Meeting Mahindra's top people & initial impressions of my new XUV700

I got the invite through my dealership and these gentlemen were here in Kochi for the Mahindra Thar Roxx launch.

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I had the privilege of being invited to meet the top brasses of M&M, Mr Veejay Ram Nakra, Mr. Pratap Bose and the group CFO.

I got the invite through my dealership and all these gentlemen were here in Kochi for the Thar ROXX launch. The invite was to have a casual interaction and also to garner opinions from consumers on what they are expecting from EVs.

Being a new XUV 700 owner myself, I had put forth my strong dislike for not adding IRVM even in the 2024 update of XUV 700, to which they commended "POINT WELL TAKEN". I foresee this being soon added to the XUV feature list as M&M has recently added it to Scorpio. So I've done my bit of noise-making towards this point.

Penning down some of my initial observations having driven my XUV 700 AX7 L Diesel AT for just 200km.

• Very refined and powerful diesel engine compared to the FCA engine.
• Doesn't feel the bulk while driving in the city or on the highway, feels like a car.
• The Aisin AT is well-mated, but could feel the shifts, especially from 1st to 2nd during hard acceleration (maybe it needs to run in to settle down).
• I found the driver seat side bolstering inadequate as I was not getting the cuddle feel while sitting on it. Since I come from an E class, might take time to get used to. The seats are fairly hard in my opinion which might come in handy for long drives.
• The custom mode option in the Diesel is a well-thought-out feature, but unfortunately, it doesn't stay. As the default mode is Zap, I need to configure it every time I switch off the engine. This I think could be fixed with a software update and the point was well noted by the M&M team, with whom I had interacted.
• Surprised to see the gear number not displayed in auto mode, but does display while shifting to the manual mode. I would love to see the gear I am in and not just the 'D' in the display. Have been used to seeing this in my previously-owned Germans.
• AC temperature display is not seen on the screen while operating some features and this is very irritating while adjusting the temperature.
• The drive mode is not constantly displayed in the MID. Pictures shown in the manual show the mode name displayed permanently. The change in mode appears momentarily on the infotainment screen and disappears.
• Need to get used to the braking as it's not progressive and at some point bites very hard. Hope this eases out as I use it more.

Will update more on my experience as I clock more on the odo. Thanks.

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