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Old 18th February 2018, 13:42   #1
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Mahindra Thar: Battery-operated toy car for Rs. 20,000

So Mahindra has already gone ahead and launched a fully electric Thar CRDe and we missed it.

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Old 18th February 2018, 14:00   #2
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re: Mahindra Thar: Battery-operated toy car for Rs. 20,000

This is a toy car for children to play with, which drives too. I thought it was a fully electric Thar, but this is a True to life replica by the OEM in the form of a toy car.
Just for the record I hope you did not misunderstood it for a full size road worthy Thar.

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Old 18th February 2018, 14:12   #3
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re: Mahindra Thar: Battery-operated toy car for Rs. 20,000

I saw this at a Mum and Me store a few months ago.
I thought 20k for it was too much.
However, the detail was pretty good.
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Re: Mahindra Thar: Battery-operated toy car for Rs. 20,000

I happened to visit Mahindra showroom. This beautiful little Thar was there on the display. I thought its just a display model but then I realized its a working model for kids. Fit and finish of Thar EV was amazing, better than Mahindra's full-size vehicles.

In my opinion, 20k for this car is too much. This kind of small cars is available at different toyshops under 6k. My three-year-old Car crazy(yes! she is)daughter wanted me to buy it for her. It was tough to convince her and remind her that she already got her own car on her first Birthday.

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Old 19th February 2018, 15:08   #5
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Re: Mahindra Thar: Battery-operated toy car for Rs. 20,000

I'd say they lost a big opportunity here to make it actually desirable for the asking price. It deserves a 4WD to even get anywhere closer to that "True-to-Life replica of Thar" claim. And it'd have been easily worth the quoted price. Add all wheel suspension, twin seats, 2.4G remote and the package would be just right. Not so much in its current form.

When i shopped for a ride-on in the family, 4WD & working suspension was on top priority. It'd have been splendid if it were available in Thar/Jeep body style. I ended up with this which got 4WD, rear suspension, inflatable tires & costs as much as this 2WD Thar ride-on. And it does have a TBHP sticker on it .

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Old 19th February 2018, 19:56   #6
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Re: Mahindra Thar: Battery-operated toy car for Rs. 20,000

I don't understand much of battery terminology, but I guess there are lot of 12V models available <20k, which will have capacity for driving twice the power of electric motor driven by 6V batteries. And the Thar model offered here is 6V. So it might have a low top speed, acceleration and torque.

Will be nice to get more details of any reputed brands/specifications and source of availability for ride-ons.
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Re: Mahindra Thar: Battery-operated toy car for Rs. 20,000

Looks great. Priced high.

But the real question is: Does it have IFS & AC?
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Re: Mahindra Thar: Battery-operated toy car for Rs. 20,000

Is M&M still selling these ride ons for kids?
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Re: Mahindra Thar: Battery-operated toy car for Rs. 20,000

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Looks great. Priced high.
Keep in mind that these cars/replicas have good resale value

Once the kid is done playing with them for a couple of years, it can be sold on OLX etc.

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