Anand Mahindra gifts SUV to man who built jeep with scrap metal

“I’ll personally offer him a Bolero in exchange,” the business tycoon had tweeted saying local authorities will sooner or later stop him from plying the vehicle for flouting regulations.

As he had promised to preserve the man’s creation at Mahindra Research Valley, the tycoon Tuesday updated that the man accepted their offer and he was given a new SUV in exchange.

Delighted that he accepted the offer to exchange his vehicle for a new Bolero. Yesterday his family received the Bolero & we proudly took charge of his creation. It will be part of our collection of cars of all types at our Research Valley & should inspire us to be resourceful. https://t.co/AswU4za6HT pic.twitter.com/xGtfDtl1K0

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) January 25, 2022

“Yesterday his family received the Bolero & we proudly took charge of his creation. It will be part of our collection of cars of all types at our Research Valley & should inspire us to be resourceful,” he wrote sharing a few heartwarming images.

Photos showed Lohar along with his wife and children riding in their new family car.

As the video of his unusual vehicle went viral, the talented man had explained that he built the car for his children who wanted to ride a four-wheeler. However, owing to financial constraints, he couldn’t afford one.

Local authorities will sooner or later stop him from plying the vehicle since it flouts regulations. I’ll personally offer him a Bolero in exchange. His creation can be displayed at MahindraResearchValley to inspire us, since ‘resourcefulness’ means doing more with less resources https://t.co/mibZTGjMPp

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) December 22, 2021

“This clearly doesn’t meet with any of the regulations but I will never cease to admire the ingenuity and ‘more with less’ capabilities of our people. And their passion for mobility—not to mention the familiar front grille,” the businessman had written sharing the video.

People on social media loved Mahindra’s gesture and said the man’s car surely would inspire many engineers in years to come to build something as innovative as his creation.

This is inspiring for people in India to do some inovation, even at grass root level,your action is really awesome. 👍

— bharat maru🇮🇳 (@bharatmaru8) January 25, 2022

I’m still thinking how to react on this entire episode?

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Just within a month, this topic is logically concluded with humbleness and social responsibility..

Thank u @anandmahindra ji.

I see a message for each one of us going forward: message of social responsibility

🙏🙏

— Girish Kale 🇮🇳 (@MeGirishKale) January 25, 2022

You have done a great deal in encouraging innovators, most of who come from humble backgrounds.
This is noble work.
Congratulations and felicitations.

— Big Chief Keen-eyed Mole (@vin2ji) January 25, 2022

You are the man of commitments sir ,Hats Off🙏.I remember your tweet regarding this creativity and then your promise to give a new Bolero on exchange of the vehicle made by the man.

— Agrawal Rishi (@AgrawalRishi1) January 25, 2022

Well done Sir … may be this will inspire him as well as others to innovate & create & inspire different true of vehicles in the future

— Nisha Arjun (@NishaArjunK) January 25, 2022

Wow.. Truly amazing way to give encouragement to innovate at groud level Sir ji

— Niteeka Mishra (@NiteekaM) January 25, 2022

India needs “capable”visionaries with “engineering excellence”, to undertake R&D and manufacture cost effective alternatives to numerous prohibitively expensive foreign manufactured medical devices. A huge void. “Mahindra” maybe?

— Karan Madan (@drkaranmadan) January 25, 2022