Mahindra Thar 5-Door To Be Unveiled On August 15 – Here’s What We Know So Far

Mahindra & Mahindra is all geared up to take the wraps off the upcoming Mahindra Thar 5-door SUV. According to numerous reports, the Mahindra Thar 5-door SUV will make its global debut in South Africa on August 15.

Though this might be surprising to many, Mahindra has actually been doing very well in South Africa. Furthermore, a global debut of an Indian SUV on foreign soil is expected to make more impact in the international media.

Design

The design of the upcoming Mahindra Thar 5-door SUV is expected to be quite similar to the outgoing 3-door version of the Mahindra Thar SUV. However, we do expect the model to come with slightly more premium bits around the outside and inside to justify the expected premium price tag.

Features

Along with the minor design changes, we also expect the upcoming Mahindra Thar 5-door SUV to come with more features. This is likely to include the addition of features such as LED lighting, a larger touchscreen infotainment unit, an electric sunroof, USB-C charging ports, rear AC vents, and more.

Engine

We expect the upcoming Mahindra Thar 5-door SUV to sport the same engine options as the Mahindra Scorpio N SUV. This is because the Thar 5-door SUV allegedly uses a slightly modified version of the Scorpio N platform.

In the Mahindra Scorpio N, the 2.0-litre, 4-cylinder, turbocharged petrol engine produces 200bhp and 370Nm of torque. On the other hand, the higher-spec diesel engine puts out 172.5bhp and 400Nm of peak torque. Also, we do not expect the Thar 5-door to come with a lower-spec diesel engine.

Gearbox

Given its premium positioning in the Indian automobile market, we expect Mahindra to offer the upcoming Thar 5-door SUV in both automatic and manual variants. On top of that, all variants are expected to be offered with four-wheel-drive, low-ratio transfer case, and mechanically locking differentials.

Price

At present, prices for the four-wheel-drive variant of the Mahindra Thar SUV starts from Rs 13.87 lakh (ex-showroom) and goes all the way up to Rs 16.78 lakh (ex-showroom). As such, we expect, the upcoming Mahindra Thar 5-door SUV to be at least Rs 2.5 lakh more expensive.

Thoughts About The Upcoming Mahindra Thar 5-Door

The upcoming Mahindra Thar 5-door SUV could become another success story for Mahindra and may even become one of the best-selling models in Mahindra’s history. However, the biggest obstacle in front of the Mahindra stands in the form of production capacity.