I hear many of the comments about value for money and that the Mahindra is tough etc. I would agree but having owned the Mahindra 2.2l turbo they called the flagship D/C 4x4. If you want a vehicle for delivery on the road and you are not going to be driving the vehicle and you are never going to sell it great. The Mahindra has the worst resale value of any other vehicle in South Africa. The Mahindra and this was from brand new one day the radio works the next day it does not. In other words the electronics have problems. I took it in several times to Mahindra they say everything is working but the same problem I finally just accepted it. I am leaving the best for last. As mentioned for delivery on the road with a driver no problem. But I purchased the Mahindra for its off-road capacity. I was told and the way Mahindra market the value as work hard play hard and they compare it to the Toyota or Ford but the Toyota, Ford, Nissan, Isuzu, GWC or whatever it is called if you take any other brand of vehicle to a 4x4 upgrade centre and tell them you would like to increase the clearance? I guarantee you can increase the clearance in any other brand of vehicle plus you can fit larger tyres or just change the tyre from a road to a dual road/off-road or mud tyre. I am no expert but I honestly believe clearance and decent tyres for me are the basics without or let me say with 100% road tyres and around 200mm clearance. Mahindra claim 210mm but lust like manufacturers call their highest speed or 0-100km is may be a little generous. In other words the Suzuki has clearance of about 8.1 inches. Anyone who has any experience off-road would tell you if you are planning to do any type of adventure driving or off-road you would need more than 200mm of clearance. I have watched many videos on RUclips and in most reviews of the Suzuki Jimmy the first thing they do is increase the clearance and fit new tyres. Then that little 4x4 can survive or you can actually go off-road. Otherwise the Suzuki 4x4 is great for a city with limited parking you can park on the pavement etc. But no one who wants to drive off-road and I do not mean a sand road that any 2x4 vehicle can manage at a slow speed. I managed to go further in the old Transkei of some rough dirt roads with stones and bumps with 4 adults in a Toyota corolla entry level then with the brand new Mahindra flagship. OK understand not all 4x4 vehicles have diff-locks excuse spelling and jargon. I guess only the leading 4x4 vehicles have 1 or 2 diff-locks and even some decent 4x4 vehicles only have single diff-locks and some even have automatic diff-lock. But unless the vehicle has a real fantastic automatic diff-lock it I believe can be dangerous if the diff-lock is automatic when the vehicles electronics and components in general are so cheap that as mentioned sometimes the radio works sometimes it does not because when you are driving on a tar road over 60km/h on the highway and the diff locks - it just locks. I thought the vehicle was going to turn over. I understand and dont expect all 4x4 vehicles to have 1 or 2 manual diff-locks but the vehicle can still handle many 4x4 trails and or adventure driving etc. But in hindsight without enough clearance and with 100% on road tyres you are not going to get far. You will also more than likely damage critical components under the vehicle. Even if you take a factory or standard Toyota Hilux or Ford with I guess 260mm of clearance besides an extra fuel filter and extending the air intake or adding a filter plus the drainage thing on the 4x4 diffs or I said I was not an expert actually I am not even a beginner thanks to Mahindra. However I have heard a company I think in Pietermaritzburg in creating or welding steel bull-bars, roll bars and other good-looking extras for Mahindra. I did have the bull-bar fitted and was planning on the other items but I was not looking for a vehicle that looks like it is a off-road 4x4 vehicle. You can have all those items fitted for the driver who is going to delivery items across South Africa like a delivery van but on the road. It may even make a delivery to a small holding that has a dirt road of a few hundred metres to get to the property or delivery point. But this is not a 4x4 that can go off-road. I wish this was not true but I learned the hard way when the sales man saw me coming a mile away. Everything or the reason I wanted the vehicle I told the salesman and whatever I said I wanted to do to the vehicle he told me exactly what I wanted to hear. If you do not believe me or if you just want a delivery vehicle for your driver or maybe you have a boat and you want to tow it and it meets the weight restrictions as long as you never want to launch it from a 4x4 or slippery or off-road location great. If you do not believe me please first go to any 4x4 upgrade centre and ask you if they can lift the vehicle by 1 mm and ask them or go to any tyre place and ask them for off-road, sand or dual off-on road tyres ask them for the same size or 1mm bigger tyres as bigger tyres also increase the clearance. Without the clearance and decent tyres the Mahindra is a joke. I mean as a off-road vehicle! Anyone who buys the Jimny excuse spelling who is wanting to use it off-road will immediately or eventually if they are lucky enough not to have already damaged the vehicle increase the clearance even if its a small amount and will fit if not a bigger tyre a tyre that has a little better grip off-road. The beauty about the Suzuki is you can increase the clearance and you can fit larger /off-road tyres. If you could do the same to the Mahindra I would not be writing this. But no one will tell you this fact. I asked Mahindra and the salesman told me he would increase the clearance by 2-3 inches in his workshop all lies. He said and he charged me for bigger tyres or dual on/off road tyres. He knew very well that if you do anything to the tyres including fitting a tyre that is 1mm bigger or 1mm smaller or a tyre that is not 100% for road use only you lose your 5 year warranty. If the 4x4 centre or Mahindra say yes you can adjust the clearance or increase the clearance and yes you can have off-road or any other type of tyres fitted. Before you purchase the vehicle make sure they put that into the contract subject to increasing the clearance /tyres of the sale is null and void. I hope you do not make the mistake I did and if even 1 person does not have to experience Mahindra's false advertising then I am satisfied. If Google delete my comment understand Mahindra have told them that what I have said is untrue. I ask you them Google to have Mahindra SDA put this in writing that you can increase the clearance and you can fit bigger tyres. It matters not how many bull-bars or fancy spotlights - would you fit a bull-bar to your road car if you would than great. For me being able to drive off-road was the reason I purchased the vehicle based on Mahindra advertising and paid reviews. Claiming it was a vehicle that is similar to the Toyota/Ford D/C 4x4 that is exactly what it is not. I was amazed they only sold 2-4 thousand vehicles a month when Toyota/Ford/Isuzu/+++ sold I cannot remember the figures but it was a lot more I think Toyota Hilux say 20 000 vehicles. I thought wow it must be new as soon as more people realize you can get basically the same vehicle OK a little less comfortable so what the GPS is pre-android so it doesn't work like your phone or it is nothing like an Android or Apple device. I cannot explain if you were alive pre-android then you will understand. But who cares I will just use my phone that was my thinking. But 5 years later is so weird still no one has realized that you can get a vehicle that is almost identical and it cost over R50 000.00 less. I didn't understand then that I was being lied to. I didn't understand that the reason the sales where so low is because you are purchasing a totally different vehicle and even if you willing to spend R500 000.00 on the upgrade you still cannot turn a Mahindra into an off-road vehicle. with respect the the channel I would not be surprised if Mahindra is paying to have their vehicle compared to a Land cruiser. You have to ask yourself on all Mahindra videos why they never test it will off-road tyres or this Mahindra has been upgraded the clearance is 280mm it has perilla 26inch off road tyres. We see this all the time when comparing Cruiser to Hilux or Jeep vs whatever. Please try find a video with an upgraded Mahindra. There is a reason you do not I will let you guess.
I would like to see you increase the clearance as 210mm is not enough clearance for an off-road vehicle. Or please add dual on/off-road tyres. I have to ask myself why not one video has been upgraded. Yes it is built for the road and it cannot drive off-road with 16 inch road tyres or 200mm of clearance. Mahindra claim its similar to Toyota or Ford but it is a totally different vehicle. It is a road vehicle.
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This is the most beautiful bakkie/car I've ever seen. Especially in that gray color
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Yes it's value for money 🤑
I hear many of the comments about value for money and that the Mahindra is tough etc. I would agree but having owned the Mahindra 2.2l turbo they called the flagship D/C 4x4. If you want a vehicle for delivery on the road and you are not going to be driving the vehicle and you are never going to sell it great. The Mahindra has the worst resale value of any other vehicle in South Africa. The Mahindra and this was from brand new one day the radio works the next day it does not. In other words the electronics have problems. I took it in several times to Mahindra they say everything is working but the same problem I finally just accepted it. I am leaving the best for last. As mentioned for delivery on the road with a driver no problem. But I purchased the Mahindra for its off-road capacity. I was told and the way Mahindra market the value as work hard play hard and they compare it to the Toyota or Ford but the Toyota, Ford, Nissan, Isuzu, GWC or whatever it is called if you take any other brand of vehicle to a 4x4 upgrade centre and tell them you would like to increase the clearance? I guarantee you can increase the clearance in any other brand of vehicle plus you can fit larger tyres or just change the tyre from a road to a dual road/off-road or mud tyre. I am no expert but I honestly believe clearance and decent tyres for me are the basics without or let me say with 100% road tyres and around 200mm clearance. Mahindra claim 210mm but lust like manufacturers call their highest speed or 0-100km is may be a little generous. In other words the Suzuki has clearance of about 8.1 inches. Anyone who has any experience off-road would tell you if you are planning to do any type of adventure driving or off-road you would need more than 200mm of clearance. I have watched many videos on RUclips and in most reviews of the Suzuki Jimmy the first thing they do is increase the clearance and fit new tyres. Then that little 4x4 can survive or you can actually go off-road. Otherwise the Suzuki 4x4 is great for a city with limited parking you can park on the pavement etc. But no one who wants to drive off-road and I do not mean a sand road that any 2x4 vehicle can manage at a slow speed. I managed to go further in the old Transkei of some rough dirt roads with stones and bumps with 4 adults in a Toyota corolla entry level then with the brand new Mahindra flagship. OK understand not all 4x4 vehicles have diff-locks excuse spelling and jargon. I guess only the leading 4x4 vehicles have 1 or 2 diff-locks and even some decent 4x4 vehicles only have single diff-locks and some even have automatic diff-lock. But unless the vehicle has a real fantastic automatic diff-lock it I believe can be dangerous if the diff-lock is automatic when the vehicles electronics and components in general are so cheap that as mentioned sometimes the radio works sometimes it does not because when you are driving on a tar road over 60km/h on the highway and the diff locks - it just locks. I thought the vehicle was going to turn over. I understand and dont expect all 4x4 vehicles to have 1 or 2 manual diff-locks but the vehicle can still handle many 4x4 trails and or adventure driving etc. But in hindsight without enough clearance and with 100% on road tyres you are not going to get far. You will also more than likely damage critical components under the vehicle. Even if you take a factory or standard Toyota Hilux or Ford with I guess 260mm of clearance besides an extra fuel filter and extending the air intake or adding a filter plus the drainage thing on the 4x4 diffs or I said I was not an expert actually I am not even a beginner thanks to Mahindra. However I have heard a company I think in Pietermaritzburg in creating or welding steel bull-bars, roll bars and other good-looking extras for Mahindra. I did have the bull-bar fitted and was planning on the other items but I was not looking for a vehicle that looks like it is a off-road 4x4 vehicle. You can have all those items fitted for the driver who is going to delivery items across South Africa like a delivery van but on the road. It may even make a delivery to a small holding that has a dirt road of a few hundred metres to get to the property or delivery point. But this is not a 4x4 that can go off-road. I wish this was not true but I learned the hard way when the sales man saw me coming a mile away. Everything or the reason I wanted the vehicle I told the salesman and whatever I said I wanted to do to the vehicle he told me exactly what I wanted to hear. If you do not believe me or if you just want a delivery vehicle for your driver or maybe you have a boat and you want to tow it and it meets the weight restrictions as long as you never want to launch it from a 4x4 or slippery or off-road location great. If you do not believe me please first go to any 4x4 upgrade centre and ask you if they can lift the vehicle by 1 mm and ask them or go to any tyre place and ask them for off-road, sand or dual off-on road tyres ask them for the same size or 1mm bigger tyres as bigger tyres also increase the clearance. Without the clearance and decent tyres the Mahindra is a joke. I mean as a off-road vehicle! Anyone who buys the Jimny excuse spelling who is wanting to use it off-road will immediately or eventually if they are lucky enough not to have already damaged the vehicle increase the clearance even if its a small amount and will fit if not a bigger tyre a tyre that has a little better grip off-road. The beauty about the Suzuki is you can increase the clearance and you can fit larger /off-road tyres. If you could do the same to the Mahindra I would not be writing this. But no one will tell you this fact. I asked Mahindra and the salesman told me he would increase the clearance by 2-3 inches in his workshop all lies. He said and he charged me for bigger tyres or dual on/off road tyres. He knew very well that if you do anything to the tyres including fitting a tyre that is 1mm bigger or 1mm smaller or a tyre that is not 100% for road use only you lose your 5 year warranty. If the 4x4 centre or Mahindra say yes you can adjust the clearance or increase the clearance and yes you can have off-road or any other type of tyres fitted. Before you purchase the vehicle make sure they put that into the contract subject to increasing the clearance /tyres of the sale is null and void. I hope you do not make the mistake I did and if even 1 person does not have to experience Mahindra's false advertising then I am satisfied. If Google delete my comment understand Mahindra have told them that what I have said is untrue. I ask you them Google to have Mahindra SDA put this in writing that you can increase the clearance and you can fit bigger tyres. It matters not how many bull-bars or fancy spotlights - would you fit a bull-bar to your road car if you would than great. For me being able to drive off-road was the reason I purchased the vehicle based on Mahindra advertising and paid reviews. Claiming it was a vehicle that is similar to the Toyota/Ford D/C 4x4 that is exactly what it is not. I was amazed they only sold 2-4 thousand vehicles a month when Toyota/Ford/Isuzu/+++ sold I cannot remember the figures but it was a lot more I think Toyota Hilux say 20 000 vehicles. I thought wow it must be new as soon as more people realize you can get basically the same vehicle OK a little less comfortable so what the GPS is pre-android so it doesn't work like your phone or it is nothing like an Android or Apple device. I cannot explain if you were alive pre-android then you will understand. But who cares I will just use my phone that was my thinking. But 5 years later is so weird still no one has realized that you can get a vehicle that is almost identical and it cost over R50 000.00 less. I didn't understand then that I was being lied to. I didn't understand that the reason the sales where so low is because you are purchasing a totally different vehicle and even if you willing to spend R500 000.00 on the upgrade you still cannot turn a Mahindra into an off-road vehicle. with respect the the channel I would not be surprised if Mahindra is paying to have their vehicle compared to a Land cruiser. You have to ask yourself on all Mahindra videos why they never test it will off-road tyres or this Mahindra has been upgraded the clearance is 280mm it has perilla 26inch off road tyres. We see this all the time when comparing Cruiser to Hilux or Jeep vs whatever. Please try find a video with an upgraded Mahindra. There is a reason you do not I will let you guess.
I loved it
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This is my dream bakkie
But only manual. Not auto
How is the fuel consumption
If u drive nice in the city 14 to 16.5 km on 1 L and on the highway 13 to 14
I would like to see you increase the clearance as 210mm is not enough clearance for an off-road vehicle. Or please add dual on/off-road tyres. I have to ask myself why not one video has been upgraded. Yes it is built for the road and it cannot drive off-road with 16 inch road tyres or 200mm of clearance. Mahindra claim its similar to Toyota or Ford but it is a totally different vehicle. It is a road vehicle.
Would have bought this instead of the isuzu if it was available here
It is half the price of isuzu mate no comparison
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