Indian carmaker Mahindra has over the last few years shown good progress, making huge strides in the automotive world. 🚙 Motoring Haval Chery Do you like Mahindra’s compact SUV? Find out more about the vehicle ⬇️
is the replacement for the Scorpio and is what the Indian manufacturer calls a “bush SUV”.
recently had the XUV700 in top-spec AX7 L guise as a house guest for seven days and were as impressed with it as we were with the Scorpio-N. For R559 999 it offers excellent value for money.The car’s exterior styling works well with the combination of a prominent grille with six chrome vertical slats and the new “Twin Peaks” logo flanked by C-shaped LED headlights.
The infotainment system can be operated from either the steering wheels or a panel in the centre console, which features, much to our delight, a big old school volume knob.Other nifty features include wireless phone charging, 360-degree surround view and tyre pressure monitoring system. As is the norm with seven-seaters, boot space is rather tight with the third-row seats in the upright position. These two seats do fold flat to give the boot space a generous boost.The XUV700 is powered by a 2.0-litre turbo petrol engine which sends a healthy 149kW of power and 370Nm of torque to the front wheels via six-speed automatic transmission.