We hear an official word from Mr. Pawan Goenka, President, Automotive & Farm Equipment sectors, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd saying that �Our timeline (for the rollout) is about one year from now. We�re currently completing market research on India. We are also designing the assembly line and overall business plan� M&M along with Ssangyong which is a Korean car manufactuerer is all set to roll two SUV�s which will be the Korando C and Rexton expected by early 2012. M&M is done with all the legalities with Ssangyong required for the acquisition, and seems very positive about the collaboration.
The car will be assembled at the M&M Chakan plant near Pune where a new assembly line will be introduced. Hopefully the cars will be rebadged as sold under new names. M&M has been successful to put a fight to Toyota Innova by its Scorpio and Chevrolet Tavera by Xlyo. With the introduction of two new world class SUV�s M&M will now take the stakes higher and will try to put a good fight for big guns in the SUV segment like the Toyota Fortuner & Chevrolet Captiva.
Specs of the Rexton ( two models 270S and 270 SPR ) sold in the international market are
Engine : 2.7 lit Turbocharged DOHC 5 Cylinder.
Power : 165 PS for 270S and 186 PS for 270 SPR
Torque : 340 Nm for 270S and 402 Nm for 270SPR
Specs for Korando C
Engine : 2.0 lit Turbocharged DOHC
Power : 175 PS
Both the Korando C and Rexton seem good to be champion on paper and on the road.
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