Mahindra Starts Off-Road Training Academy

Popular off-road event - The Great Escape, where one can test the endurance of Mahindra's 4x4 strength on diverse terrain. In addition to seven existing locations, three new locations (Shillong, Hyderabad and Ooty) have been added.

Multi-Day expeditions, such as the Monastery Escape (10 days) & Royal Escape (six days), Tri- Nation Escape (Bhutan, India & Nepal- 14 days) & Authentic Goa (four days). These multi-day escapes celebrate incredible India and the sub-continent by traversing exotic and unexplored locations, thereby bringing the concept of ‘Adventure/Driving experience' to a larger audience.

Mahindra Challenges like Spice Challenge (four days) & Monsoon Challenge (four days), which are TSD (Time Speed Distance) rallies keeping in line with the company's promise of providing adrenaline pumping challenges.

Further, in a first of its kind initiative Mahindra Adventure has also announced the launch of the Mahindra Adventure Challenge (MAC) - Intercontinental 2013. This year Mahindra Adventure has taken a quantum leap to take the MAC platform to the next level by extending its international presence and traversing across all continents. In this initiative, eight leading automobile magazines will get a chance to explore eight destinations in Italy, Chile, Australia, Spain, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Nepal and South Korea, using a Mahindra vehicle.

To leverage Mahindra's off-road heritage, team Adventure has recently launched the Mahindra Off-road Training Academy. This 28-acre training centre at Igatpuri is India's first dedicated facility providing a one stop solution to learning every detailed aspect of off-road driving.

Training slots can be booked online at http://www.mahindraadventure.com. The courses offered will showcase automotive technology as well as give the participants the confidence in exploring the limits of the vehicles. Customised Mahindra Thar 4x4s equipped with radio sets are being used as training vehicles at the facility.

The academy provides three courses:
Basic (Getting Dirty)
Intermediate (Trail Survivor)
Expert (Global Explorer)

Depending on the course selected, the participants can learn the various nuances of:

4WD theory (part-time 4WD/full-time 4WD)
Components of a 4WD system
Off-roading do's and don'ts
Use of off-road equipment
Terrain-specific driving techniques
Emergency repairs