Hey Samurai,
Would really appreciate you posting some pics of the Gurkha soon. I am moving back to India from the States and wanted to buy a fairly basic 4x4 for off road use. I emailed a bunch of people with the Mahindra defense Systems to convince them to sell me an MM550 XDP (the army version of the MM540), but they politely pointed me towards the Bolero Invader. I would rather buy back my great grandfather's bullock-card than buy a bolero invader. Hence the Gurkha is the only true 4x4 available in India within a reasonable budget.
Just got off the phone with a Business Manager at Force and he said that they should be taking new orders shortly. If this doesn't work out, I may have to buy a RHD wrangler from UK and bring it down with me. The problem is that only the 2007 model has the diesel engine and it will run upwards of 15000 GBP for a used one. Add on the 110 import duties and I wouldn't be afraid to get it dirty. No point having a jeep that I am afraid to take off-road. But the Gurka, I can see myself beat the hell out of that beast. I may even hunt a few autoriksaws with it. |