The Mahindra XUV300, the Indian car maker’s latest compact SUV, was launched in February and has already received over 26,000 bookings.
In an official statement, the company said that the Mahindra XUV300 has become the second highest selling sub-four metre SUV of the country in April 2019. Mahindra reveal that two out of every three bookings is for the top end variant of the Mahindra XUV300, while the petrol version accounts for a substantial share of total bookings.
The Mahindra XUV300 is the second compact SUV to come from the stable of Mahindra after the TUV300, the sub-four-metre SUV features a monocoque construction and comes with two engine options: a 1.2 litre, three-cylinder, turbo-petrol engine developing 110 PS at 5,000 rpm and 200 Nm of torque between 2,000 and 3,500 rpm, and a 1.5-litre, turbo-diesel sporting a four-cylinder unit with 117 PS at 3,750 rpm and 330 Nm of torque between 1,500 and 2,500 rpm.
The Mahindra XUV300 also gets a host of first-in-segment features such as front parking sensors, all four disc brakes, dual-zone climate control, seven airbags, heated mirrors, a smart steering system with driving modes, and a sun-roof, too.
All of these features make the XUV300 an intimidating package for rivals, available across eight variants, with prices starting from Rs 7.99 lakh for the base W4 petrol and go up to Rs 11.99 lakh for the top-end W8 (O) diesel.
Mahindra add that the XUV300 has entered the top three in the compact SUV segment, which accounts for 40 per cent of the SUV market share. You may read our first drive review here.
