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Can we put pictures also of all discontinued models in standard resolution format of Team-BHP. So that many people can aware of those design. In late 80s I used to see small truck type buses in our home town. Engine of those vehicles were in front of driver's cabin. I really do not know which company produced such vehicles. | |
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13th January 2009, 06:58
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13th January 2009, 08:09
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| Senior - BHPian  | since the alto VX is there, the indica turbo and dicor deserve a place there too  |
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13th January 2009, 10:38
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13th January 2009, 12:37
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13th January 2009, 14:20
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| BHPian  | Nope, it was a NA 2 litre unit. Quote:
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- Apparently the stock thar can do 90% of the trails out there - which in itself a win. If I were the company MD, I would definitely consider a ton before building a vehicle that can do 100% of the off roading but will be bought only by a handful of "hard-core" folks. Someone has already given the Harley analogy here. 2. What I don't understand is why the hard-core off roaders can't take the solid axle DI vehicle, get nice tyres and a lift kit if needed - and do the off roading in that. All in all, this vehicle is out there in the market. May be you won't buy it. I will buy it - and there will be a segment that will be willing to buy this and mod it to suit their needs (My mods will revolve around comfort / road presence and minimal off roading for example. So I will change the interiors, get better seats, fit a better dash / finish it as possible, get power windows, get central locking, get alloys, get a good bull bar, get hard top, get AC, get a great ICE and so on). I had a conversation with DB, and partly I do agree with him (NO - these are not his views.). This vehicle is targeted at the hard-core "Modders" out there like me (He has repeatedly mentioned this in his posts) - and not the hardcore off roaders / pure lifestyle folks. For Modders like me, cheapness of vehicle is paramount. We don't want a bad set of alloys from the company that we will get replaced on day 1. What we want is a basic chassis with basic interiors - and I guess I am content as a cow here because my needs have been completely met. FWIW, if Mahindra is to put in the right effort into finish / HT/ AC - the vehicle price would have gone up by another 1.5L, (See the other 100 bhp / high torque good interior SUVs in market. Don't compare it to some 50 bhp "car") which honestly I would have hated - because I would have thrown them out right away anyway. Some answers to Shankar.balan: You claim to be a loyal M&M man - so you must know what they have delivered in this segment. I know it, I was happy with my Invader back then (Same quality interiors / worse), and I am happy now. It is all in the expectations. I also see that you have completely glossed over the fact that M&M spent a puny sum on this project. I don't agree with the validity of the question "How can M&M do this bad finishing??". After all, Microsoft released Windows ME and Vista (I should know - I was a part of MS then!) - and it is a Multi-billion dollar company. For all the hue and cry, people still bought Vista - because it did a basic job of whatever was expected, and sys-admins out there made it work. People WILL buy Thars and make it work. I would just thank DB/Spike for putting in the energy in addressing this tiny modder segment and buy if I want to or ditch it if I don't. I don't see a point in bashing it repeatedly (and worse, still buying it!) when nobody is forcing anyone to buy it. Quote:
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13th January 2009, 14:49
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13th January 2009, 16:25
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14th January 2009, 08:38
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| BHPian | I guess during '95, Sipani Automobiles (Bangalore) imported it as CBU and distributed at a whopping 9~10L OTR. Quote:
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14th January 2009, 14:17
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15th January 2009, 19:13
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| Senior - BHPian  | Hi, With the recent interest in Montego, I thought I could put some info. Since pictures are better than words, here goes: Quote:
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    I dup up this old issue which talks about the car over 7 pages. So couresy Auto India for the following pictures. Scanned photo quality is not very good though!   I would like to quote the last few sentences of the report: "Sporting a sticker price of Rs 678000 (725000 for the estate version) the Montego remains a car for the elite few. Yes. It is a very expensive car but after driving it we realised that overpriced it certainly isn't." I fully agree with the statement above. That turbocharged direct injection was a beauty. No common rail, but it was just like one. Powerful and economical. I spent only a very little time with it, but each minute was good. It was with my uncle for about 80000kms and was sold of due to lack of service support. Early for its time, especially, it landed in the wrong company! | ||||
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7th January 2011, 13:40
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7th January 2011, 16:55
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7th January 2011, 17:35
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