago. It was relatively modern and mass-market, but I couldn’t even pick the manufacturer at a time. I was flabbergasted. Well, today it happened again.

Today I saw this pig. I picked it pretty well: it looks Chinese/Indian (read: it looks like !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ), and when I saw the Mahindra badge from a distance I guessed correctly at what it might say. It’s called a PIK-UP, which is a worse name than Le Car.

I feel like these cars are scams. People like new cars but can’t afford new cars, so instead of a solid but lightly used Hilux the Chinese convince them to buy a shoddy look-alike that will last half as long if you’re lucky. And the depreciation is real.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Nauraushaun 05/15/2016 at 04:07

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Torch spend a week in India driving them, and he loved them.

http://jalopnik.com/tag/jalopnik-i…

Justin Young > Nauraushaun 05/15/2016 at 07:11

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Its SUV version...

Nauraushaun > Justin Young 05/15/2016 at 07:17

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Wow

fhrblig > Nauraushaun 05/15/2016 at 11:30

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One of these was regularly traipsing around the Denver metro area a couple years back, back when Mahindra was pretending that they were going to enter the US market. I would have liked it, but the cab was really small.

Nauraushaun > fhrblig 05/15/2016 at 22:52

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I think they’re pulling the same trick in Australia. There are some on Carsales from 2011, it seems like they’ve been pretending to enter the market for years.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Nauraushaun 05/20/2016 at 00:16

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Speaking of Mahindra and extremely weird sightings, one time I saw a Ssangyong Actyon. In Canada. We never got Ssangyongs, and the Acyton is less than 15 years old. And besides, who the hell would want to import one of these hideous monsters?

I’ve also seen an A4L, although I suspect it might have been the chariot of a Chinese diplomat of some sort. The weirdest thing is though, it had no Chinese characters on the rear. Only Latin characters, but I’m pretty certain it was a proper A4L.

Nauraushaun > not for canada - australian in disguise 05/20/2016 at 01:52

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I think we have some Actyons here. We have Ssangyong at least. They’re disgusting! Why would you spend money importing one when their only claim to fame is being cheap? I don’t get it either.

That’s very strange. What made you think it was an L? Not a 6? Or an 8 or something? They all look the same anyway. Why is there even an L?

not for canada - australian in disguise > Nauraushaun 05/20/2016 at 01:53

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I saw an L badge on the back, but it may well have been an A6 and someone put the badge on to fuck with me.

Nauraushaun > not for canada - australian in disguise 05/20/2016 at 21:37

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But who would devalue their genuine A6 by calling it a lengthened 4!?