Force Gurkha 5-door: Your FIRST LOOK Ahead Of Its Launch In Early May

• Force Gurkha 5-door revealed, to launch in early May.
• Bookings open from today (April 29) onwards, deliveries to commence in mid-May.
• Apart from its added length, the Gurkha 5-door also gets bespoke alloys.
• Inside, it now gets a digital driver’s display and a larger 9-inch touchscreen infotainment system.
• The 2.6-litre diesel engine now produces 140PS and 320Nm.
• Off-road wizardry includes manual locking differentials, a snorkel and shift-on-the-fly four-wheel drive system.
• All of these upgrades will be made to the smaller three-door model as well.

This is it! After months of waiting, spy shots, and a relatively short teaser campaign, the Force Gurkha 5-door has been revealed in all its glory. That said, if you had your eyes on one, you’d have to wait for a bit more as its launch is early May, followed by deliveries, which will also commence in the middle of next month. You can join the queue from today, with bookings opened for a token deposit of Rs 25,000.

Exterior Design

With the introduction of the elongated model, the Gurkha 5-door now clearly takes the tag as the ‘sasta’ G-Wagen! The design up front is more or less similar to the smaller Gurkha three-door with the grille and its bold ‘GURKHA’ badging, flanked by a pair of round LED headlights. Right below it is the chunky bumper housing a pair of halogen fog lamps.

In profile, the obvious thing that you’ll notice is the increased length and extra set of doors. Force Motors has also slapped on a new set of 10-spoke alloys to differentiate it from the three-door model. The rear, with its vertically stacked tail lamps and tailgate-mounted spare wheel, exudes a tough look.

As for colour options, you get to choose from four hues: green, red, white and black.

Interior Design

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Inside, things are more or less similar to the Force Gurkha 3-door, except for two major upgrades: a larger 9-inch touchscreen infotainment system and a 7-inch digital driver’s display. The former, even though supporting Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, is still an aftermarket unit and sticks out like a sore thumb.

The Gurkha 5-door gets a 2+3+2 seating layout, with the last row