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Mahindra XUV 500 : Exclusive Photo Feature!
Posted on 28 Sep 20112,334,588 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
Tell-All Cluster
Instrumentation Americana seems to be the theme for the XUV500’s tell-all cluster. Styled like one of the mean muscular Pontiac Firebirds of the 1970s, the twin round instruments pack in the speedo (calibrated to 220km/h) and the fuel gauge on the left while the one of the right has the rev counter lined up all the way to 7000rpm with the smaller central dial having tell tales for temperature and oil. The central console is business personified yet has a good feel to it. The large sized switches plus the rotary controls knobs make access and useage very simple. The digital touch screen is also very user friendly. The chromed strips and that large chromed rotary knob for the audio system and that polished top cover of the dashboard makes for an irritating reflection in the windshield which can get a bit disconcerting for the driver.
Spacious and Ergonomic Seating
Seats are large, well cushioned and profiled, and generally the best of any Indian-built vehicle in the UV space. What further help are the well defined floor height and the large expansive door openings. All put together these make for very ergonomic ingress and egress, something which should delight the family no end. The third row of seats is good and overall the packaging designers and engineers have learnt from rivals as to what not to do and also how to get everything spot-on first time out.
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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