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Sorry, I didn't finish my thought on that, wife called and she is dealing with stuff now so I stopped.
Again, I am not knocking Mahindra here, just the logic about volume equaling quality or 'better' whatever that means. There have been lots of studies into this phenomenon and volume of sales simply do not have a direct correlation with quality.
Mahindra is the biggest player in India. India is about 3X the size of the US. Beyond that, India is still about 60% rural, the US is only about 10% rural. That roughly means the potential market for tractors in India is 18X that of the US. Assuming many people in India are like many people in the US and like to buy local, that is a huge advantage in 'local' sales. In most countries, local goods are much less expensive, too. So, in Mahindra's case the high volume is not necessarily marketing. If China decided to force all Chinese farmers to buy Jinma (or whatever other brand the CCP owns most of), would that then make that brand better? I don't know any more about Jinma than Mahindra, but the logic holds. More volume of sales does not mean better.
We knew nothing about Mahindra before doing research and searching. Very few options out there for a basic gear driven capable tractor. Don't want or need shuttle, need a loader capable of lifting at least a ton, heaviest tractor possible and as minimal emissions BS possible. All roads pretty much led us to what we bought. When I saw that messick tool bashing the tractor as primitive and behind the times, I knew it really was the tractor we needed.