The Indian Jeep Wrangler clone arrives with a new design – RT World News

The car in the photos may look like a strange tuning of the last generation Jeep Wrangler at first glance, but it is a completely different car – the Mahindra Thar Roxx. The latest word indicates a five-door version that will enter the Indian market in October; so far it has only been sold in a three-door version.

The Roxx received a new ladder frame to improve riding comfort and a two-tone paint job to create the illusion of a removable roof, but it’s fixed. The rest of the equipment, however, can compete with the Wrangler – it offers six airbags, a 10.25″ central display, in higher trims a second display as an instrument panel, as well as adaptive cruise control -navigation or active route guidance, as well as other electronic elements.

They also include the Crawl Smart Assist system, a form of off-road cruise control for very slow driving – roxx is the first Indian car with something like this. In addition, there are electronically controlled differential locks and several off-road driving modes.

Under the hood is a two-liter gasoline engine with 130 kW and 380 Nm, or a 2.2-liter turbodiesel with 129 kW and 370 Nm. The rear wheels are driven as standard, the front can be connected, the car can be equipped with a six-speed manual or automatic transmission. The car is 4428 mm long – 357 mm shorter than the current Jeep Wrangler – 1870 wide and 1923 mm high. The wheel base is 2850 mm.

Indian carmaker Mahindra has had the license to build the Jeep CJ, the forerunner of today’s Wrangler, since 1947, and says this gives it the right to bring updated versions a result that looks very similar to the real Wrangler. However, the Stellantis concern, which owns the Jeep car company, does not think so and is preventing the sale of these cars outside India through the courts.

Prices are between 356 and 560 thousand crowns. However, it is highly unlikely that it will be imported into Europe.