Specially if it can survive the Himalayas it can survive anything. Like the Cummins 5.9 24v & 12v are stupidly popular in the trucking industry like every 3rd truck has that engine in india tata sold that engine for like 25yrs before the emissions norms kicked in . .. cus it can take the beating of Himalayan roads..
Absolutely right brother,this steel steed of yours is rough and tough and built like a tank to last 3 life times or maybe even more 😎👌👍 greetings to you from the land of Mahindra Thars"India".
liked my 2018 LE so much bought the wife a 2019. I have about 5000 miles on mine trouble free.a fully boxed frame, solid axels, five speed manual with a two speed trans case and a turbo diesel. my grandkids will be driving mine long after their buddies grand pa's plastic SXS has hit the scrap heap. nice review, thank you.
I have a 2020 that I built up. Bone stock when I got it last year. Wanted a CJ but didn't want 40 yrs of rusted and worn out. My Rox is a tank, love having a eye turner on the road. I street legaled mine and gets looks everywhere I go! It's a great off road rig here in Utah. 4lo let it creep anywhere. No way did I want a plastic sxs this will last for years. Great video
They don’t “wear out”, break CV joints, break housings (cast iron), lots of complex maintenance and special fluids and the list goes on. It’s mostly a military spec vehicle. Great review. Some of those will still be around a hundred years like an A Model or T Model Ford. That’s a nice winch. Get a snatch block and you could double that to 9000 pounds. But you already know that but many may not. If it looks like a Jeep, drives like a Jeep, pulls like a Jeep, I’m with you, it’s “a little ole Jeep”.
Great video man! I've always wanted one. After your review it made me want one more. I live in North Florida that would be perfect for me and my family.
This thing is miles apart better than mule is obmany ways, its not an ideal machine, but far better to enjoy and drive...you wouldn't regret a moment of buying a Roxor.
Thanks for the 2 year update. Hopefully Mahindra are paying attention and take note of the points that you’ve raised. Shame the turning circle isn’t smaller. All those mods look great!
I went to a wedding in India and got on a private safari in the middle of the night at a National Park with one of my buddies. Our translator arranged it (think she had a fling going with the park ranger). We rode in the back of a Mahindra Jeep. We had been drinking a bit and I had to pee bad so we stopped on a trail and I hopped out the back and went to scurry off the trail but I ended up running into thorn bushes and peed on myself a little. Then hopping back into the back I slammed my knee on the side wheelwell. Overall a cool ride though!
It was available over there as the Thar DI/m2dicr. Not many cared for it & instead went for the sissy Thar crdi. Now both are gone from there. A developed & matured market like the US immediately recognized this vehicle for what it is and went to town with it. Now they get to enjoy something the indians chose to ignore when handed out on a platter.
2:00 - Wheel spacers will considerably reduce (improve) one's turning circle. I have 2" spacers on my 1946 CJ2A with fat aftermarket wheels / tires. If those are 5 on 5.5 spaced lugs use spacers for early CJ or military 'Jeeps'. These vehicles are direct descendants of the CJ5 (with more of a CJ7 body) which was configured for rather narrow 6.00 X 16 NDT military tires on skinny wheels.
You forgot to mention the price of Mahindra 'Roxor' in your review. Its super cheap compared to other vehicles in the same class. Its real value-for-money!
Its value depends on a lot of factors. In most states of the US, it can only be legally driven off road because it doesn't comply with anti polution and safety standards. An alternative would be an older jeep, which would be about the same price and have heating and cooling, a good top and could be driven anywhere.
You cannot get it plated anywhere in the US. It does not meet the highway safety standards for the year that it was built. You will have to wait the 25 years for it to be grandfathered. Then, you can get it plated, if the law stays the same.
@@erickeenan7562 thanks Eric. There are states where this could be plated and driven on roads and highways. Michigan and Arizona are two that I know of for sure. I wish they sold it as Kit so you can get it plated in Georgia.
@@sandippatel8584 I understand that Washington State and South Dakota will permit these on road. You would need to have mirrors, front turn signals, a windshield, and the rev limiter removed.
Great review. Thank you. Would have liked to send you a picture or 2 of my 2010 Thar over here in (SA) Never to sell. Has some kind off feeling that is so special when driven.
* THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR ownership experience. A newer brand of spray on bed liner "Bully Liner" is actually spray on rubber, 'NOT PLASTIC'... actual Rubber. I have seen entire car bodies done in BULLY LINER... INSTEAD OF PAINT... it works very well... Quieter ride... small hail and smaller road rocks bounce off without significant or noticeable damage. EASY to re-spray with another layer if needed or wanted. YES, I AM CONSIDERING OWNING A ROXOR.*
I like the solid steel transmission🥰 Jeep is scared same with Toyota they cannot compete at the price point. (Lawsuit is about a better product most off-roaders can appreciate) I run sunflower oil = harvesting on the move (Press-Your-Own) bio-Diesel.
Roxor yes it’s a diesel just ask Kansas farmer Dan McAmoil, from Penokee. The process is well documented and tested. His waste products are sold as high end feed for livestock. Never ending cycle that makes money not takes it.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I'm interested in possibly one for every day driving to work. Just matter of making street legal and heater for cold temperatures from wind shield freezing. Still researching. Thanks again.
Thank you for your honest opinion ... so it sounds like you hate this thing. I hate it also ! Normally I would enjoy staying in doors after skiing and having a beer or a coffee with sumpin' in it ... but my friend borrowed a RoXor last year and you should of seen all the 50 and 60 year olds waiting their turns to plow someone else's driveway! Hell, two of the snow plower employees parked their rigs and spent their dinner break taking a turn plowing with a RoxoR. It was the winter social event of the season and this beast was staying for a month. What a fun month with terrible weather that just kept suppling the entertainment! And then it left in February and the little town up on MtHood went quiet. The snowplows came thru our little streets and the blowers into our driveways ... they just weren't the same. The little beast That Could was nowhere to be seen ... What was the name of that little tank that made us feel so good and inspired us all to decrease our evening drinking so we could take a turn at looking good. Oh well, I gave in and I stood up to my wife and I demanded that ... I TOLD HER THAT SHE BETTER HAD ... OK, I asked her if I could borrow some money from our savings to get that little red beast that brought so much happiness to our ski mountain community and I would payback the debt with interest. When she told one of our neighbors what I was getting, the tears of joy welled up in his big blood shot eyes and he reach into his chest pocket and pulled out his checkbook handing over a blank check and said "Tell Joe to get a Western Impact HD V-plow and I will pay for half of everything" now my wife is in tears and I just know I ain't gonna ever be able to drive the freakin thing! I ain't standing in line to plow someone else's driveway and I don't want a 10 minute limited turn. I hope someone else buys one this year! Thanks for your testimony, mine never made it out of the parking lot of the dealership because it sprung a leak at the heater core. Thanks to testimony here on RU-vid, I didn't worry about this hiccup cuz I had already seen it occur and it ain't no thang!
Unrelated to this, but I’d love to see more of ole big red if yah still got her, I’ve got one of my own that I love to bits but her poor ole tires gave out an we ain’t replaced them yet, be an understatement to say I’ve got withdrawals, anyways have a good one and stay safe.
@@fastdraw30 well that truly is a shame, I ain’t got to much experience with machinery but our big red is the most reliable thing I’ve ever seen, we pulled her out the shed after not running for years, gave her a new tank of gas and some foam and she ran like new, I wouldn’t be surprised if she could shrug of an atom bomb, either way it was nice seeing your old videos of her since I’ve never seen one outside of ours. Hope all is well my friend, take care!
Well it was never designed to be a car or suv of single means transportation, however, it is absolutely more reliable than a CJ jeep of the early days, and could be used as such with minimal effort, but yes as a SXS its not even remotely close in comparison to the cheaply made plastic and thin tube framing of traditional SXS's.
Did you see fuel mileage go up a little after break in? Mine has around 1000 miles now and is getting 28.6 mpg. If it never changes that is perfectly fine, just curious. Mine is on oversized (31”) tires and has a stage 2 tuner. Thanks!
Mine has hovered around the 28 to 26 mark...but thats with the 33x12.50x15s...if i were running a stock set it would prob be well over 30 id imagine, I'm running the stg 3 hot tune on mine.
Sold has Mahindra Commander/Armada/Thar in India it is one the best reliable vehicles ever to be built and low maintenance. Considering the kind Potholes/craters we have in most cities they handle them well.
Son,This is a 1953 Willys CJ 3 ,Thats just what the rest of us,Want BombProof,Simple,All Steel ,Parts Interchangeability.Also Do not drive faster than 55 in it in perfect Dry Conditions.Less as Conditions Deteriorate.
Thanks for the review. I just bought a 2019. Any chance you can supply a link to the fender flares you went with? I sure like the looks of those. Thanks. BBR.
So where your at how do you register it? Here in wisconsin it cant be registered as a sxs because its over 2000lbs. cant be registered as a truck/suv for on road. I had my heart set on one and had it all lined up to purchase one and then i found out it cant be registered. Hopeing the new 2021 is 2000lbs. ended up with a ranger unfortunately. Thanks for the review. Nice video
@@fastdraw30 so are you just changing it essentially with the slow moving sign then? I've debated looking into dirt legal if you've heard of it. I'm pretty sure the law enforcement around here would have a field day with me
@@Tyler_Koehn I just put a SMV on it and ride out, honestly if your not interested in driving around town, its all you need. I feel like the law would be a lot more forgiving if you go that route versus trying to skate around some sketch form of registration. The way it works in GA with dirt legal, it can be done by registering it in one of several nomadic states, which allows you to be a non resident to get a tag, but here in GA that out of state tag is only good for 1 year, then its useless and its very expensive. Other states will allow allow registering it again to keep it current, but GA won't, because it will be a motorcycle tag not a full size plate, which is a dead give away for HWP and county mounties..I have ran into several out riding on secondary roads and always got compliments and kudos, never so much as a warning...but I never go into city limits or town.
@@fastdraw30 I haven't actually checked with an insurance company, but I'm pretty sure I cannot insure a not street legal vehicle for illegal use on public roads.
It looks like my CJ7 and I was hoping they were going to make a street legal version but it’s not to be. I ordered a JL five weeks ago and now I’m waiting.
@@map3384 Yeah, everyone has to learn the hard way with "Jeep" today. Its all Italian owned and designed which is cheap junk, all of it. A wrangler is the most overpriced, unreliable vehicle you could possibly own, and its so bad the company pays off the consumer reports groups to keep from killing the sales, but the flip side is when you get sick of it, you will get a good resale value, because there are tons of morons in the world that have to learn too😆
@@map3384 we had one too...wouldn't fix a damn thing, cause you cant fix an already broken design...luckily the dealership bought it back after 2 years of not being able to fix it.
@@jeffmuller8878 I’m sure I could register in my state, but what I want to know is if it can hold up for 100k miles without any major mechanical issues.
Yess it can do upto 300000 Miles without any major issues to the engine and with Normal services.. And using synthetic oil for my roxor Le runs good... No issues so far... And getting up to an average 26 miles per gallon..
This was a very helpful review, however your point about the weight is somewhat obtuse when considering the weight of the current Jeep Wrangler two-seater is a thousand pounds greater than the Mahindra (+/- 50lbs). Furthermore I'm extremely interested in the modifications in which you made to the engine in order to double its horsepower. We are very interested and knowing how you did this considering this is a tremendous feat and such engineering prowess and knowledge would surely be appreciated if shared and spread amongst the learned community. In closing the reason why the term lbs is used when talking about pounds is because of the astrological symbol Libra which is a scale and so when we weigh things in the United States we're actually saying it weighs 100 Libras or pounds.
Doubling the hp is as simple as sending the computer out for a tune. For some reason Mahindra tuned the engine way down, I believe it was to make it look more like a side by side than an actual road vehicle. Most people have the dealer send the ECU out for a tune before they even pick it up. Mine went from 60hp to 110 hp with a Diesel Freeks tune. This is the number one upgrade that every Roxor owner should do!
@@talktojerm The reason it is tuned down is because it can avoid a majority of the emission laws with a low power tune. Even in an offroad application, anything above 75 horse is going to have more emissions equipment built in, DPF, DOC, DEF, SCR, all the fun acronyms.
How is it possible to get one exactly with the front and that this one has on the video or switch out the whole front end of the new one with a nice run in. The new one looks ugly that's very hideous looks like a cheap golf cart this one here is exceptional
I bought a stalk of 1/2" square steel tubing, cut it to length and used Pclamps to secure the bars to the cage, and the rack had its own brackets that clamp over the steel tubing.
Congrats on 2years with the Roxor. Here in India we have the Mahindra Thar instead of the Roxor. The Thar was upgraded in 2020 and is much more powerful than the older version along with a brand new petrol engine (150bhp). Rumours going around are that the version abroad will receive the 180bhp tune. Here are some videos of the relatively new Mahindra Thar - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fjyKx18S5SU.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J5BMlYd9YzA.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mqgd2ijYO5A.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Kv_KGOUCpw4.html
It seems to not be very happy you should have gotten a Jeep CJ7 seems like he would have a lighter front-end more storage room more horsepower probably better interior and so on
There was a temporary stop build due to FCA and their lawsuit aginst mahindra, but supposedly the new 22 models will hit dealers in May of next year, they were built from 18 to 20 then a lapse for 21 and the 22s are comming.
why would anyone pay as much as a used jk jeep and it not be street legal...they need to lower the price and id be interested otherwise ill pass for something i dont have to trailer with coil overs
@@fastdraw30 Well Matthew is an East Texas Accent,,, but Texas is big enough to have somewhere around four to five accents, here on the border we slip in many Spanish words, but I've got my daughter at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, (Texas's oldest city), and part of the East Texas area. Good job on your 2 year review.
Mahindra' s suvs are way better than most of the foreign suvs available in india here .... Bro take a look at mahindra thar 2021 ... ... And xuv 700 ... You all underestimating mahindra .. even thier almost all vehicles are the safest cars in the country ... And .. stylish tooo .. just take a look on .. scorpio , xuv 500 , xuv 700 , xuv 300 , bolero ., Thar 2021
See, I go by the wish method, I wish a MF would and I catch him, so try me hossfly, if there's anything in my Roxor worth you risking getting an extra hole in you...go ahead 👉💥...down south we don't play that BS.
