Indian diesel pickup headed to US

I would give my left one for the Toyota 3/4 ton diesel. It's been a personal pet peeve that the Hilux isn't available here. A wrecked mahindra would be a good engine source for interesting swaps. Turbo diesel 325 anyone?

A local Dealer is now showing that they will sell Mahindras once they are available

Yes, I believe the dealerships have been sold for a few years now.
http://mahindraplanet.blogspot.com/
This blog give a dealership list and claims trucks will arrive in April 2010. I am sceptic.
Better yet, here it the official dealer map:
http://www.mahindrana.com/dealer-map.html

16vCorey wrote:

dyintorace wrote:

EricM wrote: You can get a lot more Truck for $22K if you don;t mind 2-3 years old. 300 ft lb or Torque? that's easy, and for much less. But if anyone want's one, they should get one. or whatever.

This aren't rhetorical questions. What type of fuel economy would a 2-3 year old $22k truck offer? What truck would be a good benchmark at 2-3 years old?

Exactly. I'd like someone to name ONE truck that has 300ft lb, a 7.5' bed, and gets 35mpg, regardless of price. Anyone?

Easy. Matt and I had a '96 1500 long-bed with a 12-valve Cummins. Compounded turbos, 46RH, 3.08 rear gear (if I remember correctly). Easy 700 lbs./ft. and 35 mpg if we kept our feet out of it. The brakes sucked, though. We had less than $12,000 in it.

-Les

seen one here in So Cal about a month ago. Wondered what the hell it was. Now I know.

Am I the only one that really likes the name Mahindra?

fastasleep wrote:

16vCorey wrote:

dyintorace wrote:

EricM wrote: You can get a lot more Truck for $22K if you don;t mind 2-3 years old. 300 ft lb or Torque? that's easy, and for much less. But if anyone want's one, they should get one. or whatever.

This aren't rhetorical questions. What type of fuel economy would a 2-3 year old $22k truck offer? What truck would be a good benchmark at 2-3 years old?

Exactly. I'd like someone to name ONE truck that has 300ft lb, a 7.5' bed, and gets 35mpg, regardless of price. Anyone?

Easy. Matt and I had a '96 1500 long-bed with a 12-valve Cummins. Compounded turbos, 46RH, 3.08 rear gear (if I remember correctly). Easy 700 lbs./ft. and 35 mpg if we kept our feet out of it. The brakes sucked, though. We had less than $12,000 in it. -Les

35mpg out of a cummins ram.. proof or it didn't happen. Probably possible, but to do so would make it a N0x machine and dramatically shorten your life span.

Anyway, I don't mean to poop on your parade but you are comparing a modified vehicle to a stock vehicle. You increased you mpg in the ram by what 60%(roughly).... So logically, If we did the same mods to the Indian truck we would be in the 50mpg range.

The map shows "York 17404" but does not elaborate. Rumor has it will be on Roosevelt Ave in York, just down the road from me and going into a former used car dealership now undergoing renovation.