XUV500 Driven

 

Exterior As Mahindra says, that the design of this vehicle is made like a pouncing cheetah, at first sight, you will not be able to see that but as you go far away from it and look from the side view..you will feel the muscular wheel arches as of cheetah shoulders. Styling is very nice and seems like a beautiful beast.Nice to hear from Mahindra that XUV500 has been purely designed by indian engineers in Chennai design center.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) This is what Mahindra is meant for. In Xylo, they have given preference to space and evolved the internal layout first. I think they have tried the same thing over here but with a overall makeup. The legroom in the middle row and the third row is remarkably good. Interiors are very nice, there is an lounge effect lighting, touch screen with multifunctaional display, high end cars like cluster make you feel proud owner and many more things.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox As I drove this beast and I felt very much excited. It uses same mHawk 2.2 Ltr engine with pumped power of 140 and 330 Nm torque, which u will feel while driving the same. There is a turbo lag when u shift from higher to lower gear. but its only for a sec or two. After that it boost itself like anything. The same thing I have observed in Ford Figo Diesel also. I hope if people are comfortable with that, then they must dont have any problem with this one also. To sum up, its nice SUV.ARAI claimed its mileage to be 15kmpl and thats the best part of it with a killer pricing.

Ride Quality & Handling Aah!this is what which i want upto fullest in every car. And truly speaking, I have found that in XUV500. I have driven SUVs like Captiva, CRV, Endeavour, Fortuner, Safari, Scorpio, Audi Q7 and BMW X5 and i think ride and handling of this vehicle is much much improved from other mahindra vehicles. It seems that you can move it on your fingers. Steering feel is very soft at low speeds and maneuvering is easy on twisty roads. It doesn't do anything funny while moving around corners and twisted roads. What i felt is that steering feeling is much closer to AudiQ7. the behaviour of the steering alters according to variation in speed and you can feel that. That means Mahindra engineers have tried to incorporate a perfect steering feel according to different speed levels. Coming on to ride, there is a multi link cleverness going on below the platform. The ride quality is far behind than any other mahindra vehicle. Suspension is niether too hard nor too soft, well balanced for the indian roads.

Final Words Overall, its amongst its competitors but not less than them in any case.
It has ABS, Airbag, Hill Accent and decent control, ESP, EBD and many more. ARAI claimed its mileage to be 15kmpl and thats the best part of it with a killer pricing. Its a BEAUTIFUL BEAST WITH BRAINS. WELL DONE Mahindra.

Areas of improvement Waiting for the Automatic version.

Styling, Ride& Handling, Fuel Economy, InteriorsAlloy Wheels