Can India’s favorite people mover fend off the mighty SUV in this RWD face-off? Read on to find out
The Toyota Innova is a favoured people carrier in the country and has a massive fan following. The Scorpio is also a popular offering from Mahindra, well known for its build and reliability. These vehicles belong to different segments, but they have one thing in common. Both the Mahindra Scorpio and the Toyota Innova are rear-wheel drive vehicles.
This epic tug of war video of the Toyota Innova and Mahindra Scorpio will help determine which vehicle offers more traction from a stand still.
Mahindra Scorpio VS Toyota Innova Specs
The two vehicles are tied to each other via a harness at the tow hooks at the rear
The Mahindra Scorpio features a 2.2-litre mHawk diesel engine that produces 140 hp of peak power and 320 Nm of peak torque.
Its rival in this tug of war contest, the Toyota Innova has a slightly more powerful 2.4-litre diesel engine that produces 148 hp of peak power and 360 Nm of peak torque.
The Innova Crysta offers slightly more power and torque than its rival if we compare the power figures. But can the people carrier translate all that additional power and torque into the real-life performance?
Round One-Mahindra Scorpio VS Toyota Innova
Both the vehicles belongs to completely different segments but both offer a manual transmission and diesel engines
The vehicles are tied to a harness with the two hooks provided at the rear. After a significant wheel spin, the Toyota Innova pulled the Scorpio aggressively along with it in round one of this tug of war battle.
The Innova offered more pull in the first gear and was able to shift the entire weight of the vehicle on its rear wheel.
Round two: Mahindra Scorpio VS Toyota Innova
The Mahindra Scorpio is also a potent SUV that is popular for its tough build quality and torquey diesel engine under its hood
The driver decided to swap their vehicles before round two to make the result more accurate. Surprisingly! Round two starts on the same note, the Toyota Innova dispatches the Mahindra Scorpio after a lot of wheel spin and wins round two effortlessly.
Conclusion
In this video, you can watch the Innova takes on a Mahindra Scorpio in a tug of war battle
The Toyota Innova wins this tug of war battle against the Mahindra Scorpio.
We did not expect the Innova to showcase such dominating performance over the Scorpio. Compared to the Mahindra Scorpio, the Innova’s peak torque arrives at lower down in the rev range, which helped is what helped it to win this tug of war battle.
Disclaimer** We urge all our readers not to try these types of stunts with their vehicles as they can cause some significant damage to your vehicle’s clutch plate and other mechanical components.
Watch the video of this epic tug of war video by Pratham Shokeen between Mahindra Scorpio and Toyota Innova here:
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