Originally Posted by A_Spruce
Originally Posted by 01rangerxl
I can't remember specifics, but Mahindra has a long history of building licensed Jeeps and knock down kits, and that's basically why they can sell this in the US.
Interesting
Originally Posted by Silk
Yes, they have been making licensed Jeeps for decades, down to the F head engine. We used to get then in NZ back in the '80's...and still a few on the road. And they were called Mahindra Mahindra back then....they seem to have dropped a Mahindra.
the Actual Name of the Company is Still "Mahindra & Mahindra Limited"(*), which is a subsidiary of "The Mahindra Group", a Mumbai based Multinational Conglomerate.
They Started Building Licensed CJ3's in 1954. (which isn't to say that Fiat Chrysler didn't try and stop them from bringing the Roxor into the US, initially not wanting to recognize the Original Licensing agreement With Willys.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahindra_%26_Mahindra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahindra_Group
* "Mahindra & Mahindra was incorporated as Mahindra & Mohammed in 1945 by the brothers J. C. Mahindra and K. C. Mahindra and Malik Ghulam Muhammad in Ludhiana, Punjab to trade steel. Following the Partition of India in 1947, Malik Ghulam Muhammad left the company and emigrated to Pakistan where he became the first finance minister of the new state (and later the third Governor General in 1951). In 1948, K. C. Mahindra changed the company's name to Mahindra & Mahindra.
Building on their expertise in the steel industry, the Mahindra brothers began trading steel with UK suppliers. They also won a contract to manufacture Willys Jeeps in India and began producing them in 1947."