John Sainty has owned 10 four-wheel-drives but he reckons his second Mahindra, a 2015 dual-cab Pik-Up he purchased from Cassells Automotive at Warwick, is the best of the lot. A sales rep from Forest Lake in Brisbane, Sainty dropped in a heavy duty aftermarket tray and canopy and now he and the wife use their Pik-Up as the perfect low-cost getaway vehicle. “My previous vehicle was the 2007 2.5 Pik-Up,” says Sainty, “and my original...
You’ve got five days off, an off-road van and a Mahindra Pik up. What do you do? Not one to waste a long weekend, forty-three–year-old electrical lines person Michael O’Brien knew the answer without even thinking about it. He and his partner Tracey boosted off on a quick, 2300-kilometre round trip to Queensland’s famous Carnarvon National Park in Central Queensland. The 26,000 ha park is located 593 km north-west of Brisbane and is steeped in...
When Paul Johnson isn’t pounding out 1000-kilometre weeks in his Mahindra Pik-Up for his cleaning business Sparklean, you might just find him over at Moreton Island on the tailgate, watching the sunset with a brown trout in hand. The 45 year-old from North Lakes bought his styleside Pik-Up brand new in 2012, and says it’s not only been the most economical vehicle he’s ever had, but it still sounds the same as the day he...
Well-known local dealer Russell Hughes has welcomed the brand to his familiar location of 20 years in the Toowoomba CBD, some 120kms west of Brisbane. “It really did blow me away when I found out about the size and depth of Mahindra,” said Hughes, “and now I’m really proud of the fact that I’m a part of that. Because it’s a company that knows what they are doing, and they run it well. And it’s...
When 43-year-old electrical lines person Michael O’Brien from Deception Bay in North Brisbane found a low-mileage Mahindra Pik-Up at the end of 2012, no-one guessed where the relationship would lead. The answer came in September 2013, when the Queenslander took his Pik-Up on an epic, four-week road trip taking in (among numerous other destinations) Adelaide, Alice Springs, Mount Isa and a total of 9900 kilometres in distance! “I found a 2012 with 11,000 km on...
Mumbai, November 28, 2013: Mahindra Racing will join the inaugural FIA Formula E Championship beginning in September 2014. The motor sports division of the Mumbai-based USD 16.2 billion multinational Mahindra Group has signed an agreement with series promoters Formula E Holdings to become the eighth and only Indian team to join the new zero emission series. [youtube 0oJzwQrsDkU nolink] The innovative all-electric global race series will include 10 races in its first season in city-centre locations...
