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Mahindra XUV 500 : Exclusive Photo Feature!
Posted on 28 Sep 20112,334,657 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 big bold high tech face of the new Mahindra XUV500. The grille is different while the front end treatment with projector headlamps, LED day-time running lights, large front bumper with streaked air dam and recessed fog lamps make for a menacing look. “Objects in the mirror are closer than you think” would get an altogether new meaning for others in class.
Straight out of Mad Max – imposing yet in the slickest manner possible, the XUV500 dishes out the style drill from practically any and every angle.
The devil is in the details and these are finely carved, but what is of even greater import is the fact that the craftsmanship is of a high order. Panel gaps on the car we drove and inspected were uniform yet close and the metal-plastic-glass medley on the exterior made for delightful aesthetics.
The XUV500 in profile is all muscle and snazzy-style personified – like a strapping athlete in a designer suit! The large pronounced wheel arches with their machined-look plus the character crease at the waist level along with a similar smaller line at the door sill level imparts a good stance when viewed with the sharply raked windscreen and the well penned glass area. In profile one can clearly see some hints, on proportion, from Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V and Suzuki Vitara et al but overall the XUV500 is distinctive on its own. Another important observation about the new Mahindra is the absolutely clean and sanitized under-vehicle layout with nary any plumbing or wires or ungainly accoutrements spoiling the show or the under-floor air flow.
No one can mistake the XUV500 for anything else, even from the rear though the badging might help those overtaken understand the reason they have had to give way! Note the twin exhausts with oval end cans and the large round silencer boxes.
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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