Greetings,
I am pleased to inform you all that I recently received my XUV 7OO AX7 L AWD

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After having two back-to-back Orrisa trips in my EcoSport with a full Family (4 Adults + 2 infants), I felt the need for a bigger car as it was getting a little cramped for my growing family and it was difficult to get luggage for all of us, especially with two babies. Also, during my last trip in December 2022, my EcoSport got stuck on loose soil inside Simlipal forest, the tyres were not getting any traction and I had to put in a lot of effort to escape that situation. Overall, it was time that I start looking for a successor to EcoSport (2015 Diesel Titanium).
My plan was always to buy an electric vehicle as my next change, but the lack of any practical 7-seater option as of now made me move towards ICE vehicles. There was no plan from Tata or Mahindra to offer a 7-seater before 2026 and add 1-2 years to that to get a stable product, so practically I would have to wait until 2027 for a VFM Electric SUV. So, after some research, I decided to go ahead with XUV 7OO. As the waiting period was too high, I thought let me just book it and I will have a year to think if I needed it. I went ahead and booked my XUV 7OO AX7L AWD on 5th Jan 2023 with a booking amount of Rs 21000.
The dealer said that even if the official waiting period is high, he would get the vehicle delivered in 6 to 8 months. He even asked if I have any issues taking early delivery if any free stock vehicles are being available due to cancellations, to which I said I had no issues getting the vehicle early.
After reading through team this Team-BHP thread, I found that it is a good idea to follow up with dealers regularly, hence I decided to check with them every month end. So, when I followed up in Jan 2023 end, he said that he is aware and nothing is currently available. He will keep updating in case anything is available. To my surprise, I got a call from him the very next day and he informed me that a free stock XUV 7OO AX7L AWD is available as someone switched his booking to Scorpio N 4WD. I asked him if I can confirm tomorrow, to which he said it is not possible to delay as someone else from other showrooms might block it for their client. He finally gave me 30 mins to decide if I wanted it. He confirmed that it is January manufactured car and will be in transit soon. I decided to grab the car as, like most of us, didn’t want to wait so long. He said he will block and confirm within 30 mins, but he did not revert even after an hour. When I checked back, he said someone else also contacted his boss and is ready to pay in full in cash today. So, we were now 2nd in the queue, the other person was given time till night to arrange the cash and book it, if he is not able to do it, we would get the booking. He said whether it is positive or negative for us, he will let me know tomorrow. Looking at the other person’s confidence to pay in full cash, I thought we narrowly missed the chance to own an XUV AWD within a month of booking. The next day I got a call from the dealer informing me that the other person could not arrange the cash and the car had been allotted to me. Yippee, we were so happy, a kind of miracle had happened, we were about to get the car within a month of booking. The dealer said that the car will be in transit soon and it will take around 2-3 weeks to get the car to reach the local warehouse and that he would try his best to deliver by February 2023 end.
Soon, the process for the payment etc. started. They took the full payment in advance. Within 3 weeks my XUV 7OO was ready for delivery. I went for PDI a day before the delivery and on 22nd February 2023, we got our brand-new car. The experience so far has been great. I got both the car key, but the sequential tail lights were missing. The salesperson was clueless about them being offered after a few months.
The car is pretty easy to drive, though I must confess that it felt like driving a mini truck for a week, maybe because I was too conscious of its size while driving around. No issues or niggles so far. Still figuring out how and when auto start-stop is properly triggered as it is not consistent. I guess there are some rules set which hopefully I will figure out with time. Apple car play is working like charm. The speaker system is ok, but not very impressed with them (I am used to the entry-level Bose TV speaker system at home). The 360-degree camera is also just ok, I feel it has lag and also the side camera view is not that great. I had an aftermarket 360-degree camera in my EcoSport and its side view was much better as it used to show the wide-angle video right from the nose of the car and not just the tyres. It also had a mode to see both the side video together. No further complaints, I will keep you guys posted on my ownership experience. Hopefully, I would cover all the Indian states one day with this car.