Team-BHP - Mahindra XUV500 : Test Drive & Review

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Originally Posted by A350XWB (Post 3487342)

Yes, you will be able to get the exchange bonus even if you sell your car to U-trust. But make sure that you have the agreement with the Sales Executive. If you need further information regarding this, send me a PM. I am happy to help.

Thank you so much:) Surely will get in touch with you.

Also I will talk to the sales executive keeping this point in mind. Probably I will compare both the offerings and then discusss with the sales executive and make the decision.

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Originally Posted by A350XWB (Post 3487305)

My case was a bit different; I sold my car to U-trust and within one day, the car got sold to another person (talk about high demand for a low mileage Santro) and Anant was not able to take the chassis number pencil sketch.

Utrust or for that matter, First choice, always try to buy a vehicle when they have a buyer to keep their finances rolling. I have given 6 cars to Utrust and all times, they had a ready buyer while starting the negotiations with me
Best regards
Bala

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Originally Posted by balan (Post 3487594)

Utrust or for that matter, First choice, always try to buy a vehicle when they have a buyer to keep their finances rolling.

Or models which they know, will not stay on their floor for long. That is the reason why popular models like Santro, Wagon R etc are hot commodities in used car markets. My friend exchanged his Accent during the same time period and the response was lukewarm.
Anyway, Mahindra dealerships have tie up with many used car dealerships and they are able to get you the exchange bonus in most of the cases. So make sure that you have an agreement with the Sales Executive, before signing the deal.

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Originally Posted by A350XWB (Post 3487735)

I had been to check out the XUV in Anant Cars, Mysore Road as well as Indian Garage, Palace Cross. I was quoted 2.35l for my 2010 Santro Xing at India Garage and 2l at Anant cars. And when I enquired about the U-trust they said they do not have tie up with them and hence no exchange bonus.

Unfortunately could not test drive in both the showrooms for couple of reasons, first being the test drive was not available at Anant Cars and second being it was raining and traffic was piled up near India Garage.:Frustrati

Here are the quotes given to me for XUV5OO W8:

Anant Cars: 16,70,141 OTR, 56,708/- Discount. After Discount - 16,13,433/-

India Garage: 16,93,490 OTR, 80,057/-Discount . After Discount - 16,13,433/-

The discounts include insurance wave off, corporate bonus of 10K, exchange bonus of 15K.

After 2 hours of long discussion with my friend, I have changed my mind for a W6 model since I will be saving an amount of approx 2.4lacs which is a big amount for me and due to some reasons I am not able to stretch my budget as well. Also I can compromise with a color screen infotainment display, HHC, HDC and ESP and side curtain airbags. So basically I would be losing out the above features which I might not use or encounter a situation to use them. And for alloys I am planning to get it from Mahindra for W6.

I am feeling bad that I will not be able to pick the best or my fav color (Opulent purple), instead will go with either Tuscan Red or Moondust Silver on W6.

Hope I am taking the right decision, and will keep you guys updated.

Taken delivery of my XUV5OO W6 Moondust silver from India Garage Chennai last week. Overall delivery experience was very nice. As it was an auspicious day we had a get together at my native and had to rush back to chennai by late evening 8 PM to take delivery from dealer at night 10. There were 15 XUV deliveries that day and three happened along with ours at ten.
Looking forward for a great ownership experience. Thanks to everyone here and a special thanks to Ravi sir for his encouraging words.

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Originally Posted by fusionbang (Post 3489107)

Here are the quotes given to me for XUV5OO W8:

Anant Cars: 16,70,141 OTR, 56,708/- Discount. After Discount - 16,13,433/-

India Garage: 16,93,490 OTR, 80,057/-Discount . After Discount - 16,13,433/-

The discounts include insurance wave off, corporate bonus of 10K, exchange bonus of 15K.

How come the same vehicle is costing more at India Garbage? They always add up some accessory and then show they are giving more discount than others. Bring in Sireesh also into the negotiations and see how it goes. If you go for a 7 year loan term, your EMIs will come down and you can maybe plan for the W8. Of all the things, ESP is one thing you can use in sharp curves and good speeds.
Best regards
Bala

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Originally Posted by balan (Post 3489251)

Yes I will be visiting Sireesh auto as well for more negotiation.

India Garage pricing is more because the insurance quoted is 55057 whereas Anant cars is quoting 31708 for insurance. So end of the day they are waving of the insurance amount and the final price is coming up to the same.

But I think the advantage at India Garage is, if I opt for an insurance on my own they will give the 55057 discount and I can buy the insurance outside at an amount of 31708 and I will be saving additional 23349.

Let me see how it goes at Sireesh as well.

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Originally Posted by Sree_hari82 (Post 3489173)

Congratulations on being a proud owner of XUV. Good to hear that you had nice experience of delivery.

Could you post some pictures of interiors along with monochrome display working,the fabric seats etc. as there are hardly any interior pictures available of W6 even after lot of online search.

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Originally Posted by ToyotaFan (Post 3490809)

My cousin wants to buy a car with high GC as he is fed up if his 2010 Honda city scraping even medium sized speed breakers. He is looking at the XUV and finds the fully loaded W8 quite appealing.
I believe the newer models are niggle free and W8 should be a safe choice compared to the early examples.
A question to fellow members. Do you feel its worth paying 1L premium for AWD in the XUV? Thanks in advance.

If your cousin was driving a Honda City till now, i think he does not need an AWD model. W8 model without AWD will meet his requirement of driving a vehicle with high ground clearance.

Finally test drove a XUV 5OO w8 at Khokan Motors Siliguri. It was an approximately 2 year old model and had been driven for 22000 kms. It was very badly maintained in terms of cleanliness. Seems the beige interiors were not cleaned since long. The chrome from driver side door handles had come off in patches.

Clutch was very smooth, gear was pretty easy to engage, pick up was impressive, steering was well balanced and weighted.

But just one thing the feel good factor was not there. Not able to figure out the reason exactly though.

I showed interest in W6 with alloy wheels for which they asked 38000 extra for the set of 5 and they keep the fitted rim and wheel caps. On inquiring about reverse camera fitment on W6, the service personnel refused instantly. Total discount offered is Rs.25000.

In a big dilemma if I should wait for S Cross or for a facleift XUV 5OO or any other new mini-SUV launches from other manufacturers.