Mumbai, Oct. 23 -- Mahindra Thar was launched earlier this month at a starting price of Rs 9.80 lakh (ex-showroom, all-India). Since its launch, the company has already accumulated over 15,000 bookings, wherein 57 per cent are first-time car buyers and a large number of bookings are for the automatic variant. This time around, we learn that the waiting period for the Mahindra Thar is anywhere between four to 22 weeks. The longer waiting period can be expected mainly on the automatic diesel trims.

Mahindra Thar is available in AX Series - AX and AX Opt, and LX Series - LX manual transmission and LX automatic transmission. The AX Series can be had in either six-seat or four-seat layout with soft top, convertible top, and hard top options. ...