The Mahindra Roxor channeled all the design and honest off-road-capabilities of the original Willys Jeep well. Too well, in fact. It looked so much like the Willys that FCA and Jeep sued to block its US sales. But that seemingly hasn’t stopped the Indian automaker. Because it’s back with another Wrangler look-a-like: the Mahindra Thar. …
Battista Pinin Farina was the gentleman responsible for the establishment of the Pininfarina design house in Italy back in 1930. From that design house, generations of iconic cars from Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, and others have gone from conceptual sketches to reality. Now, Pininfarina is not just designing them, but building its own cars. The hypercar below …
We’ve already heard the jokes and seen the memes since the Monday night reveal of the all-new 2021 Ford Bronco. “The new Bronco looks like a Jeep,” people say. We see the resemblance and are reminded of a recent Jeep lawsuit in which the iconic FCA vehicle‘s feelings got hurt because Mahindra’s Roxor off-road vehicle …
The original Willys Jeep inspired the creation of quite a few iconic off-roaders. Not just the Jeep Wrangler and its CJ predecessors, but the Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser, the original Land Rover, and Nissan Patrol. The original Jeep design was so popular, Mitsubishi even built a licensed version of it. Unfortunately, one company’s decision to …
