MAHINDRA Automotive Australia is ready to launch a brand new monocoque medium SUV known as the XUV700 in June – simply two months after the debut of the Indian model’s all-new medium/massive body-on-frame SUV known as Scorpio – with the comparatively upmarket XUV700 anticipated to be positioned as extra of an city different to the Scorpio, somewhat than a smaller and cheaper SUV.
Chatting with GoAuto on the Scorpio’s Queensland launch, Mahindra’s vp head of worldwide operations Joydeep Moitra stated that the XUV700 (which he pronounced ‘XUV-seven-double-O’) isn’t actually a direct alternative for the Mahindra XUV500 that ended manufacturing two years in the past, regardless of being solely incrementally bigger (50mm longer in wheelbase, 110mm longer general, 30mm decrease, and similar in width).
“It’s larger and higher in all respects (than the XUV500), beginning with the dimensions of the car to the engine, to the whole efficiency facet, the tech bundle, etcetera,” stated Mr Moitra.
“It’s in a distinct class – one class above, in reality, I might say. So, clearly our method now isn’t just to play in utes however the city markets additionally,” he stated.
“The XUV700 will handle the mainstream monocoque petrol section – a extra city medium SUV for city consumers. That can full our line-up.”
Launched in India in August 2021, the broad XUV700 vary spans AUD$25,515–$47,692 in its house market in comparison with AUD$23,779–$44,652 for the Scorpio-N vary (merely known as Scorpio right here) – the latter value for the top-spec six-seat Scorpio Z8L diesel 4WD that retails for $44,990 driveaway in Australia.
Given its petrol-only positioning in Australia and New Zealand, our seemingly XUV700 flagship would be the three-row AX7 with Luxurious Pack, whose Indian value interprets to AUD$44,348, or round $44,500 driveaway in Australia.
Extra reasonably priced XUV700 variants are prone to probably embody the two-row AX5 with 17-inch alloys (AUD$35,758) and the steel-wheeled AX3 (AUD$33,234), although Mahindra Automotive Australia is but to verify the XUV700’s mannequin line-up.
What it has confirmed is our powertrain – a 2.0-litre direct-injection turbo-petrol four-cylinder engine driving by way of the entrance wheels, seemingly with a six-speed computerized as commonplace (although a six-speed handbook can also be obtainable in India, in addition to two diesel options – the extra highly effective model additionally with AWD).
Producing 147kW at 5000rpm and 380Nm from 1750-3000rpm, the XUV700 turbo-petrol computerized is able to 0-100km/h in round 9.5 seconds, inserting it in the direction of the center of the mainstream medium SUV class.
Underpinning the XUV700 is totally unbiased suspension (strut entrance, multi-link rear) with frequency-selective dampers and four-wheel disc brakes, whereas obtainable in-cabin expertise consists of twin 10.25-inch HD screens, built-in Amazon Alexa, Adrenox Join, wi-fi Apple CarPlay/Android Auto, a 360-degree surround-view digital camera and a 12-speaker Sony 3D audio system.
Energetic-safety sensible, the XUV700 is out there with AEB, ahead collision warning, lane-departure warning, lane-keep help, traffic-sign recognition and adaptive cruise management – in contrast to the just-launched new Scorpio.
Mahindra’s body-on-frame SUV will obtain AEB and varied different active-safety options as a model-year replace a while earlier than Australia’s February 2025 mandate for obligatory AEB fitment.
The monocoque-bodied XUV700 is uncannily comparable in dimension to the separate-chassis Scorpio in all dimensions aside from top. Sharing its 2750mm wheelbase size with the Scorpio, the XUV700 is 33mm longer general (at 4695mm) however 27mm narrower (at 1890mm) and 102mm decrease (at 1755mm).
In comparison with its mainstream medium SUV competitor set, the XUV700 has an extended wheelbase than the Toyota RAV4 (by 60mm), Mazda CX-5 (by 50mm) and Mitsubishi Outlander/Nissan X-Path (by 44mm) however falls 5mm shy of the Hyundai Tucson and Kia Sportage fashions (2755mm in wheelbase) offered in Australia.
As for general size in comparison with its big-selling medium SUV rivals, the 4695mm XUV700 is out-measured solely by the Mitsubishi Outlander (4710mm).
By way of the XUV700’s purchaser profile, Mahindra expects to draw a really completely different demographic from the male-dominated Scorpio.
Aided by an enlargement of Mahindra’s vendor community throughout Australia’s capital cities over the following 12 months – debuting a classy new search for these forthcoming websites in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, and Adelaide, in addition to Wollongong (NSW) and Geelong (VIC) – the model will lastly be accessible to most city consumers.
Chatting with GoAuto, Mahindra Automotive Australia’s nationwide supervisor Ankit Taneja stated the model had completed loads of analysis across the consumers in every section for each SUVs.
“For Scorpio, we’re clearly taking a look at 40-plus, predominantly male, in city in addition to semi-urban centres – that’s what we’re taking a look at as our goal buyer, clearly with a household,” stated Mr Taneja.
“(However) for XUV700, that section will probably be barely completely different. Will probably be completely across the city metro markets. Females will probably be an essential share or perhaps a increased share – let’s say 35-40 per cent females, 60 per cent male – about 35 years (of age).
“So, we’re taking a look at a youthful, extra city, female-centric demographic so far as the XUV700 is anxious, whereas the Scorpio will probably be largely males 40-plus, households with barely older children – that’s what we’re in search of,” he stated.
Just like the Scorpio, the XUV700 will probably be supported by a seven-year/150,000-kilometre manufacturing facility guarantee for personal consumers, with capped-price servicing to be revealed at a later stage.