Mahindra XUV 500
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Mahindra XUV 500 Price
Rs 11,58,472* - Rs 14,10,904*
(Price - New Delhi)
June, 2012 : Mahindra XUV 500 bookings are now open
again for two weeks across 19 selected cities of India after February
2012. As per official announcement, 9 months production capacity for the
XUV 500 is sold out due to overwhelming response from customers in the
first 2 rounds of booking. Now, to meet the growing demand, the
production capacity has been ramped up to 4000 vehicles per month.
Mahindra has also unveiled the XUV 500 in Indore with a price tag of Rs. 11.83 lakh (ex-showroom)
. Mahindra XUV 500 SUV price will be on similar lines for Patna and
Jaipur, also this Cheetah inspired utility vehicle will soon be
available in other Indian cities. Designed and developed in-house, the
XUV 500 was Mahindra India’s first crack at the monocoque design, front
wheel drive and transverse engine.
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| Mahindra XUV 500 (HD) |
Mahindra XUV 500 W6 2WD
2179cc, Manual, Diesel, 15.1 kmpl
Rs. 11,58,472*
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| Mahindra XUV 500 (HD) |
Mahindra XUV 500 W8 2WD
2179cc, Manual, Diesel, 15.1 kmpl
Rs. 13,03,970*
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| Mahindra XUV 500 (HD) |
2179cc, Manual, Diesel, 15.1 kmpl
Rs. 14,10,904*
Overall Review of Mahindra XUV 500
Mahindra & Mahindra has put India on to the global scenario with its newly design based SUV – the
Mahindra XUV 500 . With this product, Mahindra now has 5 UV products in its portfolio.
The US $12.5 billion Mahindra Group has a fleet of UVs and
it has given some of the sturdiest and rugged cars to India. Prominent
among it was iconic Mahindra Jeep that had ruled Indian rural roads for
decades. Later, not only did the Mahindra SUVs become more comfortable
but powerful as well.
The recent addition— the XUV 500— is an absolutely new car, built
from scratch by the Mahindra design team. The Mahindra XUV 500 is a
global standard SUV that is going to embark the company on a world-wide
platform. Originally codenamed Mahindra W201, the XUV500 received its
name recently before its launch on September 29.
Pronounced as Mahindra XUV500 with the last to ‘00’ pronounced as
alphabet ‘OO’, it symbolizes activeness and the agility besides the
quickness it has as an SUV. Mahindra has arrived at the design of this
SUV after an intensive research and survey that is said to have been
conducted in various western markets besides India. Apart from this, the
SUV also has been tested to be perfect on many destinations including
Europe, Australia and South Africa. After launch in India, the Mahindra
XUV 500 will be marketed in South Africa.
Besides the design, Mahindra XUV 500 features a unique exterior
styling, an array of technologies that is nowhere visible in the SUVs
already in place by Mahindra. In addition, the global design brings with
it the global standards as well in this SUV. Mahindra’s Research Valley
engineers have burnt their midnight oil to make this happen and it is
with the help of their efforts that XUV 500 is able to be developed on
global standards.
This is the first car from the Mahindra brand that is based on a
monocoque chassis. Contrary to the conventional design in which the car
is made of a frame and then it is covered with lightweight metal sheets,
the XUV 500 body is a single piece body in which the body and chassis
are one piece.
It also has the first-ever transversely placed engine by Mahindra and
this has increased the passenger space inside and has also improved
safety in case of an impact besides a larger crumple zone. Thus Mahindra
XUV is much safer and crash resistant than any of the other Mahindra
SUV offering. Land Rover LR2 Freelander and Volvo cars employ
transversely placed engine in their cars. Such first in class features
make this SUV at par with global standards. Incorporating such features
has made XUV500 to compete with global SUVs in terms of global norms,
safety regulations and emission standards. In India, XUV500 will create
its own unique space and is place above Mahindra Scorpio and the big SUV
daddies from India.
Mahindra XUV 500 has 2179cc mHawk engine that also powers the
Mahindra Scorpio and now even the Xylo. The common rail diesel engine
produces 140bhp which is enough to cruise the XUV500 on road or
off-road. Most noteworthy is the torque which is 330Nm that lets the new
SUV to move around easily even in snail-paced city traffic. There is a
six-speed manual gearbox in XUV 500 with a torque on demand mechanism.
There are two variants on the XUV 500, one is a two-wheel drive model
while the other is a four-wheel drive model. Micro-hybrid technology is
also used in the XUV500 for better fuel efficiency.
