Mahindra XUV500 in India Archives

March 5, 2014

Super XUV500 of Team Mahindra Adventure creates history – wins 12th edition of Desert Storm

One after the other, this time Mahindra blazed a historic trail in the Thar Desert at the 12th edition of Desert Storm. Team Mahindra Adventure’s Super XUV500 finished fastest and became the overall champions of Desert Storm 2014.

After the recent string of wins at the Indian National Rally Championship SUV category (INSUVRC), the Super XUV500 proved its mettle yet again when it finished 1st in the Xtreme category of Desert Storm 2014. Driven by multi-time Desert Storm winner Sunny Sidhu (Driver) & PVS Murthy (Co-driver), the Super XUV500 proved that whatever maybe the terrain, the cheetah is the fastest!

Results:

Sunny Sidhu / P.V.S. Murthy (Mahindra Adventure) Position 1 (12:47:42)
Sandeep Sharma / Varun Davessar (Team Thunderbolt) Position 2 (13:08:20)
Amarjeet Pal Buwal / Nakul Mendiratta (Team Thunderbolt) Position 3 (13:13.34)
Lohitt Urs / K. Kumar (Mahindra Adventure) Position 4 (13:18:35)

Super XUV500 created history by becoming the first ever diesel vehicle to win the Desert Storm rally. Contrary to the belief that diesel cars are non-competitive against petrol cars, the Super XUV500 wiped out competition with ease.

Last year Mahindra Adventure bagged the 2nd, 3rd & 4th places in the 11th edition of the Desert Storm. And with this year’s triumph, it has proved yet again that it is indeed beauty with brawn.

Commenting on the success of the XUV500, Mr. Vivek Nayer, Chief Marketing Officer, Automotive Division, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. said, “After annihilating the competition at the INSUVRC, with this spectacular win at the Desert Storm 2014 the cheetah inspired Super XUV500 has unmistakably marked its territory in the extreme rally-raid format in India. The Super XUV500 is on a winning streak and will continue to create history and make & break records in times to come. We dedicate this unprecedented win to millions of Mahindra customers & fans across the nation.”

The Desert Storm is one of the toughest and most popular rallies in the country given the conditions, tough stages and spectacular terrain ranging from desert stretches and vast salt flats to dirt tracks. This year the rally route ran for over 3000KM across locations like Sadarseher, Bikaner, Jaisalmer & Jaipur.

In all there are 55 teams in Xtreme category, 30 teams in Ndure and 20 teams in Xplore category.

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November 20, 2013

Mahindra XUV500 Sets World Record for Completing Journey from Kanyakumari to Kashmir in shortest time

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M Ltd.), India’s leading SUV manufacturer, announced that its popular global SUV, the XUV500 has recorded the rare feat of completing a journey of 3,997 kilometres from Kanyakumari to Kashmir in the shortest time. With this, the XUV500 has set a new record in the Limca Book of Records.

A four-member team from Standard Chartered Bank, comprising of Zuzur Tinwalla (leader), Jyoti P Bhattacharjee, Anshuman Kakar and Neeraj Rastogi, completed the 3,997km drive from Kanyakumari to Leh in just 62 hours 20 minutes. Having surpassed the previous record by a margin of 10 hr 27 min, the XUV500 set a new record under the category of Fastest South-North Four-wheeler Expedition in the Limca Book of Records. The journey started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 30, 2013 and reached Leh in Jammu & Kashmir on October 3, 2013, having traversed the entire length of the country.

Speaking on this achievement, Mr. Vivek Nayer, Chief Marketing Officer, Automotive Division, M&M Ltd. said, “It is a proud moment for us since this record further reaffirms the tough and rugged ‘Mahindra DNA’ of the XUV500, which is a popular and much admired brand. Since its launch in 2011, the cheetah-inspired XUV500 has carved a special niche for itself and proved its mettle through tough and gruelling conditions in several rallies. This time was no exception. Completing a journey of 3997 kms in just 62 hours is a clear validation of the XUV500’s capability of handling all kinds of terrain while maintaining power-packed-performance. The team completed the journey with utmost safety and without a single incidence of breakdown. It is also testimony to the spirit of adventure of the XUV500 as well as the people who drive it so passionately. Unmatched in terms of style, performance, safety and comfort thereby providing a complete driving experience, the XUV500 has reached new heights with this achievement.”

March 22, 2013

Mahindra XUV500 to see a price cut and a new high-end variant

The hearsayregarding a latest price-cut edition of Mahindra XUV500 is doing the rounds all around for more thantwelve months now, and currently a firm’s top executive has given confirmation that there will be a reasonably priced edition of the most popular vehicle, XUV500.

The top executive also stated that there will be a more priceyoption of the XUV500 in the domestic market as well.

While talking to media persons, Mr. PawanGoenka, President of Farm Equipment and automotive sections of the company also stated that there will also be a more costlyvariant of the popular vehicle.

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has proposal to reinstatea few of its aged models in addition, but that must happen in the coming4 to 5 years, before that there will be a few facelifts to keep flourishing. The company will also concentrate on rolling out new edition of its subsisting array, confirmed Mr.Goenka.

The well known auto giant already has a hugearray in the utility vehicle sectionbeginning from Bolero, which is M&M’s most budget vehicle, whilst Mahindra XUV500 is the most high-priced one.

While talking on launching novel products, he said, “There is no possibility for one more product. If we roll out aninnovative product, we will be substituting a subsisting one, otherwise we are crowding it too much,” he said.

He also stated, “Now that the pipeline is jam-packed, we are moving into the product lifecycle (the life period of any creation).”

Explicating the firm’s approach for the coming 4-5 years, he stated that the majority of the M&M’s vehicles are likely to accompany a pattern that consists of a minor revive in the coming 2 years, a big one in 4 years and an overall alteration in 8 years thus far.

But, Mr. Goneka has not specified the modifications, the said affordable and more costlyedition of the firm’s flagship product XUV500, we are anticipating the price-cut edition to have lesser characteristics whereas the more costly to have a few more comprising an automatic transmission gear case.

As per latest reports, Mahindra & Mahindra has been forced to recall around 30,000 sport utility vehicles (SUV) XUV 500.

The company also said that the said that the said troubles are specific to some batches of the XUV 500, fabricated between the year 2011 and 2012.

Keep watching the space to gain more info. Cheers!

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October 11, 2012

Mahindra starts booking for all-wheel drive XUV500

India’s leading SUV manufacturer, Mahindra and Mahindra, has initiated the bookings for all-wheel drive version of its popular All-wheel drive XUV500. It is evident with the tremendous response from the earlier version that this all-wheel drive will again hit the market with a score. The automaker has also hiked the production output at the Chakan plant to ensure that vehicles are delivered timely to the customers.

The All-wheel drive XUV500 can be booked across the country with company’s dealership network by paying an initial amount of about Rs.40,000. As for now, the customer will have to wait as the delivery may take from 2 to 3 months.

With the rise in the competition and the increasing demand for more feature laden vehicles in the market, XUV500 has already been giving a tough competition to the contenders like Tata Aria and Tata Safari in regards to the sales volume. The UV vehicle segment is seeing step rise with tons of vehicle being launched. Now the market has been covered by the amazing MPVs that are finding their way to the top of the segment with their petrol and automatic versions.

All-wheel drive XUV500 was revealed last year in September and received tons of acclamations, now the model is celebrating its first year in the country. In one year Mahindra has already sold about 35,000 units of XUV500 while 14,000 more units are yet to be delivered. There is lot more behind the flagship SUV from Mahindra. It has already outranked the sedans in the price segment of Rs. 10 to 15 lakhs. The attractive price of the vehicle is also one key point has paved its way to the success.

June 14, 2012

Mahindra XUV500 Passes ANCAP Test with Flying Colors

Mahindra and Mahindra have numerous reasons to celebrate. Earlier, Mahindra XUV500 had set an advance booking record of 7200 units at its re-launch just within the span of 5 days. And now, Mahindra XUV500 has given one more reason to Mahindra and Mahindra to celebrate. The Mahindra XUV500 has passed the crash test of Australian New Car Assessment Program or ANCAP, and is going to be launched at the end of this month in that country.

Earlier this year in Australia, Mahindra XUV500‘s test models had been launched. According to the rules, every car has to collect each and every necessary and mandate certificate. Moreover, the most important point to keep in mind before the launchis to clear the ANCAP which is a must in that country. Unfortunately, Mahindra XUV500 could not clear the ANCAP test.However, the car performed well on numerous grounds. Mahindra XUV500 has been awarded 4 star rating in terms of safety and overall earned 26 points out of 37 in the crash test.

In the side impact test, the car made a bingo and earned 16 points out of 16. Also, Mahindra XUV500 got 10 points out of 16 in the frontal impact test. If a company wants to launch their vehicle then for each and every all wheel drive variant, it is necessary to clear the ANCAP test. Antilock brakes (ABS), Electronic brake distribution (EBD), side airbags, electronic stability control (ESC) and Dual frontal airbags are the standard equipments which are required in a vehicle. There are several other SUVs that performed really well in the ANCAP test, which includes the likes of Audi Q5, Kia Sportage and Volvo XC60 with overall scores of 35.21, 35.1 and 36.53 respectively.

June 8, 2012

Mahindra XUV500 booking recommences

It has been 8 months now that Mahindra XUV500 has hit the roads. But the demand of the car has been such that Mahindra has now kicked off another booking session in order to meet the demands of the car. The latest phase of booking will take place across 19 cities in India and will go on for a span of 2 weeks. There was another booking session held in the month of February. Even after 8 months of being in the market, the demand of the car is only increasing over the past few months which ultimately have forced the company to conduct more booking sessions based on the format of lottery.

As per the lottery system initiated by Mahindra, cars will be allotted to those whose names come up in the lottery and this is how Mahindra is trying to meet the demands of the customers. Eager customers are urging the company to increase the production rate of the vehicles so that they can get their flagship Mahindra SUV sooner than they are promised. As has been announced by the company, the lines of booking are now open only for 2 weeks and Mahindra plans to generate record sales this time. Earlier, Mahindra used to manufacture 2500 units of the car on a monthly basis which has now increased to 4000 units. There are presently 100 dealerships of Mahindra across India and the booking session will be held across all 100 of these dealerships. Owing to the demand, Mahindra had long back decided to increase the production rate of the vehicles and in the near future the company plans to open more dealerships across India. Mahindra XUV500 was recently brought out in Indore where the ex-showroom price of the car was fixed at Rs. 11.83 Lakh. Same price will be there across the showrooms in Jaipur and Patna. Mahindra is planning to expand more into India and thus the car will probably be launched in more cities in the coming few months. It is being said that Mahindra & Mahindra are known for their SUVs all across the world and the company is one of the leading SUV makers in India.

Thus we can say that Mahindra is one of the most prominent SUV makers based in India and the company is growing at an impeccable rate over since the foundation was established. The design of Mahindra XUV500 is unique and thus this makes it stand up to all rival bulls in the market. Ever since the car hit the market, there has been a rage following it with thousands of booking across the country. Other SUV makers in the market are all praises for the design as well as the ergonomics of the car and there is a lot that Mahindra has in plans which it will be implementing soon. The car is meant for those who want a muscular appeal compiled with strong performance along with a masculine body.

May 29, 2012

Mahindra XUV500 bookings to reopen across India

India’s top class crossover SUV, the Mahindra XUV500 set sensation in the industry almost soon as it launched. The super cool crossover with rugged off-road abilities is set to roll out once again, as Mahindra & Mahindra announce the reopening of bookings across India, starting 8 June 2012. After the launch, in September 2011, the XUV500 went on sales only in 19 major cities across India. After seeing the success of its flagship crossover in major cities, Mahindra is planning full-fledge production with sales beginning in all cities across India.

Due to the immense success, Mahindra may have to organize lucky draw system to allocate the crossover to potential customers. To come up to the demands of the Mahindra XUV500, Mahindra has planned to ramp up the production of the crossover to 4,000 units a month. In addition, Chakan facility in Maharashtra will further ramp the production of the flagship crossover to 5,000 units per month, in upcoming months. The Indian auto giant is also eyeing high export numbers, by beginning with markets like Australia and Chile towards 2012 end.

On this occasion, Pravin Shah, Chief Executive, Automotive Division, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. said, “It has been an incredible journey so far for the XUV500 and we are pleased to take the product national. We have been inundated with requests for re-opening of bookings not just from existing cities but also from cities where the XUV500 was not available. Now that we have ramped-up our production capacity significantly, we are confident that we will be able to take care of the growing all-India demand for the XUV500.”

With the success of the Mahindra XUV500, new brands are seeing an opportunity to enter into this segment. This segment has seen a rise of 15 percent in past five years. As the Mahindra crossover is built for Indian roads with Indian style and aggressive price, it is certainly a match to European models. In the market, the XUV500 will lock horns with the Tata Aria, upcoming Renault Duster and Ford Ecosport.

May 4, 2012

Mahindra will enter the global automobile market with its XUV500

The biggest Utility Vehicle maker of India, the Mahindra and Mahindra has decided to venture into the other prospective markets in the International arena with its much talked about vehicle XUV500 after it met the local demand of the Indian market. Currently the firm is aiming the automobile markets of Chile, Italy and Australia with its leading model that is being exported to the South African automobile market in the present times.

The Chief Executive, International Operations (Automotive and Farm Equipment sectors), Mahindra and Mahindra, Ruzbeh Irani was of the opinion that they would be going ahead with their plans for the international launch of their XUV500. The countries of Australia and Italy are planned to be ventured into shortly where these vehicles will get in and settle in easily for they have adapted to the requirements of the particular market. He further added that the firm has already completed modifying the vehicle model in accordance to the suitability for the aimed automobile markets. The modifications done by the firm includes integration of the drive system of the vehicle to left hand for the Italian buyers as well as to meet the necessary emission standard of the globe.

The Chief Executive did not quote of any date regarding the launch of the XUV500 in the international markets while discussing the proposed introduction of the particular vehicle in the overseas automobile market. He instead said, “We are looking around and measuring our good possibilities time wise when we are supposed to introduce the XUV 500 into the different international markets but for now, Australia and Chile are our top most priority in the overseas automobile market list. We are in the process of assessing the overall domestic demands and our capacity for volume to make the delivery in a timely manner, in order to decide upon the time of launch.”

The President (Automotive & Farm Equipment Sectors), Mahindra and Mahindra, Pawan Goenka said in early February this year that the firm has been approaching the foreign automobile markets gradually as their major priority has been to cope up with the increasing demand in the local automobile market. Pawan Goenka suggested, “We have been meant to enter the automobile markets like the one of Australia and we have always been ready to launch the XUV500 in many overseas markets in terms of regulations and homologations. But instead we decided to slow our plans down to meet the demand of the domestic automobile market.”

Pawan Goenka further added that the Mahindra and Mahindra has been manufacturing 3,000 units of its XUV 500 till the month of April this year but now it will add 1,000 more units from this month to raise the output in order to meet the rising demand of this vehicle. Without declaring the exact dates for this he further said that the firm will raise the production of the XUV 500 to volume of 5,000 vehicle units in the near future. Because of the huge demand of the XUV 500 in the domestic automobile market, Mahindra and Mahindra is attempting to meet the 7,500 advance bookings of its vehicles that it has undertaken through the system of lottery.

Ruzbeh Irani while talking about the worldwide launch of the XUV500 said, “XUV is a vehicle that meets the demand of the global design which has been developed for the international automobile market thus it is very important that we make sure that we supply it to the international automobile markets.”

May 3, 2012

Mahindra starts work on all-new Scorpio

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has started working on the all new Scorpio, codenamed W105. Nearly a decade old, the present Scorpio is broadly credited as being a sport utility vehicle, which created latter-day M&M and though it continues to market well. As compared to the recently introduced XUV500, the all-new Scorpio will not be designed and developed around carlike monocoque. The company’s success and experience with Bolero has shown that body on frame sport utility vehicles perform well both in rural and urban markets. Consequently, it will be based on a heavily customized variant of present platform of Scorpio and is expected to feature lengthened wheelbase to help it tide over the present Scorpio’s one serious limitation – short of legroom in 2nd row. Motivation for the Scorpio will come from an M-Hawk engine, which is good for pulsating 140 horsepower.

The Mahindra all-new Scorpio will feature an all-new body and could also include lessons learned from ambitious lightweight Scorpio project dubbed T026. Work on the W105 is mainly being accomplished at the company’s new research plant situated in Chennai called MRV (Mahindra Research Valley). Mahindra is expecting an accelerated development programme with the all-new state-of-the-art facilities and labs present. In spite of the success of XUV500, it is likely to be the mainstay for the company in the 2nd half of this decade. The Scorpio is likely to hit showrooms in 2014 and the company is also working really hard to get the new pickup version.

April 10, 2012

Mahindra XUV500 ranked most reputed car model in India

If we ask you to pick the most reputed automaker in the Indian market, what would look for – Sales, Luxury, Price, Features? With all the numbers combined, bluebytes has performed intense research and analysis to pick the most reputed car brand and car manufacturer in Indian market.

Bluebytes News Private Ltd has disclosed the inaugural issue of its Reputation Benchmark Study for the Auto (Cars) Sector in Mumbai last week. The study ranked Maruti Suzuki, the already dominator of auto market in India, as the Most Reputed Car Company. Meanwhile, Mahindra XUV500, the flagship SUV of auto-giant Mahindra, was regarded as the Most Reputed Car Brand in India.

Bluebytes News Private Ltd. or bluebytes is India’s leading news research agency. It performed the intense study on Auto industry in India and launched the inaugural issue of its Reputation Benchmark Study for the Auto Sector in the city last Wednesday.

This was no random pick. The company did an intense study of around 11,000 hours, which included analysis of 75,000 news articles in English and Hindi. Performed between October 2011 to March 2012, the study was purely on automobile industry of the country in past six months.

Looking at the charts, there is a 26 per cent drop between the ranking scores of the first three automobile companies. In addition, there is a single digit difference between the third (Tata Motors) and fourth (Hyundai) ranked auto manufacturer. While a huge 48 per cent drop is seen between the luxury automobile manufacturer ranked fifth (Audi) and sixth (Mercedes).

Following Mahindra XUV500 in the list of most reputed Indian car brand is Tata Nano and Maruti Swift Dzire.

The Business Head of bluebytes, Mr. Piyush Jain commented on this saying, “In this report we understand Reputation by classifying, measuring and understanding what the media Transmitters are saying about the company or brand, as if they were radio waves that could be tapped into for reception.”

Mahindra XUV500 was chosen as the most reputed car from a list of 200 different models from 19 different car manufacturers. Following the Mahindra XUV500 is the Tata Nano, ranked second most Reputed car model in India, followed by Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire on third position.

India’s 30 most reputed cars:

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India’s most reputed car companies:

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