Scoop! Mahindra Quanto : The Mini-Xylo. EDIT : Launched !!!

[Zenster]

Originally Posted by akshay4587

So here is the clear pic,i believe the rear seats can seat at least kids comfortably,reminds me of our old bolero,which had a similar set up.
Also the rear leg room seems decent.

+1 to leg-room and third row seat. But the interiors look wore than the IndiCab's interiors. I hope its only because its a test mule and the production ready one will be better, else I'll be out of its potential customer list.

[deetjohn]

Love the taillights and the rear. Wonder why Mahindra is not giving the Quanto the new Xylo face. Afraid of extreme cannibalization?

I hope the vehicle doesn't look very out of proportion in person.

[SahilGandhi]

Mahindra Quanto : The Mini-Xylo!

On Mumbai Pune Express Highway! (Ghat Section)

[agspins]

Any clues about how it handles? hopefully they are not making a elephant dance.

[vijaythacker]

Any confirm dates of its launch? looks pretty good and with decent space for 5 with luggage packed at back seats folded, all needs to be seen is pricing with handling and engine choices mahindra chooses to give.

[Nilesh5417]

It needs to get better shoes. Somehow, the current ones seem to be a misfit. Wonder why Mahindra didnt go in for bigger ones.

[VeluM]

Originally Posted by CARDEEP

OD have reported that the prices of the Quanto may start at Rs.5 Lacs, which is good pricing imo. Here is link to their report:

Mahindra Quanto to be launched in September 2012 - Overdrive

Quoted from the OD report:

It will come with a new three-cylinder twin-turbo diesel engine producing 65PS and wear the same tyres as the Toyota Innova in size.

Is that right? Twin-turbo? If it is, then just 65PS from a twin-turbo common-rail diesel? And wouldn't that naturally push prices up no matter how hard Mahindra tries to keep them down?

[redohabitat]

The C-pillar is almost a foot wide.
Without a substantial quarter glass, that's just a terrible design.
Why do we resort to saving few thousand rupees with such malnourished tyres?

[don_carmaster]

i heard the date to be near 20 september.
and talking about the engine

the extensive engine development report that was uploaded by one of us bhpians indicates a 100 ps unit
This forces me to believe two engine choices would be available considering.the 65psunit quoted above

if this is the case i am sure the 5 lakh attractive pricing about.which we are hearing till now will be the 65hp unit

would really love to see this on the road.
eagerly waiting and glued to this thread

[swiftnfurious]

Originally Posted by VeluM

...Is that right? Twin-turbo? If it is, then just 65PS from a twin-turbo common-rail diesel? And wouldn't that naturally push prices up no matter how hard Mahindra tries to keep them down?

I dont think a twin-turbo will produce as low as 65PS. A 100 PS Mahindra car will make sense @ 7L+; not a 65 PS one, at least for me! Lets see what Mahindra has in store!

[CRtorquefan]

I see better finished test mules/prototypes of this car in the pics, as this car approaches near to its launch. which indeed is a very good thing for the Mahindra who've started well-finished cars(Xylo onwards) from the very first day of their launch, just spare them for few niggles.

Now this time again, this car seems to be a on the par product with beyond Industry standard levels of fit & finish & just another winner from Mahindra after XUV-'five-OO'.
Many likes for this new-gen 'Mahindra Rise'.

[shimoo]

My friends works for Mahindra and has confirmed that the production of the Quanto has indeed commenced and would be priced at ~6.5 Lakhs. He also said that Mahindra was aiming for the Duster and plans to undercut its price by a substantial margin.

[chandras1]

Saw it for the first time yesterday at Kanchipuram. Essentially a shortened Xylo. However the height remains the same and hence does look a little weird.

[vibbs]

I am a bit confused here. Where did the 65 ps engine suddenly come into picture? Initial reports talked of a 100Bhp one. A Bhpian had infact shared a document too in that context. Can somebody shed more light on this? I hope there are two engines on offer if they intend to give it the 65 bhp one.

One of the USPs as I saw for the vehicle was a good 100 bhp engine for hatchback prices. A 65 bhp engine would seem grossly underpowered on a car that would have more weight than the average hatchback. Come on Mahindra, please give it the 100 bhp one.

That said the recent snaps show quite a good amount of space. I would simply remove the third row and try to modify the second row and make it reclinable. That would give me two rows with good space and a humongous boot. A cracker of an engine would be exactly what the doctor would have ordered.

[naren_L]

Originally Posted by redohabitat

The C-pillar is almost a foot wide.
Without a substantial quarter glass, that's just a terrible design.

I guess you have missed the first post of this thread which shows three clear pictures of 'Quanto'. You will be happy to see "butterfly windows" in the foot wide C-pillar, keeping it almost as thick as B-pillar .