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You can expect 7 to 8 Kmpl in city traffic and 11 to 13 Kmpl on highways based on your driving style and road/traffic conditions.

Neon Mahindra is a better Service Centre in Hyderabad. Go for Maxmile Ultra V4 if you can get it.

I own a AX7L PAT. I get around 7-8 in city. 12-13 on highways. If you keep highway speeds around 90-100 you should get better FE.

Thanks. Any particular reason for prefering Petrol Automatic vs Diesel one?

Thank you very much for sharing the details.

I too have placed the order and am expecting the same by the week end.

I shall update after fixing the same.

Today I saw one advertisement in Economic Times , Delhi Edition regarding new price correction.

It says offer starts from July 1. Am I hoping against the hope. [ I got my XUV AX7 registered on July 9]

Hi, Are the struts mounted on the plastic part at the base of the strut? I would have serious safety concerns if that’s the case. That part (if plastic) is exposed to both sun and intense engine heat and over time will weaken.

I am an XUV owner myself and shudder imagining the open heavy hood suddenly fall over someone. I would be happier to manage with the poor but possibly safer OEM solution.

Please make sure that the safety aspects are covered! Happy motoring!

Glad to see GeekyRanjit buying the XUV700 to replace his 330i. Even more excited by the fact that it's the exact same spec I booked this Sunday! Looking forward to it.

I am also not sure, why people choose the petrol one with not much price difference. Possibly few reasons could be:
- Haven't used diesel cars ever and a bit skeptical about engine noise and maintenance etc.
- Nowadays, even DPF related issues could be a deterrant.
- Petrol engine, no doubt, are always a bit more refined and in case of XUV 700, it is also quite powerful so you don't lose much in terms of engine power/torque compared to other offerings in the market.
But, I see that mileage is better with diesel and having a single-digit mileage anywhere (even if only in city) is something unsettling for me. Also, my previous car was a diesel car, so maybe not bothered much about engine noise. But for outstation drives, I guess, the diesel one seems more appropriate, so a bit surprised with the choice of geekyranjit, but it all depends finally on personal priorities.

But, it would be good, if someone who chose petrol version can chime in with a different perspective.

For urban customers like me, with primary city driving and low km running per year, diesel doesn't offer substantial benefit over petrol (from reliability or economics point of view).

Biggest deal breaker for me is the reliability of BS6 diesel engine due to potential DPF issues and injector failures which are expensive maintenance beyond warranty period.

Secondly, future of diesel engines itself is unknown in long term which may deter people to plonk big sum on a dying breed and take a hit later in terms of poor resale or worst, NCR type ban. With the increasing penetration of EV/hybrid as well as new age turbo petrol engines, the scale is slowly tilting away from diesel.

I couldn't resist myself :) and ordered one for myself as well. Looks like an easy installation.
@sunilsoft you must ask for referral from TRAC :D

Hey Folks, with budget being not a constraint and 99% of driving need does not require AWD, is there any obvious drawback of having a AWD over the FWD XUV. Fuel efficiency is one, anything else I should think off.

Contrary to what folks with their own vested interests would want the buyer base to believe and try their best to force people to switch to other fuels, diesel engines can never be a dying breed.

Diesel and petrol get extracted from the same crude oil. Whether one likes it or not, diesel fuel production cannot cease, this has to get consumed in some diesel engine somewhere.

With newer and stricter emission norms down the road, diesel offerings may come at higher cost but they will be able to meet all future emission norms on par with its petrol counterpart. This will enable diesel engines to exist for as long as fossil fuel vehicles will run on our roads.

Not a drawback, but there would be nominal additional maintenance cost (periodic differential oil change) and ofcourse, if you prefer a MT, M&M sadly doesn't offer AWD in manual transmission.

Oh dear:) I wish a regular citizen like me would have the power to influence such decisions making. Govt/environmental regulations, cost of technology development, customer preference and market demand would determine which way the future holds.

You are absolutely right; diesel as a fuel won't go away. It is more a question about diesel as a preferred choice of fuel for engine manufacturers and customers of passenger cars which we are talking about. Already, many car manufacturers have stopped offering diesel engines in passenger cars which were their main USP a few years ago.

Diesel would still be the primary choice for large machinery, farm equipments, commercial transportation etc as long as fossil fuels would exist.

No major drawbacks. AWD will be a safety for a rare encounter of slippery grounds :)

Apart from Fuel, the maintenance cost will be higher given the added complexities of the mechanical and electronic systems.
Also AWDs tend to wear the tires and brake pads faster compared to FWD.

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