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      Mahindra Opts Out of Hummer Race

      Satish

      Satish

      Mahindra and Mahindra Vice President, Anand Mahindra, scrapped all speculations today about M&M acquiring the gas guzzling Hummer from General Motors. Earlier reports had speculated about Mahindra being interested in acquiring General Motors' brand Hummer.

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      According the Anand Mahindra, the company wishes to stick to its green warrior image portrayed at Auto Expo 2008 earlier this year. Company does not wish to tarnish its image by acquiring Hummer which does not carry the eco-friendly image. Mahindra's own vehicles undoubtedly carry an eco-friendly image and the company wishes to keep up the same brand image for all its future vehicles as well.

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      Mahindra is also under dialogue with Chrysler that alleges that Mahindra's new Scorpio carries similar grill design. According to Anand Mahindra, "We have some issues with Chrysler over the grill design of Scorpio, but we are confident that there is absolutely no infringement of any intellectual property. Dialogue is going on to resolve the issue."

      General Motors had put up its brand Hummer for sale and it now plans to shift its focus from trucks and SUVs as its witnesses a sharp drop in the sales of these vehicles.

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