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Brandi, I agree it would be difficult for Mahindra to jump to another distributor but I don't think the dispute with GV makes that impossible.
What I'm thinking is 1) GV has no effective way to force Mahindra to resume the agreement, or to force Mahindra to reimburse what GV has spent. So GV is simply left orphaned, stranded and presumably broke.
And 2) I don't think we will ever see those trucks imported here, now. I read on one of those car sites that domestic demand for the Scorpio (SUV upon which the trucks are based) has increased 15% but Mahindra's suppliers are unable to increase production - and these vehicles contain nearly 100% outsourced components! They can't export what they don't have.
It looks like the Indian economy is larger now, and growing more reliably, compared to what it was in 2005-2006 when they decided to export. Now they apparently can't meet local demand so they don't have any need to export.
I think the dream is over.
What I'm thinking is 1) GV has no effective way to force Mahindra to resume the agreement, or to force Mahindra to reimburse what GV has spent. So GV is simply left orphaned, stranded and presumably broke.
And 2) I don't think we will ever see those trucks imported here, now. I read on one of those car sites that domestic demand for the Scorpio (SUV upon which the trucks are based) has increased 15% but Mahindra's suppliers are unable to increase production - and these vehicles contain nearly 100% outsourced components! They can't export what they don't have.
It looks like the Indian economy is larger now, and growing more reliably, compared to what it was in 2005-2006 when they decided to export. Now they apparently can't meet local demand so they don't have any need to export.
I think the dream is over.