Mahindra has discontinued the Pantero commuter motorcycle in India owing to poor sales, leaving the Centuro as the only motorcycle retailed in the company’s portfolio.
Mahindra has discontinued the Pantero motorcycle and has also removed the commuter motorcycle’s page from their website. The reason for this can be directly attributed to lack of sales because ever since it was launched in the Indian market in 2013, the bike never really got going in the segment which is mostly dominated by Hero. The Pantero was originally launched in India as the Stallio back in October 2010, but was later discontinued in 2011. The bike was reborn again with the new name in 2012 and was a major upgrade as compared to its previous model.
The Mahindra Pantero was powered by a 106.7cc single-cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke engine that generates 8.5 PS of power at 7500 RPM and 8.5 Nm of torque at 5500 RPM. A 4-speed transmission was matched to the engine which also powers the more premium Centuro motorcycle. The Centuro is now the only motorcycle available in Mahindra’s Indian portfolio and will continue to retail for quite some time. The discontinuation of the Pantero will not really hit the company hard because it retails many trims of the Centuro, namely, NXT, Disk Brake, XT, Rockstar and the top-end Rockstar Kick Alloy.
The Mahindra Centuro will continue to do its job with its main USP being the features offered and it continues to be one of the most practical and value for money motorcycles in the entry-level commuter space. Most of Mahindra’s products have not really got going in the two-wheeler market and the company is hoping that its range of upcoming products comprising of the much-awaited Mojo will help in taking the brand name forward, while competing with the likes of Hero, Bajaj, Yamaha and Honda.
