Mahindra Roxor SUV: Mahindra’s tiny off-road SUV for the American market
Mahindra Roxor SUV will be sold at a starting price of $15,000 (approx 10 lakh) and shares its underpins with the Mahindra Thar but hosts a long lost of changes including a new front design that makes it different from Jeep brand's design in America. Mahindra says that the Roxor will be available with a staggering 900 colour & wrap options. Mahindra Roxor is 148 inches long, 62 inches wide and stands tall at 75 inches with a short wheelbase of 96 inches. Going forward, Mahindra Roxor will be available with many more customisation options other than 9- colour & wrap options. Mahindra Roxor SUV will be through powersport dealers in the USA and through established Mahindra’s tractor dealerships.
Mahindra Roxor off road-only SUV unveiled in US, expected to be priced around $15,000 - Firstpost
According to a report on Carandbike, the new off-road SUV, Mahindra Roxor which will be manufactured at Mahindra's Auburn manufacturing plant in Detroit, Michigan, features a 2.5-litre, 4-cylinder turbo diesel engine. The SUV churns out 62 bhp and will come with standard left hand drive, manual gearbox and a traditional manual four-wheel-drive shifter. The SUV is not street-legal in USA because of its barebones approach to true 4x4 off roading. According to the report, the company has also brought a new front end to avoid conflict of interest with the Jeep brand's design language in the United States. The Mahindra Roxor is expected to be available with accessories including heavy duty winches, light bars, and off-road wheels.
Mahindra’s all new off-road SUV Roxor unveiled for USA market- News Nation
Mahindra Roxor will be manufactured at the Auburn Hills manufacturing facility near Detroit, Michigan. Mahindra Roxor has a 2.5-litre four-cylinder diesel engine which can produce power of 64hp with a top speed of 72kmph. The vehicle will be in direct competition with Polaris RZR ATV and Kawasaki Mule Pro Series. In 2017, we made history with the launch of Mahindra Automotive North America facility in Detroit. Today,we #FUTURise with the launch of the first-ever off-roader to be manufactured out of MANA – thelegendary @Roxoroffroad .
Mahindra’s new off-roader part of U.S. market puzzle
To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Besides 900 paint colors expected to soon be available, Mahindra will offer buyers partial and complete “wraps” including camo.(Photo: Daniel Howes / The Detroit News)Buy Photo Auburn Hills — Mahindra Automotive North America’s new steel frame off-road Roxor is a critical step forward for the Indian automaker angling to break into the rich U.S. The North American outfit is also bidding to build the United States Postal Service’s new delivery vehicle. Mahindra is not new to manufacturing. But the company last November shared plans to field a global platform for compact pickup trucks and SUVs by 2020. It makes a lot of sense to design it here for the U.S.
The Mahindra Roxor is the retro off-roader of dreams, as long as you stay off-road
The Roxor is powered by a four-cylinder turbodiesel engine with 62 hp and and 144 lb-ft of torque that can tow up to 3,490 pounds, so it’s a tough little mule that can be used for work or play. The Roxor is about as back to basics of a truck as you can get. It’s a UTV set to compete with the likes of the Polaris Ranger and Honda Pioneer, not to mention the Mahindra Retriever. It’s powered by a four-cylinder turbodiesel engine with 62 hp and and 144 lb-ft of torque that can tow up to 3,490 pounds, so it’s a tough little mule that can be used for work or play. Mahindra has been looking to break into the U.S.
Mahindra bets big on Roxor for the USA market
Mahindra Automotive North America (MANA), the Detroit-based American subsidiary of India’s Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) Group, today unveiled its new side-by-side off-road SUV - Mahindra Roxor - for the US market.Christened the Mahindra Roxor, the off-highway vehicle is a derivative of the proven Mahindra Thar SUV sold in India, albeit, thoroughly re-engineered to suit to the needs, as well as comply with the norms, of the American automotive market. The Roxor is powered by the 2.5L, 4-cyl, turbocharged diesel engine from the Mahinda Thar, but in Euro 6 guise in the USA. For the first six months, the two-seat Roxor will be offered with few customisation options. However, everything from the exterior and interior colours, safari seats and back seats and ride heights to the hard tops, winches and side enclosures will be offered with a high level of personalisation. At the launch of the Roxor, Mahindra did make a clear reference to its American ties.
Mahindra Roxor off-road vehicle unveiled: All you need to know about the new Thar-based SUV
The Roxor, which will be made at Mahindra Automotive North America's (MANA) plant in Auburn Hills, will be sold as Side by Side vehicle in the US. The new Mahindra Roxor, which looks a lot more like Mahindra Thar, features a steel body on a boxed steel frame and comes packed with a host of features. The Roxor is based on the Thar and will come powered by a 2.5-litre four-cylinder diesel engine with a power of 64 bhp, mated to a five-speed manual gearbox. The Roxor features four-wheel drive and a top speed of 72kph. Mahindra Roxor will go on sale soon in the US at a starting price of about $15,000 (around Rs 10 lakh).
Mahindra Thar-based Roxor off roader on Video
The Roxor is based on the Mahindra Thar DI that’s sold in India but comes with many specific changes to suit the US market. The off-road only vehicle will be assembled at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Mahindra has equipped the Roxor with the same mechanicals as the Thar DI 4WD. The engine is paired to a 5 speed manual gearbox that drives the rear wheels in 2WD mode. Like the Thar DI, the Roxor gets a solid axle at front with leaf sprig suspension for both the front and rear axles.
Detroit-Built Mahindra Roxor Off-Road Vehicle Revealed: Is This the Mini Jeep We Need?
Car dorks of the sort that populate the C/D offices will be quick to point out that the Roxor resembles the megarare Alfa Romeo 1900M Matta 4×4; those with truly arcane tastes will name-check the Crosley Farm-O-Road. By the looks of the dimensions below, the Roxor’s 148-inch length–including the spare tire–puts it in league with the approximately 139-inch long Jeep CJ7. There are 9.0-inch disc brakes in the front and 11.0-inch drums in the back. Mahindra managing director Pawan Goenka said the Roxor remains true to the company’s legacy of “authentic, rugged, purpose-driven vehicles” and that it will be built with durability in mind. Conceived, designed, engineered and produced in Metro Detroit, the Roxor is the maker’s first foray into the consumer ATV market.
The Mahindra Roxor is the retro off-roader of dreams, as long as you stay off-road
The Roxor is powered by a four-cylinder turbodiesel engine with 62 hp and and 144 lb-ft of torque that can tow up to 3,490 pounds, so it’s a tough little mule that can be used for work or play. The Roxor is about as back to basics of a truck as you can get. It’s a UTV set to compete with the likes of the Polaris Ranger and Honda Pioneer, not to mention the Mahindra Retriever. It’s powered by a four-cylinder turbodiesel engine with 62 hp and and 144 lb-ft of torque that can tow up to 3,490 pounds, so it’s a tough little mule that can be used for work or play. Mahindra has been looking to break into the U.S.
Mahindra Constructs a Dealer Network for its New Roxor Side-by-Side - Off-Road.com Blog
Mahindra began hiring its sales staff late in Q3 of 2017 and now has a team of 17 with an average of 20+ years’ experience. Mahindra’s ROXOR will be marketed as a rough-and-ready off-highway vehicle, shown in a teaser video splattered with mud both inside and out. This thing will be much more than another entrant in the SxS market. The new product will be fully assembled and supported at their 150,000 square foot facility in Auburn Hills, MI, just north of Detroit. We will be at the ROXOR’s reveal on Friday, scheduled for 11:00am Eastern, so be sure to stay tuned for more details.
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market is coming from the first new assembly plant to be opened in southeast Michigan in 25 years. How the new vehicle, to be unveiled here Friday, plays with off-road enthusiasts likely will determine whether parent Mahindra Group moves to enter the hyper-competitive U.S. Mahindra is pushing to find a third way to its likely market presence in the United States — faster than the decades-long brand building of the Japanese and South Koreans and slower than the acquisitive Chinese. (Photo: Daniel Howes / The Detroit News) Roxor is the first answer in the United States. More than 230 of 300 dealers targeted by Mahindra have signed to sell Roxors with a base price of $15,549, the company says.
Jeep crushed by falling tree in Tewksbury
TEWKSBURY, MA (WHDH) - A motorist was injured Friday when a tree toppled over and crushed their jeep in Tewksbury. (Copyright (c) 2018 CNN. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
Reading man suffers injuries after a tree crushed his Jeep in Tewksbury - The Boston Globe
A 36-year-old Reading man was taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening after a tree crushed his car Friday afternoon in Tewksbury, police said. The man was driving his Jeep on East Street near Karen Lee Lane at 12:58 p.m. when the tree came toppling down, said police Chief Timothy Sheehan. Heavy winds uprooted the whole tree, he said.
