Mahindra XUV500 User Reviews

The car has a muscular look, also has a very powerful engine, comfortable seating in the first two rows but the last row is very uncomforting. The car overall is very good and stylish.

It's the best & affordable 7 seater SUV car in this range. The 2.2 ltr engine is worth driving. Though there is turbo lag, it feels very powerful during acceleration after 1500rpm. It's very comfortable to drive hundreds of kms nonstop and in traffic too. It feels smooth while riding. But the suspension doesn't give that much comfy ride. The mileage is quite good while on highway. Talking about the exterior, it gives you a perfect bold & aggressive SUV look. The ground clearance of 200mm is enough. The total infotainment panel gives you cockpit type experience when you put your hands on the steering wheel. The interior is good but it feels little bit old school. There is perfect headroom and legroom area available in both first and second row. It'll be difficult to seat in 3rd row if someone's height is more than 5.5 ft. The A/C is super powerful and effective in all of the rows. View from every window is just perfect. It doesn't feel too low or high. Talking about instrumentation, the buttons on steering doesn't feel premium. They are bit hard & they "tucks" (the typical hard switch effect) on every click. The infotainment system is worth of appreciation. And the sound system is the best thing of this car. You can feel each bass effect in the songs. The blue extra lightings, coolbox, conversation mirror, cruise control are biggest pros of this car. It doesn't requires an SUV size maintenance. If you want to buy specifically a 7 seater SUV in this range of price, you must buy this one.

I purchased this car three years back and generally have been quite satisfied with the quality and service standards. However few days ago started getting very foul smell from AC vents and car was sent to the workshop for servicing. They could not locate the suspected rat and assured that the smell will go away. However the smell is still there after a week and car has been sent back to the workshop again. Same thing happened with my close friend and he also suffered a great deal. Mahindra has to investigate as to the possible sources where a rat can enter the AC ducting and plug that ingress.. Hope some one will do something about this and this time worshop will return my car minus the foul smell.

Riding comfort and riding feel is good, but poor mileage, exterior and interior is very good, road presence is very good, service cost is expensive, bad experience in bad roads, interior plastic quality is not good.

Solid looks, value for money, rich feel, comfortable drive, low maintenance, more features in reasonable price, need to work on engine and shockers, alloys can be upgraded with a new look.

good stability, fuel economy average I get 14.5 km, service cost ok , but I am not satisfied service, overall good, easy to claim warranty, riding experience good, brake condition awesome

The best thing about this is that since its Indian brand you can go to service center and they will fix minor issues for free like after around 6 months of purchase the ac gas leaked and so I went to service station and they fixed it for free. Now some European car might charge you and might even keep your car for a day but I was returned it in 2 hours. Driving the car is good. CONS- Comfort is not as much as you would expect. Ride is rather bumpy at slow speeds. Quite body roll is also there. PROS Electronics work fine. It clears big potholes with ease. Engine power is good. It goes 160 kmph easily no issues. Ride is not bumpy at higher speeds. *** Now don't buy this car for fuel economy as its hard to get above 12kmpl in city.* Servicing is a breeze and very easy and cost is under 10k. Space is more than enough you will never complain about it.

bought at w7 version 30 april lot of pressure peers to purchase innova but i opted for this, engine is smooth and sounds good, interior, features are also good.over all very good car.

Buying experience: Smooth and swift. Gone are the days when you face glitches
Riding experience: Amazing. You can feel the power under the hood by pressing the accelerator slightly hard.
Details about looks, performance etc: Looks are jaw dropping. Chrome studded front grill along with cheetah inspired muscular body gives it a very powerful road presencewhich cannot be ignored while driving. The DRL's look stunning
Servicing and maintenance: Servicing is on time. Do expect slight delay sometime if their is rush inservice centres. Maintainance is almost at the cost of a hatback till date.
Pros and Cons: Pros: Superb Response from Engine Great pickup and top speed(220km) Huge cabin space Lounge lighting adds to the luxury quotient Feature loaded(It's actually PLUSH) Cons: Last seat is for kids or people with less height. Pathetic music system(since i am used to v12 sound barrier amp along with a proper music system) Mileage could have been better City avg is 13kmpl Highway: if driving below 100- 16-17kmpl If driving between 100-150: 13-14Kmpl If driving between 150-220: 11-12kmpl Engine noise can be felt at high rpm's but tahts ok for me as that's the sound of an SUV!! Previous was driving scorpio 4x4. Must say, Mahindra has upped their game a lot!