Since the time Mahindra launched the Thar back in 2020, the vehicle has turned into a huge success. People’s crazy attraction towards the full-fledged Off-roader has broken all limits and it has been constant since then. It has received and is still receiving an immense amount of love, and all this has resulted in the sales of Thar’s 1 Lakh units in just a matter of 3 years.

If this sounds usual to you, then know one thing that Thar is a 3-door vehicle, which is a complete Off-roader, so ultimately, it is heavily impractical to use on daily basis or long travel, but still, toady over a lakh of people are doing this same thing with the 3-door Thar.

Adding more to it, over a year now, Mahindra is being spied testing the new Thar in its 5-door avatar, and many details about the upcoming 5-door Thar have popped out.

But, recently, one of our beloved carversal pros has sent us a more revealing spy shot of the 5-door Thar, which was being tested in the state of Maharashtra. Though this spy shot is packing two-to-three new details, still, these details are big and important.

So, let us talk about them,

A new Grille

The very first detail of the upcoming Mahindra Thar 5-door is about its new grille. The regular, on-sale 3-door Mahindra Thar gets a different design for its grille compared to the one in this spy shot of 5-door Thar. 

This grille happens to be inspired from the Jeep Wrangler. In the spy shot, we can clearly see that the design of the air intakes is different from the regular 3-door Thar, which gets more of a mesh design for its grille, on the other hand, this 5-door Thar has opted to go for a simple H-shaped air intake unit.

Secondly, you can also observe that the traditional 7 Slat grille, which Mahindra uses in the rest of its SUVs - including the 3-door Thar - has not been carried forward in the 5-door Thar. A new 6 Slat unit is in use for the new 5-door Mahindra Thar.

And it seems that the brand wants this 5-door Thar to differentiate itself from its 3-door sibling, by adding such new elements to its design.

New Headlamp unit

The second detail, which could be spotted - is the new Headlamp unit. The 5-door Thar seems to be launching with a new headlamp unit, which will consist of a projector beam setup.

We can also spot the same inclusion in the Fog lamps as well, which concludes that the Thar 5-door will get a new lighting setup compared to the 3-door Thar.

Now, it cannot be confirmed whether these new lighting units will consist of LEDs or not, but we presume that Mahindra could provide LEDs, as the Scorpio N, which is based on the same platform as the 3-door Thar, and almost all of its new-age SUVs consist of LED lightings.

Excluding these two details, all of the front profile remains the same as in the previous spy shots that we have seen.

New Alloy wheels

Thanks to this particular spy shot, we can see a new alloy wheel design. This Alloy design is completely inspired by the Jeep Wrangler’s base models, as they even get simple, straight, and basic-looking Alloy wheels, like the ones in this 5-door Thar. It will have a 5-spoke uncomplicated design to it.

The size of these new Alloy wheels is not visible, though we presume that the Alloys which this spied 5-door Thar is wearing, could be of 18 inches.

Same Rear Glass

We can also see the 5-door Thar’s rear windscreen to be the same as in the 3-door Thar. It is a completely separate unit, and will also have an upwards opening direction, as the two big squared hinges at the top confirm it.

The Rear tailgate, on which we can spot the Spare wheel mounted, will open sideways, as of the Mahindra Thar 3-door version.

Some questions you may have :

When will the 5-door Thar launch?

Well recently, Mahindra officials had confirmed that they will not be launching any products for quite some time (maybe till the end of this year), as they are willing to focus on clearing their long delivery backlogs. 

So, maybe we could get to notice the launch of the 5-door Mahindra Thar in the First quarter of 2024.

What engines will the 5-door Thar get?

It will be receiving the same powertrain options as of the 3-door Thar. It will get a total of 3 engine options,

1.5 L Diesel engine (which will only be used for the Rear rear-wheel drive variants)

It will produce 115hp & 300Nm of Torque.

2.0 L Petrol engine (which will be available for 4 Wheel Drive & Rear Wheel Drive variants)

It will produce 150hp & 320Nm of Torque .

2.2 L Diesel engine (which will be available only for 4 Wheel Drive variants)

It will produce 130hp & 300Nm of Torque.

Will the 5-door Thar get a removable roof?

Till now, whatever spy shots have been circulated, no convertible roof was spotted in them. Therefore, it cannot be confirmed whether the Thar 5-door will get a removable roof or not.

What will be the price of the 5-door Thar?

No official price details of the 5-door Thar have been told. But, we assume that it could be launched at a starting price of ₹15 lakhs.