Mahindra Australia has been capable of safe adequate provide of its giant Scorpio off-road SUV to tide sellers over till an up to date mannequin arrives that’ll meet incoming Australian rules.
However inventory of the present Mahindra Pik-Up will quickly be exhausted, leaving the Indian model with out its ute till an all-new mannequin arrives in mid-2026.
“Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (our mother or father firm) is dedicated to adhering to all regulatory requirements,” mentioned a spokesperson for Mahindra Australia.
“We plan to introduce Scorpio with AEB [autonomous emergency braking] in Australia by the top of this 12 months.”
The corporate says it has “ample shares” of six-seat and new seven-seat Scorpio automobiles to see sellers and clients by to the up to date mannequin.
Different manufacturers impacted by Australian Design Rule 98/00, together with Mitsubishi and Suzuki, have additionally confirmed they’ll have adequate provide of affected automobiles till up to date or alternative fashions arrive.
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Successfully, Mahindra might want to have present Scorpio automobiles imported and complied earlier than March 1, 2025 to allow them to be bought, as on this date ADR 98/00 comes into impact for all passenger automobiles, SUVs, vans, and utes with a gross car mass of beneath 3.5 tonnes on sale in Australia.
The Scorpio presently doesn’t provide AEB, at the same time as an choice.
ADR 98/00 (Superior Emergency Braking for Passenger Autos and Mild Items Autos) has additionally spelled the top of the Mahindra Pik-Up and Suzuki Ignis.
And it has pressured a variety of automobiles off sale – together with the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport, Toyota Granvia and Mazda 6 – which have AEB however don’t meet the brand new necessities detailed on this regulation.
Mahindra launched the Scorpio in Australia again in 2023, and confirmed on the time that AEB would come as a part of a mid-life replace.
It narrowly scraped by a March 1, 2023 deadline for ADR 98/00 that noticed all newly launched automobiles require the possibly life-saving characteristic.
When Mahindra launched the Scorpio right here it additionally confirmed that a seven-seat choice was coming “as a part of the mid-product cycle replace” for the big off-road SUV.
This seven-seat choice is now on sale, having entered manufacturing for our market in December.
However Mahindra the mid-cycle makeover for the Scorpio, which was promised to carry AEB, has but to reach.
On the Scorpio’s 2023 native launch, Mahindra mentioned it wouldn’t have the car examined by security authority ANCAP till AEB was fitted, however ANCAP subsequently bought Scorpios to check and awarded the SUV a zero-star ranking.
After the announcement of this ranking, Mahindra reiterated a security improve was coming and that it could have the car retested. On the time, this replace was understood to be due for launch in the course of the second half of 2024.
Amongst Mahindra’s three-model lineup in Australia, solely the XUV700 comes with AEB as customary. The mid-sized SUV additionally encompasses a suite of different lively security options.
Mahindra has beforehand confirmed a Pik-Up alternative is due right here by mid-2026, and the corporate says it’ll meet ADR necessities at launch. Inventory of the present Pik-Up is “almost bought out”, the corporate added.
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