Is Tough really Tough?

Exterior TUV looks tough, proper SUV looks, so far unlike any Mahindra vehicle. you can customize it to the hilt and company too has come up with armour kits.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Driver and passenger seats are spacious and comfortable, you do not feel tired even after long drive. lumber support for driver is good feature. Second row seat is pathetic, no under thigh support, no recliner, no cushion, its straigh from a bus. last row seating is good only for children and strictly for city drive. Even if second and third row seats are folded you don't get a flat bed which is major disappointment for long journeys.

No space for keeping even a six inch screen mobile phone. OEM speakers that come needs to be thrown out before investing in any other accessories, no touch screen, no reverse camera no rear AC, no climate Control.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox 81 BHP for a vehicle weighing 1.5 tonn is gross under power. even on express highways you can't go above 120 even if your padel is pressed to the floor. and at that speed of 120 engine makes real bad noise, asking for relief, vibrations and road noise will make you deaf. You can't hear your speakers at that speed even with maximum volume. there are people claiming of top speed of 140 or 160 but that is not mathematics, but pure physics. this is possible only with no AC, single passenger, no luggage and on downward sloping road. I am not joking while I say this.

The AMT is painfully slow and slows you down in traffic to such an extent that even auto rikshaw and alto guys will honk on you and over take you giving that dirty look for delaying them to office. AMT is jerky and not a good combination for such heavy and low powered vehicle.

Fuel economy of AMT is 10.8 maximum on city traffic. I got even lesser in highways as I drove it 100+ and engine starts crying from 90 kmph.

Ride Quality & Handling Ladder on frame chhassis along with real wheel drive gives you excessive body roll and spine twists. Do check it out yourself during test drive if you have to buy it.

Final Words I think with initial euphoria dying and competition launching much better and feature rich vehicles, the only USP of this vehicle remains is 7 seating capacity. The sales have already halved within 6 months of launch is quite a telling.

Areas of improvement Quality check and service support. Mahindra has not learned anyting from XUV niggles and issues and there seems no improvement in service attitude. There have been so many part recalls and software updates of TUV300 already in such a small time.

7 seater, front row seats, looks and heightWeak engine, AMT slow and jerky, second and third row seating