Mahindra has launched a new SUV called the XUV500 in India. This modern looking seven seater SUV, viewed as the company’s most important SUV since the Scorpio, is also a landmark model – the XUV500 is the first Indian SUV to be built around a car-style monocoque chassis, which means no ladder frame and truck like suspension here.
The XUV500 is powered by a 2.2-litre mHawk engine with Variable Geometry Turbocharger, VGT. This diesel engine is already found in the old school bodied Scorpio, but boast better figures here: 140 hp and 330 Nm of torque from 1,600 to 2,800 rpm. Indian customers can choose between FWD and AWD variants, but both share a six-speed manual gearbox.
By the way, the Mahindra Scorpio is sold in Malaysia by USF, and the RM113k seven seater comes with a 120 hp/290 Nm version of the mHawk diesel lump, paired to a six-speed auto ‘box.
Quantum leap in looks aside, the XUV500 should be a more comfortable ride than the Scorpio, since it comes with monocoque chassis, front MacPherson struts and rear multi link suspension. It sits much lower to the ground on those 235/65 R17 rubber, and the wheelbase is quite long at 2,700 mm. The AWD is of the full-time on demand variety, and it’s not a serious off roader. No diff lock, but there’s hill descent control.
Attractive ex showroom Delhi prices start from Rs 10.8 lakh (RM70,400) for the 2WD W6 spec to Rs 12.88 lakh (RM83,900) for the range topping AWD W8 model.
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Nice design
Shit is fugly. too much unnecessary curves. and those rear lights. oh god.
Miles ahead of their previous design.
Front looks good, interior looks good….but the back….ugh…
yup, the back looks yucks! but for this price range, after the gomen in bolehland tax left n right, tax also the air inside the tyres… this will go up to above 110K…. hah! next they might also tax the length of the electric wires… 1cm tax 5K, that shud bring it to a bolehland price of 120K… hah!
For that amount of money (RM70k-83k), we can only have dugong here!!
It’s exterior is kinda ugly but such plush interior is quite good for a cheap SUV like these.
Ssangyong lookalike…any connection between the two? Did Ssangyong being bought over by the Indians?
yes
Never trust those Mahindra folks assemble car parts…especially after tody binge session
But sold by USF here? Sorry lah must add NAP Tongkat Tax RM100k so total price is RM183,900!
bongong.. Scorpio is sold here at RM113k
I still can’t believe people will fork out more than Rm100k for that crap Scopio! I can just guest but it will be racist!
SangYong design cues? lols
Not bad at all..
Adeyy…! What happened at the back? Front is ok, I would rate it 6/9, inside gets a 8/9 subject to touch and fit test. But the rear??? Did something hit it??? That’s a 2/9, and the two points are for having a rear door and having lights! Still, way better than the first generation.
Quantum leap improvement from previous Scorpio in terms of design, but in certain aspect looks like they are trying too hard to make XUV different from other SUVs in the market… until it becomes…. weird i must say???
But, interior looks quite good though… hope the interior parts and gaps also improved a lot in this XUV…
Interesting features though…http://www.mahindraxuv500.com/
The first pic looks promising…until I looked at the second pic. Barf.
Way better than Chinese SUVs.
Wow this is better than the facelifted Santa Fe, give them half a decade time, India & China Auto Mfg will sunk the Korean Junk like how those Mitsubishi Zero sunk American Warship in Pearl Harbour.
….And fat lady sunk H…iroshima and Nagasaki. Don’t talk history if u no better than MS.
This is what happen when a Rexton meet a Scorpio…..
Any long term Scorpio owners here? How’s the maintenance ? Happy with it?
Me still using the first batch Scorpio 2.0 Manual Renault engine. One advantage is that i can juz buy Renault oil filter, timing belt etc. But if typically Mahindra own engine maintenance, shall be patience with the its typical service center ridiculous cut thoat pricing and attitude problem in Johor Bahru.
nice interior but the exterior…yikes. must the wheel arches extend itself on the side window profile of the car?? not a thing of beauty.
I’m speechless…like u guys said,they must have design the front when they are sober,and after a couple of toddy, they designed the rear! mismatched to the max! cheers….
could be the reverse, they were sober when they designed the back and drunk when designing the front. Drunkenness is known to bring out the creativity of some people
Dream suv for>
indian groceries shop owner
indian roti canai operator
rich chetty
estate manager
indian school headmaster
1st, proton overtaken by koreans, den proton overtaken by chinese, now proton overtaken by indians.. Proton still zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Not with this car though… :mrgreen:
the indians really know how to design cars nowadays… good job! love the interior…
yucks…it looks horrible…
Their designers really need to attend a proper design school…Those shapes really childist….only can be found in children plastic toys or rubbish bin design..(I think I have seen better looking dustbin) LOL
The car is as bad looking as their company logo…Maybe, first they need to get bet better logo design b4 they waste their time & money creating this kind of comedy design….
buy a kancil then. that’s what you’re worth for.
Campor, who’s the “Fat Lady” ? Ur wif* ? Accoding to history the 2 atomic bomb that use on Hiroshima & Nagasaki was known as “Little Boy” & “Fat Man”, next time tak tau jangan buat malu sendiri kat forum umun.
This korean car distributor nowaday really stingy to the extend of employing sub standard sales staff, ops almost forget one of them actually own by step grandson of a “Fat Lady” no wonder lah. :-D
best design till now in suv
100 times better than tata aria in design
Comes in five exciting colors! payasam white, sambar brown, turmeric gold , palak paneer green and as shown here , tandoori red!!!!
The early response on the Indian auto forums to this was exactly the same, most early critics couldn’t digest the looks and panned both the front and back mercilessly, it was a massacre. However the price got announced and some early reviews trickled out and nearly everyone is super happy but for a few chinks here and there.
This particular review captures the car in a better perspective and perhaps the folks here will change their mind too. It looks much better live and in this video than the pics posted – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqT05alP11s
actually this car’s design is a cheetah inspired design.. u guys can see it here http://mahindraxuv500.com/product/designinspiration.htm
waoowww . great design , at least it is better than the other models produced by this company , front design as well as the interior lokking goo , 4/5 . but the side and the rear , omg . . i cant believe it . ,. ugly bro , i think they should reduce the lines n curves which makes the car ugly only , anway thumbs up for MAHINDRA ,k at least they produced a car which is lot better than the pass models
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