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Mahindra XUV 500 Review
Indian SUV maker Mahindra has made an attempt to present the country on global scenario with its globally designed SUV, Mahindra XUV 500. Mahindra includes a wide range of cars and SUV's under its fleet in India. The home grown company has ruled the market with its Jeep over a decade. Further, the SUV of Mahindra are more comfortable and powerful as well. With this new avatar Mahindra XUV 500 company will embark its name on a world wide platform. After undergoing intensive research and survey Mahindra has developed its new SUV which is a symbol of activeness and agility. Along with this, Mahindra XUV 500 has also been tested on various destinations like Europe, South Africa and Australia. After introducing the product in India, Mahindra will launch it in South Africa as the part of company's future prospective plan. The new Mahindra XUV 500 price falls in the range of Rs 10,80,000 to Rs 12,88,000.
Looking from outside Mahindra XUV 500 come adorns with unique styling features and an array of technologies which are absent in the other SUV's of Mahindra. Furthermore, the SUV cuddled with the global design that brings the global standards as well. From front the SUV takes on the garb of a Cheetah. The exterior of the SUV features include jaw-shaped front grille, paw shaped door handles, two fog lamps and tail lamp that sweeps forward. However, with these features are proportionate so well that ii doesn't look boxy from the sides like other SUV's.
On stepping inside the new XUV 500 we realize that the interiors are extraordinarily designed with the comfortable seating arrangements for seven people. Inside the SUC there is a central console, that have a 6-inch touch screen on the top with audio controls and the AC controls below it. Further the SUV come blessed with power steering with audio and AC controls mounted on it. Apart form the functionalities the SUV also offers the comfort and luxury to the occupants with ample amount of boot and leg space for the occupants in all rows.
Mahindra XUV 500 is a solid SUV that can challenge any kind of terrain across the globe. Being powered by a 2179cc mHawk engine which also run Mahindra Scorpio capable of generating the power of 140bhp and peak torque of 330 Nm. The power generated so far is enough to run the SUV on road or off-road. XUV 500 is mated with a six speed manual transmission gearbox. Notably the torque generated is perfect for the city traffic. As far as transmission is concerned the XUV 500 comes in two variant two wheel drive and four wheel drive. In India, Mahindra XUV 500 succeed to show its presence and placed above Mahindra Scorpio and other big SUV's.
First Impressions
At first Glance it bowls you Over and the stunning looks can be compared with the best SUVs in the world. Mahindra has pulled up an ace in the shape of an XUV500 and Full marks for getting every inch of it Bang on. It’s a Big step forward and XUV500 is right there in the consideration set appealing to o the sophisticated Urban taste and the Macho Rural sensibilities.
The monocoque SUV design has a “WOW” factor and lots of national and international feedback of different customers has gone inside in giving it the shape , size and character that it has got .The four years that Mahindra took to build is finally ready to roll with all guns Blazing.
The Recent Commercial hits you on the face With a big Thank you for the Overwhelming response and that the bookings are stopped Now. Well it could be a genius Marketing trick or a reality , But the fact is XUV 500 Packs in a lot of punch to be a sold out product.
The Drive
All options Open : two and all-wheel drive ; manual and automatic, powered by the tested Scorpio mHawk engines. What was amusing is the Envious Stares you get while on the road , some of it has got to do with its newness but mostly the Good looks comes into play here .
We felt the shocks could have been better , but overall there wasn,t much fuss . You cant help comparing it with scorpio which has a bumpy ride , but XUV scores very high in this regard.
There is also hill-descent control and hill hold, just in case you intend to do some offroading.
The needle in the speed bar touches 60 km from a standing start in 5.4 seconds .The engine, unlike other Mahindra vehicles, is laid transverse, or east-west, than north-south and sounds surprisingly refined compared with the Scorpio. The gearshift is smooth, with a dogleg reverse, but it hasn’t reached the maturity of SUVs like the CR-V, Pajero and Outlander , but it’s fast catching up.
The Engine
Its powered by the same 2.2 litre diesel engine which is donning the hood of Mahindra Scorpio but it has been fine-tuned to generate maximum power of 140 Bhp at 3750 rpm and maximum torque of 330 Nm at 1600 rpm. Mahindra XUV 500 comes with a six-speed manual gearbox and the ARAI certified mileage is 15.1 kmpl, which is a big Plus considering the size and weight of the SUV. It Also features a Monocoque chassis.
The Interiors
We can safely conclude that the Mahindra XUV500 is the most spacious and feature-rich SUV in its segment , infact the price bracket that it is in , there isn’t any competion. It comes decked up with modern looking twin-pod instrument cluster, very stylish central console and all-new interesting design for the AC vents. The top-model also comes loaded with Remote central locking/Keyless entry system, climate control system, Cruise, audio, phone controls & voice command switches on steering, 6-inch colour touch screen infotainment display, AUX, Bluetooth and USB support, Flip key with remote central locking , 8-way adjustment for driver's seat, Electrically adjustable and retractable ORVMs, AC vents for rear passengers, Dual-tone theme for upholstery and dashboard, rear wiper/washer. What we especially liked is that the steering wheel of XUV500 has controls for the music system and it has designed pretty well, the bottom has silver matte finish and rest of the part is leather clad.
Price: Rs. 12 lacs – Rs. 15 lacs
Thumbs Up:
- Very Spacious and comfortable for the Indian Rides .
- Climate control system, very unique design for AC vents
- Its No – Nonsense Killer looks.
- Priced between Rs. 12 – 15 lacs – Superb value for money proposition.
Thumbs Down:
- The Suspension could have been better.
- Interior trim quality definitely could have been better.
- Only 2 airbags doesn’t make it very safe .
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