Vehicle
Mahindra Bolero
The utility vehicle that outsells everything else the company makes in its home market, and the one most likely to be working for a living — commercial and rural duty at high mileage with long service intervals is the norm, not the exception. Mechanically austere by design: a naturally aspirated or lightly turbocharged direct-injection diesel, a five-speed manual, and rear drive on most versions. Its fault population is dominated by fuel contamination and wiring rather than by control-module faults.
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Generations
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First generation 2000–present
Austere by design and usually working for a living — fuel contamination and wiring dominate its faults rather than control modules.
- Body styles
- SUV · Pickup
- Platform
- Mahindra CL
- Engines
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- 2.5 common rail — M2DICR · diesel · 47 kW (63 hp) · 191 Nm (141 lb-ft)
- 1.5 — mHawk75 · diesel · 56 kW (75 hp) · 210 Nm (155 lb-ft)
- 2.5 Di — XD3P · diesel · 57 kW (76 hp) · 150 Nm (111 lb-ft) · the Peugeot XD3P, indirect injection and naturally aspirated; the turbocharged versions of it went to other models
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Part-time four-wheel drive with low range
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