Mahindra and Mahindra got an unexpected shot in the hand after its Mahindra Scorpio pick-up notched a much deserving third place at the tough Rally dos sertoes in Brazil recently. Mind you Mahindra Scorpio pick-up was racing against the mighty Mitsubishis, Fords and Chevrolets!
Before you fall off your seats, read this. Mahindra was not even an official entry in the rally. In fact a Brazilian Motors enthusiast, Ricardo Augusto De Souza Campos better known as Rasc in the Brazilian motoring fraternity purchased a Mahindra Scorpio pick-up in Brazil. Having been in rallies for over 25 years, this rally veteran knows a machine inside out.
The Rally dos Sertoes was the only rally he was yet to win. Rasc founded the Jeep Club of Brasilia (his home town) and so it was not lost on him that Mahindra vehicles have descended from this great brand.
The Rally dos Sertoes of Brazil is considered one of the toughest car rallying events in the world and comes second only to the legendary Dakar rally. This year the rally was spread over 11 days, 5045 km long distance. A total of 128 vehicles participated in the rally including 66 cars and seven trucks.
The Mahindra Dealership in Brazil, Govesa Mahindra helped Ricardo Augusto De Souza with service support and he soon got sponsorship to participate. The stock vehicle was completely prepared taking into consideration the regulations and mandatory safety and structural modifications demanded by the Motor sport association.
The vehicle was fitted with rally seats, a special safety cage as per FIA guidelines, a snorkel air intake, a plastic windshield, electrical safety gear plus, a sump and transmission guard. The chassis was strengthened to make the vehicle more stiff.
A larger 220 litre fuel tank was mounted on the vehicle to give it unlimited supply of fuel.
The result of the rally stumped everybody including the hardened experts. Everyone except the Campos and his son Rasquinho, who was a navigator, were surprised by the results.
Maybe we can now expect Mahindra to officially enter the Dakar rally for 2010. If that happens, it will be the first indigenously Indian built vehicle to participate in a world championship rally.
Before you fall off your seats, read this. Mahindra was not even an official entry in the rally. In fact a Brazilian Motors enthusiast, Ricardo Augusto De Souza Campos better known as Rasc in the Brazilian motoring fraternity purchased a Mahindra Scorpio pick-up in Brazil. Having been in rallies for over 25 years, this rally veteran knows a machine inside out.
The Rally dos Sertoes was the only rally he was yet to win. Rasc founded the Jeep Club of Brasilia (his home town) and so it was not lost on him that Mahindra vehicles have descended from this great brand.
The Rally dos Sertoes of Brazil is considered one of the toughest car rallying events in the world and comes second only to the legendary Dakar rally. This year the rally was spread over 11 days, 5045 km long distance. A total of 128 vehicles participated in the rally including 66 cars and seven trucks.
The Mahindra Dealership in Brazil, Govesa Mahindra helped Ricardo Augusto De Souza with service support and he soon got sponsorship to participate. The stock vehicle was completely prepared taking into consideration the regulations and mandatory safety and structural modifications demanded by the Motor sport association.
The vehicle was fitted with rally seats, a special safety cage as per FIA guidelines, a snorkel air intake, a plastic windshield, electrical safety gear plus, a sump and transmission guard. The chassis was strengthened to make the vehicle more stiff.
A larger 220 litre fuel tank was mounted on the vehicle to give it unlimited supply of fuel.
The result of the rally stumped everybody including the hardened experts. Everyone except the Campos and his son Rasquinho, who was a navigator, were surprised by the results.
Maybe we can now expect Mahindra to officially enter the Dakar rally for 2010. If that happens, it will be the first indigenously Indian built vehicle to participate in a world championship rally.
It will be great to watch the Indian car manufacturers coming up for this kind of rally championship. Till now Indian car industry has been not so much ready for this kind of event. Hopefully to see some good contest with European ones.
The Mahindra Scorpio is a wonderful SUV. The Scorpio pick-up is not available in India, it is exported to need the demands of the international car market. The Scorpio pick-up has proved to be a class of its owns by beating the mighty Mitsubishis, Fords and Chevrolets.
This is but the beginning of great achievements for a great SUV like Mahindra Scorpio. Scorpio has been my favourite froim the day it was launched and I will have bought two Scorpios back to back. When I choose to replace my first Scorpio, I had no doubts that I will replace it with the new Mighty Muscular Scorpio : http://www.mahindrascorpio.com : It is because, after driving the Scorpio around for six years I know what A mean Monster of a machine Scorpio is. Hats off Scorpio
Mahindra & Mahindra could prove the world that India can produce world-class cars. The Scorpio is a awesome SUV. It is built to go to places where there is hardly a paved way.
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