I know why I was fascinated by the TV series ' Giant Robot well, it was a machine that was controlled by a boy which saved the world and frankly the world thought that the boy was the hero. Who didn't want to be one at that age? But things moved on swiftly and the controls began to be thrown out of the window. Machines started become autonomous and that's when you see the likes of ' Transformers' entering the scene. I think the car industry too has gone that way. Cars which came to India were offered with manual transmission only and I have grown up in a setup which loved them. But suddenly there's a change, and though I might not like it, there are a lot of people who are going in for automatic transmission. Most say, it's for their convenience and truly, there cannot be any other reason given the hours each of us spends in traffic everyday But then again there is another 'in thing' in the industry and that is the love for SUVs, which is why you see cars like the Duster, Creta, Scorpio, Terrano and the XUV500 becoming a hit. Now, though that segment is growing, there are not many offering automatic transmission, for the time being there's just two - the Creta and the Scorpio. But clearly there was need of more competition and as we've told you earlier that Mahindra was going to up the ante by bringing in another automatic in this segment - the XUV500. Mahindra updated the XUV500 just last year, post which we told you that there will be an automatic variant added to the line-up and well, here it is. There are absolutely no changes made to the exterior of the car and the only way you come to know that this is an automatic variant is by the badge it wears at the rear. The changes then are on the inside and the biggest of them all is the auto-box. Now, if you're thinking that it is the same as the one on the Scorpio, well, you're wrong. The auto-box on the XUV500 is a.
The facelifted version of Mahindra XUV500 launched in 2015. The Mahindra XUV 500 is a mid-size SUV produced by the Indian automobile company Mahindra 142 PS) @ 3750 rpm and torque of 330 N·m (243 lb·ft) @ rpm and is mated to a new 6-speed manual gearbox developed with assistance by Ricardo.[10] The XUV500 was launched in two versions sharing the same engine; the W6 in two-wheel drive only and the W8 which can be specified in two- or four-wheel drive. The W6 includes a 6-inch monochrome infotainment display, two airbags, ABS with electronic brake-force distribution ( EBD and.
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