A rocking good time

Does the new Mahindra Thar Roxx live up to the hype? We spent a few weeks with the Thar Roxx as a daily to bring you this test review

- Jim Gorde

Raising your index finger and little finger while folding your two middle fingers and thumb has its origins in metal music and signifies the devil's horns. It is used in metal (not soft rock) gigs when someone really likes a band or a song. Over the years, using the devil's horns has become common for anything remotely related to rock music, much like the term "SUV" is now used for bloated front-wheel-drive hatchbacks with strap-on parts.

That, and the frivolous build-up to what is essentially a plagiarism-checked rewrite of a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited made in Nashik on a budget, demands to be dismissed from one's mind without a second thought before actually considering what the Thar Roxx really is—a true-blue SUV. And replete with character thanks to a ladder frame, proper 4x4 drive, high ground clearance, and more bells and whistles than ever before.