Xylo ! Excellent VFM for a family car

Exterior The new 2014 refresh model is excellent. I just bought a Dolphin grey one. The new chrome grill, new bull bar and the entire decals looks awesome.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Awesome! I dont think anyone has any complaints here. The new dual done works perfect. Some of the finish on door could be better. One thing, I didnt like was the rear defogger connected on the back window with wires coming out. Comfortable 7-8 seater or rather only 7/8 seater. The body roll is very minimal, on par almost with Ertiga VXI or Innova. Though in deep curves, you need to be careful in any tallbody MUVSUV

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox MHawk is excellent. In straight line, dont think anyone could beat. The gear shift has been optimized but i have been using only past 2 days and find gear shift slightly tighter and not very notchy. Also, the vibration is not completely out on this gear shift though its way better and ratio goes well with new clutch setup.

Ride Quality & Handling Superb!. My twin kids loved it and they felt almost they were in minibus. My father was almost asleep in captain seats and enjoyed the superb blowerac. Driver gets the best road view with huge glass greenhouse too. The new 6040 3rd row is a great add. I also got a pulldown roof mount DVD and works like a gem. Final Words True VFM. I did spend 2-3 months doing all kinds of analysis and firmly believe this is a really great comfy mover. I first waited for mobilio and was disappointed in 3rd row thigh supportcomfort on long drive. Then booked ertiga but on a 2nd long test drive, found too congested at back though you had car feel. Innova was out of budget while Enjoy was too lousy performer. Finally, Take a test drive before you drop Xylo from your list.

Areas of improvement

1. Improve even the minimal body roll left out or provide a guage or instrument to show the amount of body roll to help driver control in deep turns. 2. Communicate the new features and market safety features better. Mahindra has better safety features like crumple zone, high seating, reinforced beams, ABSEBD and stabilization control guages. The added comfort drive suspension is a big value add which would need more detailing. If possilbe get even NCAP test for all Airbag variants. 3. Improve the gear box further. I still doesnt get a car like feel when I drive this. It may be +ve but still I feel we need this to get more car folks on this. 4. In city it is giving me 12.5 Kmpl, could be better. A 14-15kmpl would be ideal.

Good performance, Comfort, space, VFM, for 2.2Ltr engine mileage is goodRefinements in handling, Even better NVH, Relative mileage with Mobilio/Ertiga is less