10 Facts About Mahindra Thar

Mahindra Thar is a compact, four-wheel drive, off-road SUV manufactured by Indian automaker Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd.

The Mahindra Thar has been voted one of the top-10 SUVs available in the Indian market.

The Mahindra Thar comes with a seven-seater option, though it can be converted into a two-seater.

The car was penalised for instability of footwell response and for this reason Mahindra Thar was denied the opportunity of demonstrating that sharp structures in the dashboard could prove benign to the knees of differently sized occupants.

Nevertheless, Mahindra requested an ECE side impact test for the Thar, in which the car passed this basic test despite not being fitted with side airbags.

The driver's seat in the Mahindra Thar is high enough for the car to be exempted from this regulation, but Global NCAP required that the test be performed nevertheless.

However, since the Mahindra Thar lost crucial points in the frontal impact, the side impact had no influence on the result.

Mahindra Thar was sold in a basic trim level with side-facing rear seats.

Global NCAP warned Mahindra to withdraw this variant of the Thar from the market, failing which they would publish a result of this basic variant in addition to the tested variant.

Mahindra Thar is not fitted with side impact airbags for the body or head, even as an option.