Poor man's Workhorse Mercedes

Exterior Looks are subjective but model launched in late 2012 is great looking.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Plenty of space inside. broad seats, 5 people can sit with ease. It comes with some features which are not even available in luxary cars, like seatbelt height adjuster, coat hanger, speed sensing door locks.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Though I wish engine power should be more sometimes but low end torque delivery is amazing. Surprisngly turbo kicks in at 1100 RPM and there is no turbo lag. Engine is frugal and silent till 100 KMPH.

FE - City - 19 KMPL, Highway 25 KMPL.

Ride Quality & Handling Handling is amazing. It comes with Hydraulic steering which makes it little difficult to manuevour in city but on highway it's boon. The only pathetic things was brakes in panick situation. mine was non ABS version and and in panick braking situation, car would start skidding.

Final Words I drove this car for 93000 KMs in 4 years and believe me there was no rattling noise even after so much usage. The clutch was feather light even at 93000 KMs. It used to give me 25 KMPL if driven sanely (< 100 KMPH)

Mahindra customer support and service centres were always very helpful in entire ownership period.

Areas of improvement Please make spare parts available at service centre. Generally buyer need to struggle and wait for availability of spare parts.

Here is picture.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/iglCBCNI9Hl7iqcJ3 

Space, Tank like built, Fuel efficiency, Frugal engineUnder powered, lacks safety feature, pathetic braking