Mahindra Has Been LYING About the ROXOR

Mahindra has been lying about the mahindra roxors payload capacity, and i am here to prove it.

[TlcBister]

Mahindra has to keep the payload that low on paper to stay under the required weight limit (i think it is 3750 pounds GVWR max, not sure) to be classified and sold as a SxS/UTV. It's a gov't thing, not Mahindra. I carry a1000 pounds in mine all the time.

[jonswap]

Rotor can carry a much higher load than advertised. It can easily be converted to be made road legal but they only sell non-road legal Roxors. It can easily be tuned to develop a lot more power and road speed, but it is sold detuned? Why? To meet the requirements for low tax import. Mahendra imports a detuned and de-specced vehicle, and allows American mechanics and suppliers to tune and re-spec it to the American customer's requirements. Roxor supports a whole infrastructure of small American businesses around it.

[dannycbe]

I had owned an MM540 in India .. virtually the same vehicle for 10 years plus... regularly carried 500 kg ( 1100 pounds). In fact it is super smooth when heavily loaded!!

[biondisubbaiah]

In India the Thar can officially tow 1.5 tons, I've managed 3 tons but not regularly.

[CaptainRon]

Dude, save your back. You have a front end loader. Bring the loader to your Roxor waist high

[hepe_astus]

even 50+ year old mahindra vehicles (100s of them) are still used even at tropical hilly areas of south India... since other load bearing vehicles can't run in that offroad conditions and elevations, most of the people uses mahindra vehicles to carry even timber to sawmills...

[tonyrebeiro]

These vehicles are heavily overloaded in the high range areas of India, sometimes carrying up to 21 people. Just calculating at 70Kgs. per head, that nearly 1500 Kgs. And mind you, this vehicle pulls such loads in off road terrain and quite steep conditions.

[jopborlangkhyriemmujat]

In India they can pull more than 2 tons load capacity in a trailer and in a cabin this is what the Willys Jeep the Mahindra MM40 and the old Mahindra Thar did that has the same engine as the Roxor.Sadly the Mahindra cannot enjoy their freedom of Willys Licence in the USA as they have Rights in India and has been jelous by FCA that claimed that Mahindra can only produce the Willys Jeeps in India but not in USA its a shame FCA is allowed in India to manufacture their modern Willys Jeeps apart from Mahindra Willys Jeeps if they feel they are both made the same products the FCA must not sell their products in India too why sell the Wranglers when there are Mahindra Thars already but everyone know they are not the same types of vehicles they are more different they claimed that Roxor copy the Jeep design but they denied that it's not a copy but a legal Rights for manufacturing Willys Jeep like the CJs and CJ 7 Licensed by the Willys but not the FCA.This FCA company is a two minded company that do everything to add only to its own interest better to fight in courage like GM win their Hummer against the FCA and just ignore the company who didn't Licensed them and respect the honour of the old Willys company to enable customers enjoy their many different modern Willys DNA vehicles from different company

[mayankmanu]

Automakers say all kind of stuff to pass the legal requirements. A great example is the gentlemen’s agreement between the Japanese car manufacturers. The key is to underpromise and over deliver. Mahindra is a master at that. In India, vehicles are costly and most families can only afford one. Hence, the machine needs to be reliable, cheap to own and fix. Indian automobile industry is super competitive. Brands like Toyota have a hard time selling just because the indigenous manufacturers are that good.

[sinlokemp]

We grew up commuting on this Utility Vehicle in India during the Mid-90s. It was our family vehicle. It was called the 'Mahindra Jeep' during our younger days. It's a beast of a machine for off-road and carrying heavy loads. Our family survived an accident as well.

[MisterMikeTexas]

That diesel engine sounds good! And Mahindra is helping to keep the manuals alive!

[megastick]

I am fairly certain ( 99.9%) the payload is unrated purposely to meet some government restrictions. Such as to keep it from being designated a “ truck” instead of a UTV. Taxes and tariffs and safety requirements would be drastically different.
Just as light duty trucks go up in registration costs by their capacity, ie; 1/2, 3/4, 1 ton etc. tags get more expensive as capacity goes up. Since this “ looks” like a jeep, keeping the capacity low would keep it as a UTV.
Under rating is used all the time. Boat motors are under rated as to HP in the smaller motors as some lakes have HP limits.
Some say under 10HP, so the makers dub them 9.9, although some are easily way more powerful.
“It’s all in the telling” as they say. Some makers way OVER rate things too, for obvious reasons.

[abatra]

It has a leaf suspension in the rear, so you can go a lot more than this and it will ride better when there is more load. Although you would risk suspension to wear out quickly, they cost almost nothing. If you feel you are not able to add more weight, just add more leaf to the suspension and it will take more load.

[patriot]

Mahindra makes some great vehicles, reliable and cost effective.

[lowercherty]

The WW2 Jeep it was modeled after was technically a quarter ton payload (500 lbs) but could hold much much more. That's the maximum weight that kept the off road performance specified. Hill climb etc.

[adamcaldwell]

I've put 1000 lbs of feed in mine several times and it even rides better.

[googleuser]

The Thar equivalent (pre 2020) in India is normally used to carry 8 to 9 passengers (illegal taxi services) over common rural or village point to point routes, often having ridiculous gradients & sharp turns.

[jeffsmith]

Weight capacity might not just apply to the suspension and spring clearnces. It could be what the transmission can stand.

[J_Beazy]

The reason they rate it for 349 lbs is because there is no cab protection from the payload in the bed. There is nothing separating the load from crashing into the passengers if you have a front collision or roll it over something like that.. So it really boils down to a safety issue. The rating gets through the red tape of govt safety regulations and manufacturers liability.

[humdinger]

I imagine they put the weight limit in place for payload in the event of the load shifting forward into the seat. The extra weight could sheer the bolts holding them in place.