Originally Posted by Dougster

Here is my problem with Mahindra brand: How many other top end tractor brands source out production to so many other countries & companies? Does Kubota? Deere? New Holland? Kioti?

I think Mahindra has created a sort of "identity crisis" for themselves... a perception that they are just another importer in it only for the money any way they can make it... at least within the North America market. Folks now regularly speak of the "Real" Mahindras (i.e., those made in India), the Mitsubishi/Japanese Mahindras, the TYM/South Korean Mahindras and the Chinese Mahindras (now, it appears, two distinct sub-brands). God only knows where the next new "Mahindra" will come from. The Mahindra "brand" has been watered down to mean any tractor from anywhere that can be painted red and imported into the USA. This can't be a very good thing.

Harsh words to be sure... but I hate to see a good brand name degraded in this way.

Dougster™