Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) today concluded its XUV500 draw and announced the names of 7200 winning applicants who were selected through an automated process. It had received an overwhelming 25000+ booking applications from customers in the second phase of bookings for its XUV500. Bookings for the XUV500 had re-opened on 25th January across 19 cities in India namely Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh / Panchkula, Ludhiana, Jallandhar, Patiala, Kochi, Trivandrum, Calicut, Trissur, Coimbatore, Nagpur and Nasik.
Mahindra conducted a city-wise draw to ensure a fair chance for all applicants during the second phase of bookings, across the 19 cities. Applicants not selected in the draw are entitled to the refund of the deposit amount of Rs. 80,000/-. Winning applicants will be notified by the respective dealerships and the winning serial numbers will also be published on the XUV500 website, www.mahindraxuv500.com from 5:00pm on 15th February 2012.
Bookings in the second phase were open for 10 days from 25th January till 3rd February 2012. As a customer-centric measure and to ensure fair and transparent allotment, Mahindra undertook an XUV500 draw since the number of booking applications had exceeded 7200. This was done to also ensure a reasonable waiting period for the customers selected in the XUV500 draw.