THE MAHINDRA XUV 5OO

After four years of development mahindra had launched their global suv the XUV 5OO on sept 2011 , since then mahindra's sales have drastically increased and still retains it.

As per the styling, the car looks very aggressive and very attractive to look at. The car's design is cheetah inspired and can immediately notice with the cut's and creases on the bumper , the projector headlamps along with the day-time-running lamps and mahindra's typical grille adds for the styling . And the side profile looks muscular with its bulging wheel arches and claw like door handles.

Inside the dashboard has a nice layout with a waterfall like design for the centre console along with wood and chrome inserts . It has got a lot of storage bins and is loaded with features , it is equipped with a touch screen multimedia display with integrated audio system , navigation phone sync feature along with USB , AUX-IN and Bluetooth . you also get climate control, start stop feature for fuel efficiency , four disc brakes , cruise control , steering mounted controls , rear parking sensors , rain sensing wipers, automatic headlamps and a hell lot features.
The seats are comfortable and spacious and the third-row also gets a power socket and A/C vents with fan speed adjusters.

Under the hood the XUV comes with a M-Hawk 2179cc diesel engine with 140bhp of power @3750rpm and comes with a 6-speed manual all wheel drive or a 6-speed automatic front wheel drive.
It is available in 4-variants W4 , W6 , W8 and W8 AWD.

To meet the competition with the nissan terrano renault duster and ford ecosport they have recently launched a lower spec version called the W4 variant.
The Mahindra XUV 5OO starts from price tag of 10.70 lakhs - 14.48 lakhs (ex-showroom Delhi).