Mahindra Thar and Roxor chassis numbers

Mahindra identifies its four-wheel drives by a model code and chassis number on a plate in the engine bay and stamped on the frame — CJ-3B, CJ-4, CJ-500, MM 540, MM 550, Commander, Marshal and Major for the Jeep derivatives; the Thar and Thar Roxx and the Scorpio and Scorpio-N since — with the seventeen-digit VIN under the MA1 WMI (Mahindra, India) and MAH codes on some export vehicles; the American Roxor carries a US off-highway VIN from Auburn Hills. [1][2][3]

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Where to find it

The plate on the engine-bay bulkhead; the chassis number stamped on the right-hand frame rail; the engine number on the block.

How to read it

1949–2010Model code + serial: CJ-3B, CJ-4, CJ-500, MM 540, MM 550 and the Commander, Marshal and Major names with a sequential chassis number.
2002– (Scorpio, Thar)Seventeen-digit VIN: MA1 (Mahindra India) + model and body codes + check + model year + plant + sequence.

Prefixes

Prefix or code	Means
CJ-3B / CJ-4 / CJ-500	Licence-built Willys derivatives
MM 540 / MM 550	Long-wheelbase Mahindras
Commander / Marshal / Major	Taxi and utility names
Thar / Thar Roxx	2010– and 2024–
Scorpio / Scorpio-N	2002– and 2022–
MA1	Mahindra India WMI

Sources

1Mahindra TharWikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22
2Mahindra & MahindraWikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22
3Vehicle identification numberWikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22

The numbers are as the sources cited above record them — the parts trade's frame-number charts, the clubs' transcriptions of the makers' bulletins and the enthusiast decoders; a blank cell means no number is recorded. Registry research, not a factory record — check the vehicle's plate and the maker's build record before relying on a range. Corrections through the suggestion form.