Mahindra XUV500

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Mahindra XUV500
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Mahindra XUV500 pre-facelift front view
Overview
Manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra
Production2011–2021
AssemblyIndia: Chakan, Maharashtra; Nashik, Maharashtra
Body and chassis
Class Compact crossover SUV
Body style 5-door SUV
Layout Front-engine, front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive
Powertrain
Engine Petrol:
2.2 L mHawk140 turbo I4
Diesel:
2.2 L
mHawk140 turbo I4
2.2 L
mHawk155 turbo I4
1.99 L
mHawk140 turbo I4
Transmission 6-speed manual
6-speed automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 2,700 mm (110 in)
Length4,585 mm (180.5 in)
Width1,890 mm (74 in)
Height1,785 mm (70.3 in)
Chronology
Successor Mahindra XUV700

The Mahindra XUV500 is a compact crossover SUV produced by the Indian automobile manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra. The XUV500 was designed and developed at Mahindra's design and vehicle build center in Nashik and Chennai and is manufactured in Mahindra's Chakan & Nashik plant, India. During its development, the car was code-named 'W201'. [1] [2] It is the first monocoque chassis-based vehicle the company has produced.

Contents

It is succeeded by the XUV700, which was planned to be the second-generation XUV500 during development. [3]

History

Pre facelift (W201) (2011-2015)

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Mahindra XUV500 side and rear

The XUV500 was launched in 2 variants in 2011, sharing the same engine: the W6 in two-wheel drive only. The W6 includes a 6-inch monochrome infotainment display, two airbags, ABS with electronic brake-force distribution (EBD), and disc brakes on all wheels.

The W8 which can be specified in two or All-wheel drive. The W8 adds GPS navigation, six airbags, a touch screen, electronic stability program (ESP) with rollover mitigation, Hill Hold and Hill Descent control, alloy wheels, and leather upholstery.

The company later added a W4 base variant in 2013 and sports edition. Later in 2014 there was a Xclusive edidition added features like sunroof, revers camera,powered seats,aluminum paddles etc. [4]

First facelift (W207) (2015-2018)

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2018 XUV500

The XUV500 was facelifted in May 2015. After the facelift, the top-end W10 variant was launched. [5] Automatic transmission was announced to be implemented on the W6, W8, W10 and W10 (o) awd and AT variants in November 2015, being available on December 5, 2015. And with a gasoline varient on G AT has 2.2l turbo I4 with liquid intercooler on 2017 the also were a sports edition. Also with 1.99L diesel engine for delhi NCR reagion. [6]

Second facelift (W208) (2018)

On April 18, 2018, another facelifted version of Mahindra XUV500 was released. It was released with a more powerful engine and a horsepower increase of 15 hp. [7]

Mahindra also changed the naming system of the variants. There were W3, W5, W7, W9, W11 W11(o),AWD and AT and G AT variants. Instead of even numbers, Mahindra used odd numbers, to denote the step up from the earlier variants.

In the second facelift, there were minor styling tweaks, and feature updates and got eVGT which bump power from 140hp to 155hp 330NM to 360NM.

Exports

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Mahindra XUV500 in South Africa Police livery

Mahindra announced that the SUV would be exported to Australia, Chile, Italy, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, South Africa, Middle East and Spain as a complete knock-down.

In the South African market, sales of the XUV500 exceeded 1,200 units by February 2013. [8]

Motorsports

The Mahindra XUV500 secured first place in the 2014 Desert Storm Rally and clocked the fastest time in three sections of the rally. [9]

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