Why I cancelled my XUV 700 booking & bought a Fortuner instead

I currently have a Polo TSI for city commutes, but wanted a "proper" SUV with a hassle free ownership experience.

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Finally after a lot of deliberation, bookings and cancellations, I decided on the 4x4 AT in the guise of Super White. My XUV700 booking needs to be canceled and not surprisingly, the dealer wouldn’t even respond to my cancellation requests. I guess I’ll have to pay a personal visit to get this done.

I currently have a Polo TSI AT for city commutes and will retain this car for the foreseeable future. Although the new XUV700 seems like a very competent SUV, considering that I would have grown almost 2 years older by the time I get hands on one, I decided to pull the plug on this one.

Missus wanted to prioritize on the hassle free ownership experience over other aspects. I wanted a “proper” SUV and hence the decision to buy into the Fortuner bandwagon.

Considering that other colors command a higher waiting time and the need for higher booking amount, we decided on the Super White with Black interiors. Not surprising though is the fact that the car now costs a whopping 40L ex-showroom in Bangalore. To make things tough, Bangalore still does not offer BH registration for private company employees. It’s gonna cost us 50L OTR; Yes you read that right

It was not easy to go and stretch the budget from a compass to Fortuner, but considering the residual value of brand Fortuner and the ease of service all across the country and with the improved engine (204 ps, 500 Nm) and finally the availability of CarPlay and cooled seats sealed the deal for us.

The quoted lead time is around 60 days which means I should have the vehicle by June, which is quite acceptable considering that I have to figure out the financial bits.

I’d like to recall the countless number of hours that I browsed on this thread and several other ownership threads which helped me make this decision. Here’s thanking all the members for super useful contributions on the respective threads. Hoping to catch up with some of you in person in the coming days/months, possibly on a meet up or some off road adventures.

One small annoyance I may have to live with would be the unintended use of wiper and indicator stalks every time I switch between Polo and Fortuner.

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