Furio Is The Name

Mahindra’s new intermediate commercial vehicle, Furio, has broken cover.

- Bhushan Mhapralkar

Post four years of development, Mahindra & Mahindra has unveiled an Intermediate Commercial Vehicle (ICV) platform called the Furio. It is highly modular in nature, and turns Mahindra into a full range player by filling up the void between six-tonnes and 16-tonnes. Pointing at the progress achieved by Mahindra Truck and Bus Division (MTBD), which turned green in the last quarter of the last fiscal, the Furio has been developed with an investment of Rs.600 crore. Seeking the involvement of 500 engineers spanning four years, 180 vendors, and 500 transporters who played a key role in cocreating the platform according to Vinod Sahay, CEO, MTBD, the Furio incorporates new powertrain, chassis and cabin. The exterior and interior of the truck was designed by Pininfarina. With the Mahindra design studio at Kandivali busy, the exterior and interior design work of the Furio was entrusted to Pininfarina according to Dr. Pawan Goenka, Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.