The Best Beast - XUV 500 Automatic

Buying Experience - I bought the car from Koncept Mahindra - Noida sector 63 but registered in Chandigarh. The vehicle was ready in stock and they gave me a good offer on the insurance and a cash discount. Good dealer and a good sales team. Riding Experience - Its an ultimate pleasure to drive an automatic version of Mahindra XUV. Starting from a very smooth pickup, the way it cruises on the highway, effortless driving. I have taken the beast to Bhutan and the experience was simply amazing. Effortless driving where we have done almost 1600kms in less than 20 hrs on the east-west highway. The best part is the XUV gets respect on the highway especially on a single road with traffic coming from the opposite direction Looks - Its the most comfortable and affordable 7 seaters vehicle ever produced in India. The so-called Cheeta design is definitely muscular and allows the vehicle to cruise through on the highway really well. Performance - I have tested the vehicle up to 190 on the Agra- Lucknow expressway and the vehicle runs really smooth with no engine noise. I get a decent fuel average of 14.5KMPL if driven between 100-110kms on highways. In Delhi NCR traffic on this automatic one, I get around 10.5 KMPL. In a 15 lakhs package, I get most of the features like - Auto Torque Converter, Airbags, Cruise control, hill assist, park me home lights and a lot more. The service of the vehicle is done every 10000 Kms and the average costs of Rs 3500. Engine oil is changed every 20000Kms, Noida has one of the best service centers which caters only to XUV's or Scorpio's. Pro's and cons - this has been a family car and we call it as XUV and not the car. A couple of things where Mahindra needs to make changes or I ll say the scope of improvement in the plastic quality on the interiors. The luggage space needs to be increased.