King Size Vehicle

 

Bougth this car afer research for about 8 months. I had a budget of Rs.10/- lakhs and vetted options like used ford endeavour, innova, Tuscan new Tavera, scorpio, safari. Finally zeroed down on Xylo.

 

Exterior People find it hard to digest the looks for this car and same was the case with me. But one gets used to the looks and with some exterior accessories like sky racks, sproiler, etc and graphics, the car looks nice. I though it wise to give highter weightage for utility than looks.

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) I dont think any other car in Indian car market comes closer to this one in terms of comfortably seating 7+1 adults and taking them hundreds of miles without feeling worn out.  Seats are comfortable and suspension is superb. The smart utilities provided in the car are best in the class. They make you feel happy everytime you use them.

 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine is little brawny and noisy outside compared to innova and safari at the same time its more powerful than innova. Gear shift is also little hard, but one gets used to it. Fuel economy in city with AC is 11km and that on highways is between 14-16 km, depending upon drive. So on highways, the cost per km per passenger comes to less than 50 paisa...what else con one expect.

 

Ride Quality & Handling This remains one area of concern. Its scary to take sharp turns at high speeds. you feel like you would be thrown out of the vehicle. The sway is too high and even the vehicle driver coming from opposite side gets scared. So you can call it a blessing in disguise. But Xylo's high ground clearance can help you get through rough terrain and ocassional offroading one may be subljed to.

 

Final Words Overall its a good value for money car. What needs to be seen is Mahindra service support and spare costs.

 

Areas of improvement NA.

 

Interior space, seats,utilities, performance, value for money,exterior looks, handling on corners.