{"id":403265,"date":"2010-03-08T11:00:14","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=39668"},"modified":"2010-03-08T11:00:14","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T16:00:14","slug":"mahindra-tr-coming-to-u-s-market-this-year-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/403265","title":{"rendered":"Mahindra TR Coming To U.S. Market This Year.  Really."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_39669\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 510px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/mahindra-tr-coming-to-u-s-market-this-year-really\/mahindra-and-mahindra-tr20-front-leftjpg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39669\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mahindra-and-mahindra-tr20-front-leftjpg-500x312.jpg\" alt=\"2010 Mahindra TR\" title=\"mahindra-and-mahindra-tr20-front-leftjpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"312\" class=\"size-large wp-image-39669\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahindra TR; easy to find in a parking lot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Back in the days before pickups and SUVs became rolling-clubroom status symbols, manufacturers used to build simple, no frills, rugged trucks.  If you needed a full sized truck, you shopped for a Ford, Chevy or Dodge, depending on your upbringing.  If you needed a compact pickup, you shopped for a Toyota.  Once you realized how expensive Toyota\u2019s were, then you shopped for a Ford, Chevy, Nissan, Mitsubishi or Isuzu.<\/p>\n<p>Isuzu and Mitsubishi have all but vanished from the market, and today\u2019s offerings from the other manufacturers tend to be long on luxury and high in price.  What if you want a simple, low cost truck with serious hauling capability?  What if you\u2019d prefer a diesel motor in your compact pickup?  That pretty much narrows the field to none, these days.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-39668\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fear not, Mr. Bargain Hunter.  Mahindra, the Indian manufacturer best known for building stout farm tractors at reasonable prices, will announce by month end their entry date into the US truck market.  Despite repeated delays to their original 2009 launch date, the manufacturer is finalizing approvals on their diesel motor and assures us they&#8217;ll be to market by year end.  Their first offering, the TR series pickup in two and four door versions, will be a compact sized, diesel powered work truck with best in class payload capabilities.   Sure the styling is a bit funky, but at least it doesn\u2019t look like anything else on the road.<\/p>\n<p>Given Mahindra\u2019s success in the farm tractor market and their exposure as a sponsor in NASCAR, I think they may be on to something here.  If they price the TR series correctly and offer a better warranty than the competition, I think you\u2019ll be seeing quite a few on the U.S. roads in the coming years.  That is, of course if they actually get to market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/UD7mjHX2cZu3ZbLb8tslPWfU7aM\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/UD7mjHX2cZu3ZbLb8tslPWfU7aM\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/UD7mjHX2cZu3ZbLb8tslPWfU7aM\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/UD7mjHX2cZu3ZbLb8tslPWfU7aM\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahindra TR; easy to find in a parking lot. Back in the days before pickups and SUVs became rolling-clubroom status symbols, manufacturers used to build simple, no frills, rugged trucks. If you needed a full sized truck, you shopped for a Ford, Chevy or Dodge, depending on your upbringing. 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