Finally, On the era of 74th Independence Day, the all-new Mahindra Thar 2020 has unveiled in the Indian market. The unveil of Thar has taken place on the online platform with minimal peoples to maintain safety and security. The all-new next-gen offroader is offered with two engine options, two transmission options, and 4×4 as standard. There are two variants on the Mahindra Thar, one is AX Series that stands for “Adventure Series” and the other one is LX Series that stands for “Lifestyle Series”.

What are the changes we are getting in the exterior?

First or foremost, the design is quite identical to the ongoing old Thar. The front carries a 4 slat grille that resembles the Jeep Wrangler but Ramkripa Anantham, the head of Mahindra Design said “The grille was a touch choice”. There is some difference in the grille. The grille is an insert on the front cowl, rather than the cowl itself having the slots integrated, as on the Jeep Wrangler. Apart from this, it gets the same circular halogen headlamps and the indicators are placed on the wheel arches. The major changes on the front except the grille are the bumper, which is completely redesigned and fog lamps are integrated into it.

The Mahindra Thar 2020 looks stunning on the side. The first thing that catches your attention is the bigger wheels and wider wheel arches. The tyres size is 255/65/R18 that increases its water wading capacity to 650mm. The alloy wheel is a five-spoke unit and comes with a grey finish that looks quite decent with the colour options on offer. One more important thing to know in the Mahindra Thar 2020 is that it’s built on ladder on frame chassis and now getting new suspension setups, on the front, it gets the independent suspension and on the rear, it is equipped with multispoke non-independent suspension.

There will be six colour options to choose from:

Mahindra Thar 2020 Colours — The Mystic Copper and Galaxy Grey are newly added.

What we are getting in the interior?

The interior got a major update and this is what the buyers waiting for. The Mahindra Thar always lacks the comfort, features, and an automatic transmission. Now it gets a 7.0 inches touchscreen infotainment system with feature like apple car play, android auto and reverse camera display, automatic climate control, roof-mounted speakers, MID in instrument cluster, cruise control and electrically folding ORVMs and toggle switches to add on the retro look.

Apart from that, it gets the front-facing seats on the second row with 50:50 split function and it also gets a factory fitted hardtop and soft top as an option. The safety will include ABS, EBD. ESP, Hill hold, Isofix child seat mounts, and three-point seat belts for all the passengers.

What are the engine and gearbox options we are getting?

There will be two engine options on offer, one is the iconic 2.2-liter mHawk diesel engine and the other is a 2.0-liter T-GDI petrol engine. The diesel one produces around 130 bhp and 300 nm of torque where the T-GDI petrol one produces 150 bhp and 320 nm of torque. The Thar comes with both 6-speed manual and 6-speed Torque Converter gearboxes to choose from and the 4×4 transmission comes as standard across all the variants.