Mahindra XUV500 review

 The XUV500, designed and developed completely in-house, is a quantum leap forward by Mahindra & Mahindra. It is M&M’s first serious attempt at developing a global product that would be as much at home in Melbourne as in Mumbai. The price Mahindra is asking for it is definitely Mumbai though. At Rs 11.95 lakh for this top-end 2WD W8 variant, it is shattering value. Design & Engineering.  With the XUV500, M&M has put design at the forefront to make an emphatic styling statement. There’s no doubt the XUV500 does turn heads; it’s got a muscular stance, strong road presence and looks every bit a proper SUV.Dominating...

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Car Mahindra Thar Review

The good news for jeep lovers, off roaders and college kids looking for a fun ride is that Mahindra has brought back the Classic. Well, almost! With its all-new Thar, M&M for the first time has incorporated truly modern mechanical bits. So while you get the wide stance, bulging bonnet and drooping front fenders or mud guards, underneath it all, the Thar is practically a Scorpio. Modern common-rail motors have a massive number of high-tech systems and hitching them onto the old MM540 was going to be no easy task. Mahindra went ahead with the CRDe unit in place of the mHawk engine as it had a flatter torque curve from start up, very important...

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