4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 2002
NAMED MODELSpecial · PoliceIndia

Scorpio with Indian police and government.

The official Scorpio: state police forces, paramilitary units, forest departments and revenue services across India run Scorpios as their standard four-wheel drive, often with a light bar and a bull bar.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEScorpio and Scorpio-N 4x4 (2002–)BUILT BYMahindra & MahindraIN SERVICE2002OPERATED INIndiaPRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 102.4″

The record

The Scorpio replaced the Mahindra CJ derivatives in Indian government service and is now the vehicle most associated with it.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURERMahindra & Mahindra ↗
Nashik
MANUFACTURED2002–present
ENGINE2.6 and 2.2-litre turbo-diesels
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINIndia
OPERATED INIndia
STATUSin production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEScorpio
FAMILYScorpio
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE102.4″
BODY STYLEwagon
CATEGORYSpecial · Police

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • Diamond White

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

AI rendering impression

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Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the specification, the photographs and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

  1. 1Mahindra Scorpio ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: draft