"Great vehicle that has combination of latest engineering and comforts"

"Great vehicle that has combination of latest engineering and comforts"

I purchased Mahindra Xylo E8 (Toreador Red) in April 2009 at Sireesh Showroom in Bangalore.  I have clocked 5000 Kms till now. Xylo is very comfortable to drive with good suspension and smooth handling.
I used to drive Fiesta and Tavera before. When I took a test drive of Xylo, I was really surprised with the superior quality vehicle produced by Mahindra. Generally Mahindra was known for Rough and Tough Variants, but with Xylo they have proved that Mahindra can produce best in the class vehicles.
Thanks to four years of Mahindra's research to launch such a good vehicle.

Pros:
1) M-Eagle engine is very much refined engine that offers great power, smoothness and one never feels that Xylo is a diesel car.
2) Great Interiors and ample leg space even for the last row seats (have not seen this much space for last row seats in any other MUVs). Seats can be converted into comfortable beds and that's interesting.
3) Good features like Back Sonar (helps to park such heavy vehicle with out any pain) and Automatic Head light On (Only during dark) features are very helpful.
4) Powerful AC with one touch High and Low option is useful feature (Cools the entire vehicle within 2-3 minutes on AC High mode)
5) Good ground clearance and Road grip (Tubeless Tyres comes with vehicle).
6) Flight like folding to hold the food and magazines on middle row seats and also arm rest is a nice feature for long distance travelling.
7) Accurate and neat Driver assistance system, Good music system (I think this is available only in E8 models)
8) Mileage is around 13-14 Kmpl (with most of the time AC on) and Vehicle Service is for every 10000 Kms. Change of Regular Parts like Air filter, Oil Change, Coolant change etc is for 30000-60000 Kms (In regular Diesel Engine, its before 30000 kms)

Cons:
1) Exterior looks of car is not that nice.
2) Interior door open Knobs are not good quality.
3) Lacks Airbags which would have been good security feature.
4) Luggage space at the back door is very less compared to other vehicles.

- Santhosh Devarajappa (santhosh.devarajappa@gmail.com)