2021 FORCE GURKHA: Has Force done a THARough Job?

We drove and experienced the 2021 Force Gurkha on a wet day on the outskirts of Pune and given below are our honest views.

- Roy Punnoose Tharyan

Every off-roader in the country was eagerly waiting for Pune-based Force Motors to launch their 2021 Force Gurkha 4x4 with differential locks. Every blogger and vlogger too was waiting impatiently. The reason was simple, all they wanted to do was to compare it with the versatile and good looking Mahindra Thar and find out whether the Gurkha is a worthy competitor.

Personally, I was eager to find out its interiors. Its exterior always looked good and its performance was exemplary! So has the interior changed for the better? The 2021 Force Gurkha has been built on a ground up modular architecture platform with an all new wider and longer body, full new interiors, a new crash compliant, high strength C-in-C chassis and new coil spring suspension on all four wheels.

EXTERIOR

Since the body is a bit wider and longer, the new Force Gurkha looks big and with all the fresh changes on the body, it looks youthful, butch and very city-centric too. The silhouette, however, is similar to the outgoing Gurkha. After all, it’s legendary as this vehicle is inspired by the equally legendary G-Wagen from the Mercedes-Benz stable.

Coming to the front, it gets new a new badge. It’s no more the ‘F’ of Force Motors but ‘GURKHA’ in all chrome plating which looks kind of intimidating, yet stylish. I only wish they had a mesh grill or some sort of bold grille around it rather that keeping the area around the badge a bit bland.

The bonnet and the windshield styling look a bit aerodynamic and modern. The famous khukri and Gurkha badging that was there at the bottom right of the windshield on the metal has gone and now it’s just plain out there.