The Force Gurkha 3-door went on sale in September 2021, and the model has since then launched the Trax Cruiser MUV and its derivatives in India. We have now learnt that the Force Motors is testing a number of variants of the much-awaited Gurkha 5-door, and at the very least two extra fashions based mostly on the Gurkha platform, and we count on a few of them, if not all, to hit the showrooms within the close to future.

As far as engine and gearbox choices go, all fashions are anticipated to come back with the identical Mercedes-Benz-derived 2.6-litre diesel engine mated to a five-speed handbook transmission. There may very well be a distinction in energy and torque output, in addition to engine tuning, relying on the mannequin.

• Gurkha 5-door being examined with two 4WD techniques
• Gurkha life-style pickup truck within the works
• Gurkha 3-door might include six seats 

Force Gurkha 5-door: two 4WD techniques being evaluated

While the Gurkha 5-door has been seen testing many instances up to now yr, we lately caught a barely different-looking model of the SUV. This iteration had a revised front-end design, which had extra in widespread with the Force Trax Cruiser MUV and didn’t function the Gurkha 3-door-like spherical headlight set-up seen beforehand. 

The Five-door Gurkha has been spied with a number of seating configurations up to now.

What was additionally totally different was a “new” shift-on-the-fly 4WD knob as an alternative of a lever-operated set-up seen on the Gurkha 3-door, in addition to the 5-door model spied earlier. Though the corporate is testing two totally different 4WD setups for the SUV, there is no such thing as a affirmation proper now on which one would make it to the production-spec Gurkha 5-door. There is a chance that one in all these two four-wheel-drive techniques might see responsibility on the Gurkha meant for the export markets. 

Additionally, Force Motors is testing a number of seating choices on the Gurkha 5-door, with varied check mules seen with seating for as much as 5, six and even seven passengers at instances. The Gurkha 5-door will likely be a direct rival to the upcoming Thar 5-door, which can go on sale subsequent yr.

Force Gurkha 5-door: life-style pickup being readied

First proven at an occasion in Indonesia final yr, Force Motors has been testing a pickup iteration of the Gurkha on Indian roads as nicely. This new automobile is definitely based mostly on the longer Force Trax Cruiser chassis, however the physique resembles the Gurkha 5-door with the pickup mattress making up the size just like the Trax Cruiser. Its twin cab design includes a break up window on the rear to permit entry to the truck mattress, nevertheless, the truck’s tailgate opens sideways as an alternative of folding down, like a standard pickup truck.  

The Gurkha pickup model is predicated on the Cruiser Trax chassis.

The model may very well be testing the Gurkha-based pickup truck for defence forces’ use, and this model might even get a mushy high, Army-spec particular lighting and paint shade. This pickup, if launched in India, may very well be an inexpensive different to the likes of the Isuzu V-Cross and the Toyota Hilux within the life-style pickup section.

Force Gurkha 3-door: 6-seater SUV sighted

If the Gurkha 5-door and the pickup variations will not be sufficient, Force Motors can also be testing a distinct 3-door spinoff of the Gurkha. Recently noticed check mules look virtually equivalent to the production-spec Gurkha that’s on sale proper now, however a better look reveals two main adjustments. Firstly, the big rear glasshouse, which at the moment can’t be opened within the Gurkha 3-door, has been break up right into a extra conventional-looking sliding window set-up – one thing that we had reported on in our overview again in 2021.

The most up-to-date sighting of the Gurkha 3-door had break up home windows and side-facing seats.

Pic: Anvay Sheolikar

The second essential change on this SUV seen testing is the addition of side-facing bench seats, which will increase the seating capability from 4 to 6. While there is no such thing as a information of Force Motors introducing this spinoff of the Gurkha 3-door, including a variant like this to the line-up would enhance the Gurkha’s attraction in our market because the mannequin at the moment is on the market as a four-seater solely.

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