MAHINDRA. MAHINDRA in INDIA

Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, Gateway Building, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai - 400 001, India, tel. +9122/24931441, 24975189, fax +9122/24975193, http://www.mahindraworld.com

Program: Bijlee, Champion (station wagon, cabrio, pick-up), CL Classic, CL 340 / CL 500 / CL 550 / Major, Commander 650 DI, Quadro (station wagon, cabrio), MM 540 / MM 550, MM ISZ-Soft Top, Commander 750 DP Soft Top / MM 775 Soft Top, 750 Hard Top 3 Door.

MAHINDRA BIJLEE

MAHINDRA CLASSIC CL

MAHINDRA MM 540

MAHINDRA MM 775 3-DOOR

MAHINDRA SAFARI

MAHINDRA BOLERO

MAHINDRA BOLERO INVADER

MAHINDRA SCORPIO

MAHINDRA VOYAGER

Long / MM 775-3 Door / CNG 3 Door, Hard Top 5 Door / MM 775 Hard Top 5 Door / Economy / Eco CNG 5 Door / Marshal DI / Marshal 2000 Deluxe, Marshal Deluxe Royale, Savari, Rakshak, Striker, MM 550 XD, Bolero / Bolero Sportz / Armada Grand GLX/LX, Bolero Invader, MaXX / MaXX-LX, Scorpio / Goa, Voyager, Bolero Camper / Bolero Double Cab / Utility Export pick-up, Utility pick-up, Pick-up Export, MaXX Pick-up, Pick-up, Pick-up-CBC, NC 640 DP Pick-up.

Production volume in 2003 - 67,011 passenger cars, 20,810 pick-ups, 4,318 passenger tricars and 11,902 utility 3-wheelers.

Established in 1945, in 1947 the company launched the assembly of the CJ 2 jeeps based on the Willys Jeep CJ 2. In 1949 the model was replaced by the CJ 3 (most components were made in India), and in 1953 it gave way to the CJ 3B. In 1975 the company introduced the CJ 500 with International Harvester diesel engines, in 1983 the CJ 4 / CJ 500 with a Peugeot diesel unit, in 1986 the D CJ 340 / CJ 540 with a modernized front, in 1991 the Commander 650, and in 2004 the Major. This series (since 1995 called the CL), boasting a body resembling the American Willys/Kaiser Jeep CJ 3B from 1953-64, subdivides into the following models: CL Classic (a short-bodied, open 4-seater), CL 340 / CL 500 / Major (an open 6-seater), CL 550 (an open, stretched 8-seater), Commander 650 (a long-bodied, 10-seat cabrio without doors) and NC 640 DP Pick-up (a 2.1-liter 94 hp petrol engine, D 2.5-liter 50-55-58 hp, D 2.5-liter 85 hp, D 2.1- liter 62 hp or Peugeot D 1.9-liter 68 hp diesels). Another group of cars includes vehicles based on the Willys/Kaiser / Jeep CJ 5 / CJ 6 / CJ 7 from the years 1955-86. These are: MM 540 / MM 550 (a 2-door, 6 /8-seat cabrio or hard top, made since 1985), Commander 750 DP Soft Top / MM 775 Soft Top (a long-bodied, 10-seat cabrio without doors, made since 1991), Hard Top 3 Door Long / MM 775-3 Door / CNG 3 Door (a long-bodied, 3-door, 8 /9-seat station wagon, made since 1991), Hard Top 5 Door / Economy / MM 775 Hard Top / Eco CNG 5 Door / Marshal DI / Marshal 2000 Deluxe (a long-bodied, 5-door, 6 /7 /8 /9 /10-seat station wagon, made since 1993), the luxury Marshal Deluxe Royale (an 8-seat station wagon, made since 1999), MM ISZ Soft Top (a 6 /8-seat cabrio with an Isuzu 1.8-liter 84 hp engine and a new grille, made since 1999), Savari (a long-bodied, 5-door, 6 /10 /11 /12-seat station wagon with a plastic, raised roof and a new, plastic front, made since 2000), Rakshak (a bullet-proof, 3-door, 6-seat station wagon made since 2000), Striker (a military, open, 4-seater), MM 550 XD (a military, 6 /8-seat cabrio), Utility (a 4-door, 5- seat pick-up), Pick-up-CBC (a pick-up for custom-bodywork) and the classic Pick-up. This series is fitted with diesel engines based on Peugeot power plants: 2.1-liter 62 hp, 2.5-liter 72-76 hp and 2.5-liter 50-55- 58 hp; also with a CNG 2.1-liter 68 hp petrol-gas engine or with the following two petrol engines: a 2.1-liter 94 hp and an Isuzu 1.8-liter 84 hp unit. In the years 1993-2001 the company made the Armada station wagon, and in the years 1998-2001 - the Armada Grand (unveiled in 1996). The models were replaced in 2001 with the 10-seat MaXX station wagon (2.5-liter 58 hp) and the 9-seat MaXX-LX station wagon (2.5-liter 58 hp) with a radically restyled body, as compared to the MM series. In September 2003 the range expanded with the introduction of the MaXX Pick-up with a D 2.5-liter 58 hp unit. At the 2000 New Delhi Motor Show, the company demonstrated the 4-seat Quadro with 1.8-liter 84 hp or D 2.5-liter 72-76 hp engines (an open vehicle or station wagon) and the 7 /8-seat, 5-door Armada Grand LX station wagon. The latter went into production in summer 2000 and was christened the Bolero GLX/LX; since 2003 it has been called the Bolero Sportz (in some countries labeled the Armada Grand GLX/LX). It comes with the following engines: 2.0-liter 115 hp, D 2.5-liter 71 hp, D 2.5-liter 72-76 hp and TD 2.0-liter 87 hp. In 2000 the company introduced the Bolero Double Cab, Utility Export and Export pick-ups with the front copied from the Bolero. Since the beginning of 2002, the Bolero Double Cab and Utility Export with a D 2.5-liter 58 hp engine have been marketed in India as the Bolero Camper. In June 2002 the company launched the production of a completely new station wagon, the Scorpio, unveiled in 1998 (since 2003 exported as the Goa) with the following engines: Renault 2.0-liter 116 hp, TD 2.6-liter 103 hp and TD 2.6-liter 109-115 hp. In March 2003 the 7 /8-seat Bolero Invader Soft Top had its debut, equipped with a D 2.5-liter 58-61 hp unit or a Peugeot D 2.5-liter 72 hp engine. Under license agreement with the South African SAMCOR, in 1997 the company launched the production of the big, 8-seat Voyager minivan, based on the old Mitsubishi L300, fitted with a D 2.5-liter 72 hp engine. In 1999 the 10-seat Bijlee tricar had its premiere (housing an electric 5.8-7.8 hp motor and since 2002 also CNG and LPG engines). At the 2000 New Delhi Motor Show, the company presented the 7-seat 3-wheeled Champion (a station wagon, cabrio and pick-up with a D 510-ccm 10.2 hp unit). In 2000 the Egyptian company Chloride Egypt SAE launched the assembly of the Bijlee, in 2004 the Uruguayan Nordex launched the assembly of the Bolero Camper and in 2005 the Russian GAZ started assembling the Mahindra Scorpio SUV. In 2007 the Mahindra Renault Logan is scheduled for production in India.