Mahindra XUV500 Automatic To Feature Keyless Entry And Push Button Start

Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) launched the automatic variant of the XUV500 last year. However, it did not offer keyless entry and push button start in its car. Realising its mistake, the carmaker has finally added these features in the XUV500.

Like the manual one, these features are only offered with the range­topping W10 variant. The top-end XUV500 automatic variant will get request buttons on the front­door handles and also a smart key instead of the old flip­out key. The introduction of the push button starter will take up space on the console, resulting to that, there will be smaller closable storage area ahead of the gear lever. However, the Mahindra XUV500 continues to boast of all its standard features, which include six airbags, hill­hold and hill­descent control, seven­inch touchscreen infotainment system, projector headlights, ABS with EBD and an electric sunroof.

The XUV500 will be powered by the 2.2­litre mHawk140 diesel unit, producing 140PS of power and 330Nm of torque. Apart from that, it will get a six­speed manual or six­speed automatic transmission. The all­wheel will be optional, apart from the front­wheel drive that the standard variant gets. Thanks to the diesel ban in Delhi, Mahindra is offering the XUV500 with a 1.99­litre diesel engine to cope with the 2.0­litre unit.

Pricing starts at Rs 12.12 lakh and goes all the way to Rs 18.17 lakh for the top­end variant (ex­showroom, Maharashtra). The car will take on the all­new Toyota Innova Crysta. We have pitched the automatic variants against each other here. Check out the review here.