Dakar and Mahindra

The 2010 Dakar Rally begins tomorrow, January 1st. The 32nd running of the Dakar will lead off-road competitors from around the world throu...

New Virginia Dealer: Mahindra of Harrisonburg

Mahindra Planet has added Mahindra of Harrisonburg to our Dealer Directory. Mahindra of Harrisonburg has the exclusive territory of 6 count...

Breaking: Mahindra Dealer Update Video!

UPDATE 24-DEC-2009 : Unfortunately, not long after the Mahindra dealer video link leaked out, GV-USA disabled it. Probably the fastest move...

Yet Another Saab Story: Mahindra Buying Spree

Months ago Mahindra announced a strategic partnership with Navistar, International Truck and Engine Corporation, to build India-specific hea...

New VP of Sales and Marketing at Global Vehicles While Delays Remain Likely

Dan T. Najour has been named executive vice president of sales and marketing for Mahindra importer, Global Vehicles USA. Najour replaces Lar...

What the MUC? The US Gets a Version of the Mahindra Xylo in 2012

If you have explored around the Mahindra North America website, you have probably seen the “Future Vehicle” tab containing a highly stylize...

Mahindra Mods: A Scorpio Off-Roader

If you have been following Mahindra Planet or Mahindra’s entry into the US truck market for a while, you have undoubtedly seen pictures of K...

Mahindra USA Gets New Assembly Facility

Mahindra USA (i.e. the tractor side of Mahindra’s operations in the US) has announced the consolidation of their Texas operations and the re...

Anand Mahindra Interview: India, The Next Gorilla

Forbes posted a great article with Anand Mahindra last week . Mahindra discusses India’s economic relationship with the United States and h...

Crowd Sourced Marketing

I am in no way picking at the scab that is a certain company’s (lack of) marketing effort for a new vehicle that is set for its US debut in ...

VW Amarok: The Mahindra TR Killer?

UPDATE: PickupTrucks.com published a road test of the Amarok yesterday. US availability is highly unlikely. The article with great photos ...

Don’t panic! Indian Domestic Car Prices Rising… USD $430.00

Reported in The Economic Times , Indian car and truck prices will increase by RS 20,000 (~USD $430 today) in the new year due to escalating ...

Interesting Speculation: Would Mahindra & Mahindra buy Saab?

In his blog post on BSMotoring.com this morning, blogger Rohin Nagrani curiously speculates that Mahindra & Mahindra would be the only ...

Mahindra “Feeling the Pressure” to Increase Vehicle Prices

Pawan Geonka, President of Automotive Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra, has inferred that increases in the cost of raw materials may force an...

US Mahindra Pickup Pricing: Clues from Down Under

Speculation continues on Mahindra’s US pricing strategy for the TR20 and TR40 pickups launching in February 2010. An article posted earlier ...

Mahindra Expects Final EPA and NHTSA Approval in First Quarter 2010

The Press of Atlantic City reports this morning in an interview with Global Vehicles Spokesman, Mike Geylin, that Mahindra pickups are bein...

Mahindra-Satyam to Strengthen Mahindra & Mahindra US Vehicle Efforts

Mahindra’s recently acquired engineering services department, Mahindra-Satyam (formerly Satyam Computer Services) could begin servicing the ...

Mahindra: Exploring All Options to Manufacture Pickup Trucks in the US

A Wall Street Journal interview posted Friday morning with Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Anand Mahindra...

US Will be Denied Next Generation “Global” Ford Ranger

Ford announced this week that the US will not get a version of the next generation Ranger compact pickup. Reaffirming our last post that do...

Diesel Demand: Why is Mahindra Alone in Introducing a Mid-size Diesel Pickup to America?

While Mahindra is establishing itself as a clean diesel and diesel/hybrid niche-brand in the United States, domestic manufacturers have no ...

Officially Official: Mahindra Begins Using TR20 and TR40 Naming Convention!

Checking out the Mahindra NA/Global Vehicles website this afternoon reveals a nice specification sheet including a nice Features list and t...

Speculation: Will Mahindra Forego an Early 2010 Launch in Favor of a Delayed All-New Pickup?

Poll Results The Mahindra truck arrival date poll has closed, and it looks like nearly half of the voters are figuring on a delay for the of...

Mahindra TR40 Crash Test Video

UPDATE: The Mahindra Crash Test video has been pulled from YouTube. The ANCAP crash test results links in this post are still valid. You c...

2010 Mahindra TR20 Preliminary Specification

Via Mahindra’s latest press kit (dated August 2009) is the “Two Door Pickup Truck” preliminary specification. Little has changed with the sp...

Tuesday Newsday

Mahindra News: Mahindra has officially released high quality photos of the TR20 and TR40. The photos still have the “PikUp” badges on them, ...

Mahindra Committed to Ultra-Competitive US Pickup Truck Market

MahindraPlanet has been continuing a dialogue with Global Vehicles USA’s Mike Geylin over the last two weeks. We’ll summarize all that has t...

Mahindra Response and Some New Photos

There has been a lot of response to our previous post containing the open letter to Mahindra . As a brief follow up to that post, we will sa...

Summer of Discontent: An Open Letter to Mahindra and Global Vehicles

Several individuals have emailed us or left comments in past couple of weeks. First of all, we want to thank you for the great comments and ...

PickupTrucks.com: Mahindra Test Drive on US Soil!

Late last week, PickupTrucks.com’s Mike Levine posted great article describing their test drive of non-US versions of the Mahindra TR20 and ...

Good News: Mahindra Resumes Search for US Pickup and SUV Manufacturing Plant

A Tweet from @PickupTrucks ( www.pickuptrucks.com ) early this morning alerted MahindraPlanet to news that Pravin Shah, executive vice pres...

New Mahindra Hy-Alfa Mini-Truck: Hydrogen Power to the People?

So, it’s not news on the US-bound TR20 or TR40 pickups, but it does show some of the alternative thinking that Mahindra engages in. The Mah...

Officially Official: No US Mahindra Pickups Until 2010

Scooped by The Auto Writer this morning, Mahindra North America’s importer, Global Vehicles USA, Inc., has stated that no Mahindra TR20 0r ...

US Mahindra TR Pickup Available in February 2010

In an unaccredited post, MahindraNC’s fine blog reaffirms previous statements made by John Perez, CEO of GV USA (Mahindra’s US importer) t...

Mahindra Pickups: Likely to Arrive in US with Improved Appearance

Late last week Mahindra unveiled the updated Mahindra PikUp for the Australian market. This “facelift” of the current model means the exteri...

Mahindra & Mahindra: Cruising the Indian Cityscape in the Scorpio SUV

New York Times Editor, Nick Kurczewski, travled to Mumbai for a drive in the domestic version of the Mahindra Scorpio SUV. The article was...

Mahindra Truck Dealers: New Listing of North American Mahindra Truck Dealerships on MahindraPlanet!

We’ve added a new list of known (or unconfirmed) dealers who will be carrying Mahindra pickups (TR20 and TR40) and SUV’s (Scorpio) in North ...

MahindraPlanet is now on Twitter!

Follow us on Twitter for updates on Mahindra’s North American launch and other Mahindra truck related news and information from around the w...

Mahindra Truck News: Mahindra Planet

As our loyal readers know, Mahindra Planet keeps you abreast of all happenings regarding the arrival of Mahindra pickups in North America. ...

Mahindra TR20 Aruval Concept Pickup!

The Mahindra TR20 Aruval Concept (click image for full size view) shows what the soon-to-be-released Mahindra pickup trucks might look like...