Polaris is making a 5 seater ?

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Ran across this thought it interesting even though not a SxS.

The Polaris/Eicher Motors Multix Mini Truck is purpose built for consumers in India that need utility at a remarkably low price ($3,638). People in the North American truck market tend to take small, tiny pickup trucks for granted. A majority of the world needs small trucks for their overcrowded cities.

The Multix Mini Truck has a single-cylinder, 510cc diesel engine which makes about 10 horsepower while pumpping out about 20 lbs-feet of torque. The engine is mounted underneath the bed and it powers the rear wheels. Surprisingly, this is a five-passenger vehicle with a four-wheel independent suspension; and it can haul over 1,100 lbs.

Rest of story here: http://www.tfltruck.com/2015/06/polariseicher-motors-multix-mini-truck-tata-nano-pickups/

So Honda gets dogged for making a 500cc SxS and Polaris makes a 5 seat 510cc truck with 10 HP I hope no one taunts the fanboys.
 
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I like the little Mini trucks. I use them for work.
 
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I like the little Mini trucks. I use them for work.

The mini trucks were the original SxS , most can even fit UTV Tires, kinda neat if I had a lot of extra disposable income I might find a Honda mini truck.
 
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The mini trucks were the original SxS , most can even fit UTV Tires, kinda neat if I had a lot of extra disposable income I might find a Honda mini truck.

The heck of it is you can buy 2 of those mini trucks combined for $1000 less than one Pioneer 500. So one has to ask himself is there really 4x the cost in materials to make a Sport SxS vs. one mini truck? IE $3600 truck - $15000 SxS ? Somebody is making some serious money.
 
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The heck of it is you can buy 2 of those mini trucks combined for $1000 less than one Pioneer 500. So one has to ask himself is there really 4x the cost in materials to make a Sport SxS vs. one mini truck? IE $3600 truck - $15000 SxS ? Somebody is making some serious money.


I'll bet its more like 4x the lawyer cost or labor cost. India is not quite the industrialized/lawyered up, country America is.
Remember no one is getting $15/hr to work at McDonalds there more like $15/day
 
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Yep one of the guys put his ATV tires on the mini truck at work. Lots more traction in the snow!!
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Polaris 5 seater?is this it.
 

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Back before there was an option, I was considering getting a 6x6 and getting a cage from Marshall MotoArt to turn it into a crew.



They have some WILD creations. This LOOKS cool but from what I've read apparently it's a show queen. Some of their others are full custom where maybe only the key is all original.

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That really does look cool.... The Polaris mini, not so much.
 

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