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    MORE POWER, SAME VALUE

    Jun 15, 2020 5 minutes
    Text: Gerhard Horn
    Photographs:
    Cornel van Heerden

    OUR first experience with the Mahindra Scorpio dates back to 2016, soon after its local introduction.

    It wasn’t as part of a launch or a road test though, but rather our annual Leisure Wheels adventure, where we take a number of serious off-roaders and subject them to four days of real-life overlanding and off-roading.

    The then new Scorpio was in some pretty serious company. Ford had turned up in an Everest, Toyota in a Fortuner, while Chevrolet pitched up with the now defunct Trailblazer. We even had a longwheelbase Mitsubishi Pajero in the mix.

    To be completely honest, the poor Scorpio was the subject of many a joke, mostly due to the ‘Micro Hybrid’ badge on its boot. After a quick online investigation by one of the attendees, it was revealed that the badge was basically marketing speech

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