Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M), country’s largest utility vehicle manufacturer, said its new premium sports utility vehicle (SUV) codenamed – W201 positioned would be branded as XUV500 (pronounced ‘XUV 5-double-oh’) and will be launched on September 28th, 2011. And the very next day, the company would share the pricing, strategy & technology behind their vehicle after a visit & test drive at the Chakan plant.
The new XUV500 will be launched initially in India and South Africa and will be subsequently launched in other markets later on.
From engine specifications perspective, this machine will use a transversely located 2.2-litre mHawk engine and a new transaxle, specifically developed for the W201 entirely from scratch. Engine power will be increased from 120bhp to 140bhp and torque is estimated to be around 32.6kgm. The company is even evaluating bumping the power up to 170bhp in the future with a twin turbo version. There will also be a lot of goodies like traction control, ESP, and hill descent control as well.
The XUV500, Mahindra’s most important product, will be positioned above the Scorpio and it could cost around Rs 13 lakh for the base 2WD version.
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