Blame BS6 Phase 2 Norms For Mahindra SUVs' Massive Price Hike

Published April 10, 2023
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The arrival of the new RDE norms has resulted in a lot of price hikes from several automakers of late, and we’ve now got one from Mahindra

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The new and more stringent BS6 phase 2 norms kicked in from April 1 this year and it brought with it price hikes, not rolled out by just a few companies, but by almost all carmakers active in India. Mahindra is one of those brands which transferred the cost put into updating the powertrains onto its customers, with the maximum price hike going as high as Rs 74,000 for the XUV700. Let’s take a look at the revised prices of Mahindra SUVs:

Mahindra Scorpio Classic

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Variants	Old Price	New Price	Difference
S	Rs 12.64 lakh	Rs 12.99 lakh	Rs 35,000
S11	Rs 16.14 lakh	Rs 16.81 lakh	Rs 67,000

The Scorpio Classic’s prices have been hiked by up to Rs 67,000.

Mahindra XUV700

Petrol Variants	Old Price	New price	Difference
MX	Rs 13.45 lakh	Rs 14 lakh	Rs 55,000
MX (E)	Rs 13.95 lakh	Rs 14.50 lakh	Rs 55,000
AX3 MT	Rs 15.88 lakh	Rs 16.48 lakh	Rs 60,000
AX3 (E)	Rs 16.38 lakh	Rs 18.98 lakh	Rs 60,000
AX5 MT	Rs 17.19 lakh	Rs 17.82 lakh	Rs 63,000
AX3 AT	Rs 17.61 lakh	Rs 18.24 lakh	Rs 63,000
AX5 (E)	Rs 17.69 lakh	Rs 18.32 lakh	Rs 63,000
AX5 7-seater	Rs 18.35 lakh	Rs 18.49 lakh	Rs 14,000
AX5 7-seater (E)	Rs 18.35 lakh	Rs 18.99 lakh	Rs 64,000
AX5 AT	Rs 18.97 lakh	Rs 19.63 lakh	Rs 66,000
AX7	Rs 19.88 lakh	Rs 20.56 lakh	Rs 68,000
AX7 AT	Rs 21.66 lakh	Rs 22.37 lakh	Rs 71,000
AX7 AT L	Rs 23.60 lakh	Rs 24.34 lakh	Rs 74,000

Diesel Variants	Old Price	New price	Difference
MX	Rs 13.96 lakh	Rs 14.44 lakh	Rs 48,000
MX (E)	Rs 14.46 lakh	Rs 14.94 lakh	Rs 48,000
AX3	Rs 16.39 lakh	Rs 16.92 lakh	Rs 53,000
AX 3 (E)	Rs 16.89 lakh	Rs 17.42 lakh	Rs 53,000
AX3 7-seater	Rs 17.20 lakh	Rs 17.75 lakh	Rs 55,000
AX5	Rs 17.85 lakh	Rs 18.41 lakh	Rs 56,000
AX3 AT	Rs 18.33 lakh	Rs 18.90 lakh	Rs 57,000
AX5 7-Seater	Rs 18.51 lakh	Rs 19.08 lakh	Rs 57,000
AX5 AT	Rs 19.68 lakh	Rs 20.27 lakh	Rs 59,000
AX5 AT 7-seater	Rs 20.29 lakh	Rs 20.89 lakh	Rs 60,000
AX7	Rs 20.59 lakh	Rs 21.20 lakh	Rs 61,000
AX7 AT	Rs 22.32 lakh	Rs 22.96 lakh	Rs 64,000
AX7 L	Rs 22.48 lakh	Rs 23.13 lakh	Rs 65,000
AX7 AT AWD	RS 23.74 lakh	Rs 24.41 lakh	Rs 67,000
AX7 L AT	Rs 24.21 lakh	Rs 24.88 lakh	Rs 67,000
AX7 L AT AWD	Rs 25.48 lakh	Rs 26.18 lakh	Rs 70,000

The XUV700 received the maximum price hike amongst all SUV models sold by the company. Its ex-showroom price increased by Rs 74,000!
The minimum cost increment was Rs 14,000.

Mahindra Scorpio N

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Variant	Old Price	New Price	Difference
Petrol Manual
Z2	Rs 12.74 lakh	Rs 13.05 lakh	Rs 31,000
Z2 E	Rs 13.24 lakh	Rs 13.24 lakh	Rs 0
Z4	Rs 14.24 lakh	Rs 14.65 lakh	Rs 41,000
Z4 E	Rs 14.74 lakh	Rs 14.74 lakh	Rs 0
Z8	Rs 17.64 lakh	Rs 18.05 lakh	Rs 41,000
Z8L	Rs 19.54 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 46,000
Z8L 6-seater	Rs 19.74 lakh	Rs 20.20 lakh	Rs 55,000
Petrol Automatic
Z4 AT	Rs 16.20 lakh	Rs 16.61 lakh	Rs 41,000
Z8	Rs 19.60 lakh	Rs 19.96 lakh	Rs 36,000
Z8L	Rs 21.10 lakh	Rs 21.56 lakh	Rs 46,000
Z8L 6-seater	Rs 21.30 lakh	Rs 21.76 lakh	Rs 46,000

Variant	Old Price	New Price	Difference
Diesel Manual
Z2	Rs 13.24 lakh	Rs 13.55 lakh	Rs 31,000
Z2 E	Rs 13.74 lakh	Rs 13.74 lakh	Rs 0
Z4	Rs 14.74 lakh	Rs 15.15 lakh	Rs 41,000
Z4 E	Rs 15.24 lakh	Rs 15.24 lakh	Rs 0
Z4 4WD	Rs 17.19 lakh	Rs 17.75 lakh	Rs 56,000
Z4 4WD E	Rs 17.69 lakh	Rs 17.69 lakh	Rs 0
Z6	Rs 15.64 lakh	Rs 16.05 lakh	Rs 41,000
Z8	Rs 18.14 lakh	Rs 18.55 lakh	Rs 41,000
Z8L	Rs 20.04 lakh	Rs 20.46 lakh	Rs 42,000
Z8L 6-seater	Rs 20.24 lakh	Rs 20.70 lakh	Rs 46,000
Z8 4WD	Rs 20.59 lakh	Rs 21.10 lakh	Rs 51,000
Z8L 4WD	Rs 22.49 lakh	Rs 22.95 lakh	Rs 46,000
Diesel Automatic
Z4	Rs 16.70 lakh	Rs 17.11 lakh	Rs 41,000
Z6	Rs 17.60 lakh	Rs 18.01 lakh	Rs 41,000
Z8	Rs 20.10 lakh	Rs 20.46 lakh	Rs 36,000
Z8L	Rs 21.60 lakh	Rs 22.10 lakh	Rs 50,000
Z8L 6-seater	Rs 21.80 lakh	Rs 22.26 lakh	Rs 46,000
Z8 4WD	Rs 22.55 lakh	Rs 23.06 lakh	Rs 51,000
Z8L 4WD	Rs 24.05 lakh	Rs 24.51 lakh	Rs 46,000

The diesel trims of the Scorpio N got the maximum price increment of Rs 56,000.
The petrol trims were given a maximum price hike of Rs 55,000.

Thar

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Variant	Old Price	New Price	Difference
2WD Diesel Manual
AX(O)	Rs 10 lakh	Rs 10.55 lakh	Rs 55,000
LX	Rs 11.50 lakh	Rs 12.05 lakh	Rs 55,000
2WD Petrol Automatic
LX	13.50 lakh	Rs 13.50 lakh	0
4WD Petrol Manual
AX (O) CT	Rs 13.59 lakh	Rs 13.87 lakh	Rs 28,000
LX HT	Rs 14.28 lakh	Rs 14.56 lakh	Rs 28,000
4WD Petrol Automatic
LX CT	Rs 15.73 lakh	Rs 16.01 lakh	Rs 28,000
LX HT	Rs 15.82 lakh	Rs 16.10 lakh	Rs 28,000
4WD Diesel Manual
AX (O) CT	Rs 14.16 lakh	Rs 14.44 lakh	Rs 28,000
AX (O) HT	Rs 14.21 lakh	Rs 14.49 lakh	Rs 28,000
LX CT	Rs 14.97 lakh	Rs 15.25 lakh	Rs 28,000
LX HT	Rs 15.06 lakh	Rs 15.35 lakh	Rs 28,000
4WD Diesel Automatic
LX CT	Rs 16.40 lakh	Rs 16.68 lakh	Rs 28,000
LX HT	Rs 16.49 lakh	Rs 16.77 lakh	Rs 28,000

Thar’s two-wheel drive diesel variants received a uniform bump of Rs 55,000, no increment for petrol.
Four-wheel drive (4WD) variants of Thar are now dearer by Rs 28,000.

XUV300

Variant	Old Price	New Price	Difference
Petrol MT
W4	Rs 8.41 lakh	Rs 8.41 lakh	Rs 0
W6	Rs 10 lakh	Rs 10 lakh	Rs 0
W6 TGDi	Rs 10.35 lakh	Rs 10.35 lakh	Rs 0
W8 TGDi	Rs 11.65 lakh	Rs 11.65 lakh	Rs 0
W8 TGDi DT	Rs 11.80 lakh	Rs 11.80 lakh	Rs 0
W8(O) TGDi	Rs 12.75 lakh	Rs 12.75 lakh	Rs 0
W8(O) TGDi DT	Rs 12.90 lakh	Rs 12.90 lakh	Rs 0
W8	Rs 11.16 lakh	Rs 11.46 lakh	Rs 30,000
W8 (O)	Rs 12.38 lakh	Rs 12.68 lakh	Rs 30,000
W8 (O) DT	Rs 12.53 lakh	Rs 12.83 lakh	Rs 30,000
Petrol AMT
W6	Rs 10.50 lakh	Rs 10.85 lakh	Rs 35,000
W8 (O)	Rs 13.06 lakh	Rs 13.36 lakh	Rs 30,000
W8 (O) DT	Rs 13.21 lakh	Rs 13.21 lakh	Rs 0
Diesel MT
W4	Rs 9.60 lakh	Rs 9.90 lakh	Rs 30,000
W6	Rs 10.38 lakh	Rs 11.03 lakh	Rs 65,000
W8	Rs 12.41 lakh	Rs 13.04 lakh	Rs 63,000
W8(O)	Rs 13.23 lakh	Rs 13.90 lakh	Rs 67,000
W8(O) DT	Rs 13.38 lakh	Rs 14.06 lakh	Rs 68,000
Diesel AMT
W6	Rs 11.70 lakh	Rs 12.35 lakh	Rs 65,000
W8(O)	Rs 13.92 lakh	Rs 14.50 lakh	Rs 58,000
W8(O) DT	Rs 14.07 lakh	Rs 14.07 lakh	Rs 0

No price hike has been given to the more powerful TGDi-equipped petrol variants of the Mahindra XUV300.
The W8(O) DT diesel manual trim received the maximum price increase.