I think that Yanmar are the best small diesel engines around. I hardly ever get to fix one other than doing maintenance and injectors because of old and or dirty fuel. Had a friend with a smaller Lamar that had sat for over 10 years next to a pond and had a tree grown through the chassis. I drained the oil and fuel, filled it back up and put a new batterie on it and drove the thing out of its hole after cutting the tree down. The neighbor asked me if I was finally scrapping the thing when I started, I told him I would race him for the pink slip of his fancy Kubota that afternoon with the Yanmar. Should have seen his face when I turned up at his door with the thing.
Yeppers ya can't go wrong with them. They used to build John Deer tractors up to and including 100 hp and The Deere still uses their engines for the compact and utility lines. I run a YT235 and love that little thing. Its a beast for its size for sure.

I’ve heard good things about yanmar not so much about mahindra. According to what I read Branson is using a cummins manufactured by kukje. Have heard these are tough little units. Compared to the competitors Branson is selling twice the tractor for less money. After running it today at the dealer I’m impressed so far. Time will tell the rest.