Mahindra and Mahindra has been overwhelmed with the demand for the Mahindra XUV500 right from the day of the launch. In first two rounds of bookings, Mahindra did find it very hard to deliver the orders promptly as the planned capacity of Mahindra XUV500 was about 2000 units per months as per the initial plans and demand forecast prior to launch, but the forecast came out to be incorrect in a good way as the demand for the XUV500 was much more than the initial planned capacity.
Mahindra XUV500 is has been launched only in 19 selected cities of India till the second round of bookings which attracted over 25,000 bookings and company has to draw lots to select 7200 customers out of them to deliver the XUV500 in second phase of bookings. Now comes a good news, for both M&M and interested buyers – Mahindra has doubled the capacity to 4000 units per month and Mahindra XUV500 will go on sale across India starting 8th June 2012.
image – Mahindra XUV500
The official announcement on the capacity increase and launch date of Mahindra XUV500 across India has been shared by Pravin Shah, Chief Executive, Automotive Division, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd at a press conference in Mumbai on 28 May 2012. Mahindra XUV500 is a global SUV from Mahindra and Mahindra and is hugely popular in India since it launch for its high value for money proposition. It does offer features much ahead of its price segment and is an all round stunner with great fuel economy of close to 15 KMPL in real world conditions that too on Diesel which is much cheaper than petrol in India. The feature list on the XUV5OO is extensive and can make most auto enthusiast fall in love with it.
In just over 6 months of its launch in India, XUV500 has won 22 prestigious titles and awards including the Car of the Year, SUV of the Year, Best Value for Money Car etc. from various esteemed publications and other organizations. With pan-India bookings open for Mahindra XUV500, we now expect to see the XUV more often on the roads.
Talking on this occasion, Pravin Shah quoted:
“Now that we have ramped-up our production capacity significantly, we are confident that we will be able to take care of the growing all-India demand for the XUV5OO”
Check out our previous coverage on Mahindra XUV500 here.
