Another article from Autoblog that says... maybe

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I payed $18,500 for my 2004 Chevy Silverado 4x4 RCLB V6 5 speed W/T .

[howam00]

Nice and dirty, the way it should look

[dadtdave]

Gnarly, Dude!

[bobwilson]

My problem with the trucks being over $20k isn't so much the price but the fact that Americans- myself included- are going to be highly wary of these new trucks when they hit the road. Do you remember Daewoo? Remember how they were supposed to be the "Next Toyota" and had a suspension system supposedly designed by Lotus? Well they got here and the cars just fell apart. I had a friend who bought a new Daewoo sedan. The engine threw the rod through the engine after 3 months. By then the company had stopped selling in the US and he was screwed. The car was worthless.

That's my concern about these. They might be good. They might also be junk. I'm probably going to let others be the guinea pigs and try em' out first. But therein lies the problem: An untrusted, unknown brand needs to be cheap. Otherwise I could just go buy another small Tacoma for 15-16k that gets 25-27MPG and get another 250,000 miles out of one.

If given the choice of buying a Ford, Chevy, Toyota, Nissan, or a Mahindra all at the same price, I'm probably going to go with a well-known brand. But... if the Mahindra was 12-15k.... then now we're talkin' because that's a LOT cheaper and perhaps erases some of my fears of the truck turning out to be a dud.

[howam00]

Originally Posted by bobwilson

My problem with the trucks being over $20k isn't so much the price but the fact that Americans- myself included- are going to be highly wary of these new trucks when they hit the road. Do you remember Daewoo? Remember how they were supposed to be the "Next Toyota" and had a suspension system supposedly designed by Lotus? Well they got here and the cars just fell apart. I had a friend who bought a new Daewoo sedan. The engine threw the rod through the engine after 3 months. By then the company had stopped selling in the US and he was screwed. The car was worthless.

That's my concern about these. They might be good. They might also be junk. I'm probably going to let others be the guinea pigs and try em' out first. But therein lies the problem: An untrusted, unknown brand needs to be cheap. Otherwise I could just go buy another small Tacoma for 15-16k that gets 25-27MPG and get another 250,000 miles out of one.

If given the choice of buying a Ford, Chevy, Toyota, Nissan, or a Mahindra all at the same price, I'm probably going to go with a well-known brand. But... if the Mahindra was 12-15k.... then now we're talkin' because that's a LOT cheaper and perhaps erases some of my fears of the truck turning out to be a dud.

No arguement from me, I fully understand the devil you know versus the devil you don't arguement. Maybe Mahindra will offer incentives for the first year or first so many buyers to help boost sales and provide word of mouth testimony for their product.