Mahindra to launch Thar Roxx on August 15 with 5 key upgrades over regular Thar
New Delhi: Mahindra is all set to launch its new Thar Roxx on August 15, 2024. This larger version of the current 3-door Thar is expected to come with a higher price tag due to a host of key upgrades.
The most obvious difference is the Thar Roxx's size. While the sub-4 meter 3-door Thar is roughly the same length as a Tata Nexon, the Thar Roxx will be longer, potentially matching the Mahindra ScorpioN in length. This increase in size will push the Thar Roxx into a higher tax bracket, contributing to its higher price.
The Thar Roxx will feature a major platform update. It will share the same platform as the ScorpioN but in a long-wheelbase version, specially modified for the Thar Roxx. This new platform should provide better ride quality than the current Thar or ScorpioN, and could even be used in future Scorpio models.
As a 5-door vehicle, the Thar Roxx will offer more interior space than the 3-door Thar. The second row will be more spacious and practical, featuring a proper 3-seat layout with more legroom. The boot will also be larger, as indicated by spy images showing it accommodating several large cans.
Under the hood, the Thar Roxx will get new engine options. While the existing Thar offers a 1.5-litre diesel and a 2.0-litre petrol motor, the Thar Roxx is likely to feature the ScorpioN's 2.0-litre petrol and 2.2-litre diesel engines. These new engines offer better performance, with the petrol engine delivering 200bhp. However, for the RWD models, Mahindra is expected to retain the 1.5-litre diesel engine to keep entry-level models affordable.
Finally, the Thar Roxx will be packed with features, surpassing even the ScorpioN in some aspects. Expected features include a twin 10.25-inch display for the touchscreen and digital instrument cluster, LED headlamps, automatic headlights, rain-sensing wipers, front armrest, rear AC vents, Level-2 ADAS, a 360-degree camera, and a panoramic sunroof. These upgrades will make the Thar Roxx more family-friendly by incorporating several luxury elements into the cabin.
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Cong says LoPs not invited to Putin banquet, takes swipe at Tharoor for accepting invite
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress on Friday said Leaders of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have not been invited to the banquet for Russian President Vladimir Putin, and took a swipe at its own MP Shashi Tharoor for accepting the invite.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, "There has been speculation whether the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha have been invited for tonight's official dinner in honour of President Putin. The two LoPs have not been invited."
Congress' media and publicity department head Pawan Khera accused the government of breaking protocols daily and not believing in democratic principles.
"There is no invite to both the LoPs, Mr (Mallikarjun) Kharge and Mr (Rahul) Gandhi. This comes as a surprise but I don't think we should be surprised. This government is known to be breaching all protocols. What else to say, ask the government," he told PTI Videos on the sidelines of an event.
Asked about party MP Tharoor getting invited to the banquet and accepting the invitation, Khera said, "Ask Mr. Tharoor. All of us who are in the party, if our leaders don't get invited and we get invited, we need to question our own conscience and listen to our conscience. Politics has been played in inviting or not inviting people, which in itself is questionable and those who accept such an invite is also questionable," Khera said.
"We would have listened to our voice of conscience," he added.
Earlier, Tharoor said there was a time when the chairman of the external affairs committee was routinely invited but that practice seems to have stopped from some years.
"It has been resumed ...I have been invited, yes. I will definitely go," the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs said.
On the LoPs reportedly not getting an invite, Tharoor said, "I don't know on what basis invitations were sent. I think the custom that usually used to be followed was for a wide representation. Certainly, I remember in the olden days, they used to invite not only the LoPs, (but) various other cross section of representatives of different parties. It conveys a good impression."
"I dont know the basis (of invitation), this is all done by the government, by the protocol by the Rashtrapati Bhawan, what do I know. All I can say I have honoured to have been invited. Of course I will go," Tharoor told reporters in the Parliament House complex.
Gandhi on Thursday had alleged that the government tells visiting foreign dignitaries not to meet the Leader of the Opposition due to its "insecurity".
His remarks had come hours ahead of Putin's two-day visit to India.
Gandhi had said it is a tradition that visiting foreign dignitaries meet the LoP but Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ministry of External Affairs were not following this norm.
"Normally the tradition is that those who come from abroad have a meeting with the LoP. This used to happen during (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee ji's time, Manmohan Singh ji's time, it has been a tradition but what happens these days is that when foreign dignitaries come and when I go abroad, the government suggests to them to not meet the LoP," Gandhi had told reporters in Parliament House complex.
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