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Mahindra XUV 500 : Exclusive Photo Feature!
Posted on 28 Sep 20112,330,286 Views235 Comments
Coming our way from the country's leading UV maker Mahindra & Mahindra is this new age, new wave soft-roader, the XUV500 (XUV - Five Double O). The new Mahindra is no softie, keeping in sync with its maker's reputation for the rugged, but in this new baby rugged melds with style and the concoction of the two is deadly delicious! Not many details and information can be divulged right now but our pictures of the car speak louder than words. Adil Jal Darukhanawala lends commentary to Kunal Khadse's photo-artistry
The heart which pumps the thrust for the XUV500 is this freshly tweaked 2.2-litre M-Hawk engine which is now in an east-west layout as against a north-south placement in other Mahindra vehicles. This engine develops 140bhp but more importantly has 330Nm of torque to delight its driver. Mated to this engine is another first for an all Indian vehicle – a six-speed manual gearbox, developed in-house by Mahindra itself as is the front wheel drive transfer case. Base models will be front wheel drive while another version will have an all wheel drive layout with a torque on demand mechanism also delivering drive to the rear wheels. More on this later but while we are at it, the under bonnet aesthetics are top class.
Handsome and wholesome the XUV500 is and it also shows in the way it carries itself on its large 17-inch alloys shod with 235-65-R17 rubber. The alloys are striking in their turnout and distinctive to behold. For a vehicle with strong forward thrust, the XUV500 doesn’t skimp on the retardation at its disposal, disc brakes abound on all four wheels and in addition there is ABS, EBD plus ESP to ensure safety and peace of mind. If that’s not all, there are driver and front passenger air bags, start/stop is standard equipment and there is also hill descent control for the top line offering.
That’s the way aha, aha I like it! The interior treatment of the XUV500 is bold, butch and brilliant to behold and use! The central stack has a large touch-screen digital display for GPS, air-con controls, music system and other ancillaries. The steering wheel design is refreshingly modern and really well executed. The controls fall nicely to hand (and foot!), a case in point being the parking brake lever angled towards the driver’s left. Large air vents on the dash direct cool air flow to the front seat hotshots while quality of interior trimming is well defined though it could have been better. Slight irritants abound but by and large the business end of the interior is a fine place to ply one’s craft! While trim is of a high order, colour choice is pretty subjective.
Pricing Ex-showroom Delhi
XUV 500 W6: 4x2:*Rs.10.8 Lakhs
XUV 500 W8 4x2:*Rs.11.95 Lakhs
XUV 500 W8 4x4:*Rs.12.88 Lakhs
*(ex-showroom Delhi invitation pricing)
Page 2: Exterior Details, Action Shots >>
Page 3: Engine, Tyre Profile, Fascia >>
Page 4: Driver Information Display, Seating >>
Page 5: Steering Wheel, Interior Gadgetry >>
Page 6 : Door Handles, Rear Badging >>
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Mrinal Aggarwal
why can't i read all the comments? need it for a research paper. Would be good for the website also. Plz msg soon.
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sujith job
Awesome....
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Dr Raj Ratan
I m indeed impressed with the exhaustive and lucrative technical specifications of XUV 500. It has indeed succeeded in giving a tough and breathholding fight to its competitors mainly the TATA safari storme and tata aria. I congratulate the entire team of mahindra on their innovative and value for money invention. Well done.
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victor singh
Awesome, interior amaze n the car exterior, back seat space so cool thumbs up to mahindra.........
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ANURAG
i like this car and my father is going to buy it in jan 2013
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