Vehicle
Mahindra Scorpio
The ladder-frame SUV that established the brand, and the model where Mahindra's own mHawk diesel does most of the work — a 2.2 common-rail four that is Mahindra's design rather than a licensed one, so European or Japanese diesel documentation does not transfer to it. The 2022 Scorpio-N is a new vehicle on a new platform sold alongside the old one as the Scorpio Classic, which means two structurally different cars are on sale under one name and a model year alone will not separate them.
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Generations
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First generation 2002–2022
The original ladder-frame car with the mHawk diesel — Mahindra's own engine, so other manufacturers' common-rail documentation does not apply.
- Body styles
- SUV · Pickup
- Platform
- Mahindra Scorpio
- Engines
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- 2.2 mHawk — 2.2 mHawk · diesel · 97–103 kW (130–138 hp) · 300–320 Nm (221–236 lb-ft)
- 2.6 CRDe — SZ 2.6 · diesel · 86 kW (115 hp) · 275 Nm (203 lb-ft) · the NEF 2.6 CRDe, which Mahindra also calls the SZ 2.6 — 2,609 cc, a different family from the 2,522 cc m2DiCR
- 2.5 — M2DICR · diesel · 56 kW (75 hp) · 200 Nm (148 lb-ft)
- 2.0 — F4R · petrol · 85 kW (114 hp) · 183 Nm (135 lb-ft) · the export-market REV116, badged for the engine's 116 PS — a Renault F4R turned north-south for a rear-drive chassis it was never designed for, which put the thermostat and coolant outlet at the back of the engine
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · 6-speed automatic · 6-speed automatic DSI
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Part-time four-wheel drive with low range
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Scorpio Classic 2022–present
The original car kept in production beside the Scorpio-N — the same ladder frame and body, and a different engine: the 2,184 cc 4D22, where everything before 2022 had the 2,179 cc mHawk.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- Mahindra Scorpio
- Engines
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- 2.2 mHawk — 4D22 · diesel · 97 kW (130 hp) · 300 Nm (221 lb-ft) · Mahindra's own records call this calibration the 4D22 V1 — the badge still reads mHawk, and the engine under it is not the one a pre-2022 Scorpio has
- Transmissions
- 6-speed manual
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive
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Scorpio-N 2022–present
A new vehicle on a new platform, sold beside the old one as the Scorpio Classic — so two structurally different cars share the name at once.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- Mahindra body-on-frame
- Engines
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- 2.0 turbo — MSTALLION · petrol · 149 kW (200 hp) · 370–380 Nm (273–280 lb-ft)
- 2.2 mHawk — 4D22 · diesel · 97–128 kW (130–172 hp) · 300–400 Nm (221–295 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 6-speed manual · 6-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Part-time four-wheel drive with low range
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