Mahindra XUV 700

XUV700 is the flagship SUV from the house of Mahindra. It is available in Petrol and Diesel power trains. Price for the base MX variant of the XUV700 starts at Rs.13.99 lakh and goes up to Rs.26.99 lakh ex-showroom for the top end AX7(AWD) Diesel variant.

It is a well crafted vehicle with great look and state of the art features. XUV700 is a very handsome vehicle from exterior. The vehicle comes with long bonnet with nice grilles. LED headlamps and DRLS are well placed. Fog lamps are nicely tugged on the lower bumper. The skid plate provided under the bumper enhancing its SUV style from front view.

While come to the sides, you can feel the length of the vehicle. XUV700 is having a length of 4695mm and having 2750mm wheelbase. The SUV sits on 18 inch alloy wheels, where as the lower variants are provided with 17 inch alloys. It has unique body coloured door flush handles. These door handles comes out only while approaching the vehicle, is a nice feature of the XUV700.

At the back, you can see a set of beautiful LED tail lamps, large thick bumper, high mounted stop lamp, rear wiper etc. Shark fin antenna is provided on the top. The XUV700 having a boot area of 200 liters with third row seats in up right position, but it can be enlarged by folding the third row seats. The second row seats are also having 60:40 folding function, so you can further increase its loading area by folding these seats if required.

By entering, you will be greeted with a long dual HD super screen of the XUV700. It is a pack of 26.03cm touch screen infotainment system and a 26.03cm digital cluster. A shade is provided on top of the screen is a nice and useful thing while driving the vehicle on severe sunlight. The screen is very clear and easy to navigate. This system can support wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, also it houses controls of several systems of the vehicle including the controls of 12 speaker Sony music system and rear view camera. Amazon Alexa is also integrated with this system, this makes things much easier by opening the sun roof of the vehicle by a command to controlling even the A/c or lights  of your home from the vehicle itself.

Front seats of the vehicle are very comfortable, the top end variant comes with ventilated front seats. Driver seat height can be adjusted electrically, in fact it is a 6-way adjustable seat with memory function, the adjustment switches are provided on the doors as we used to find on Mercedes Benz cars. Dual zone A/c is provided. A/c control switches are of very good quality. Touch and feel of the steering wheel is also very good. It is having telescopic adjustments. Buttons of radio telephony and cruise control are provided on the steering wheel. 

The XUV 700 having good storage spaces on the center console and under the driver arm rest. Storage under the driver arm rest and the glove box are having cooling function too. Apart from this you will get bottle holders on all four doors and two cup holders on the rear seat arm rest of the vehicle. Other features includes, a wireless mobile charger, a 12 V charger and a fast charging port for front passengers and rear A/c vents and two mobile charging points are made available for rear passengers.

It is a very spacious vehicle with all three rows with A/c vents, mobile charging points and bottle/cup holders. This SUV is available in 6 and 7 seats configuration. The second row seats having a slant function for a certain degree is a useful feature on long journeys. It's large glass area and panoramic sunroof are all making us to feel it more spacious than really it is. 

Dimension

• Length: 4695mm
• Width: 1890mm
• Height: 1755mm
• Wheelbase: 2750mm
• Fuel Tank Capacity: 60 liter

Engine and transmission 

The XUV700 is available in petrol and diesel engine variants with manual and automatic transmission options.

Petrol Engine Specifications

• Type: Turbo-Petrol with Direct Injection(TGDi)
• Capacity: 2.0 L
• Max. Power: 147kW@5000 r/min
• Max. Torque: 380 Nm @ 1750-3000 r/min
• Transmission Type: 6MT/ 6AT

Diesel Engine Specifications

• Type: Turbo-Diesel with CRDi
• Capacity: 2.2 L
• Max. Power: 114kW@3750 r/min, 136kW@3500 r/min
• Max. Torque: 360 Nm @ 1500-2800 r/min, 420Nm @1600-2800 r/min(MT), 450Nm @ 1750-2800 r/min (AT)

Safety

The XUV700 comes with lot of active and passive safety systems. It is a GNCAP 5-Star rated vehicle.

The SUV comes with seven airbags and is also features ADAS functions too. Some of the safety features are giving below.

• Seven Airbags
• ABS with EBD
• Hill hold assist
• Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop and Go
• High Beam Assist
• Traffic Sign Recognition
• Reverse Camera and Park Assist
• Tyre Pressure Monitoring System
• Rain Sensing Wiper
• Driver Drowsiness Detection and, many more...

In conclusion, the XUV700 is a well packaged SUV. You will get three row seats, nice features, spacious cabin and top of all it is a 5-star rated vehicle in the GNCAP crash test. Definitely you can consider the XUV 700, if you are in the search of a big SUV under Rs.30 Lakh.

As always, Drive safe & Happy Driving. 

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