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Pickups are a strange set of vehicles. Drive them unladen and they tend to float around and generally behave in a rather strange manner. Load them up and they stay more settled but the steering soon starts to feel a tad slow and it has the dynamics of a cow on roller skates. So when Mahindra called us to try out their new Maxximo sub one-tonner at their plant at Kandivli in Mumbai, I was immediately deputed for the job. Now I didn't know what to expect, but having got a general feel of the vehicle back the Auto Expo, it did raise some expectations, albeit realistically.
Then to add a layer of peanut butter to the scrumptious piece of bread, they threw in a Tata Ace for comparison. Now the Tata Ace is something of a Rambo in the under one-tonne space, decimating its three-wheeled competition into pulp and creating an all-new segment in the process. And since I like my Rambos, I couldn't help but rub my hands in glee at the new proposition.
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