₹ 20.57 Lakh Onwards
Great SUV, good value for money given the choices available
The closest one can come to owning a M class merc without paying a bomb! A great effort by Ssangyong and a good choice by Mahindra, even though it would eat into the XUV market. A great package at 19.7 Lakhs odd (ex-showroom). has all the bell and whistles one expects in the high end cars seen in India today. While the M-class lineage is visible, Ssangyong has made enough subtle changes to give the car an identity of its own. The headlamps, tail lights and parking lights are signature styling and you can never mistake this car for any other similar models in the market. The ride and feel of the car is very good. The suspensions are sprung soft and this gives a comfortable ride on our pathetic roads. For all that bulk and tonnage the car zips when it reaches the required rpm. Some people may find the engine noisy on the lower rpms but remember thats a 2700cc power plant cranking out 184 bhp of power!! This is as true an SUV you can get at this price! If the engine noise bothers you pump up the volume of the CD/DVD player!! As expected with a power plant of this capacity the car returns only in the range of 7 to 10kmph per liter of diesel (depending on driving styles and road conditions). On the RX7 you get automatic tiptronic transmission which is by mercedes. Early tech & not the latest but still mercedes. There are 2 driving modes, standard and winter. Plus you can go to manual on the fly and control the gears on the steering wheel or by using a teeny weeny mouse like button on the gear knob. The drivers seat is fully adjustable (electrically) while the other seats are manual. 3 position memory and auto seat reverse for easy exit from the car when you switch off is a neat feature. Auto air-con, auto rain sensing wipers, auto headlights, cruise control, ABS, Hill descent control, heated ORVMs, polarising IRVM, leather upholstery and many more features. Fit and finish, paint job and interior decor and materials are on par with the best available today. The car comes with SAT/NAV built into the Kenwood CD/DVD/Ipod ready unit (Maps by mapmyindia) and features 4 speakers and 2 tweeters. There is an option of adding 2 more speakers on the rear hatch. The car comes with nice Hankook tubeless radials with nice looking mag wheels. All wheels have disc brakes only that the front ave ventilated discs while the rear are standard. On the whole a very nice car to drive and its been almost 10000km for me and no major issues so far. Now the only concern for me is if Mahindra service takes good care of this car as they have promised.
What Can ImproveI am not an authority on the other SUVs available but I have driven them all before I decided on the Rexton. All things considered, right from the cost to number of features offered this car scores over all the others. Even so, I think the dashboard could have had some more info systems, like fuel consumption, service interval, etc. It would have given the car that much more modern appeal. The cars are being delivered with small irritating problems, I had a wheel alignment issue right from delivery which got worse after being attended by the dealer. Such problems create a lot of negative publicity. It causes the customer to lose confidence in the dealer & the capability of service being offered. After all an investment of 23 plus lakhs being handed over to people who cannot even align a wheel properly sounds scary! A reverse camera should be factory fitted. Making the customer pay 7000 for a ordinary 1500 camera is ridiculous! The kenwood unit already has the screen and wiring done. Only a camera has to be fitted. This is a cheap stunt. If the dealer has to make money why not display more recent models of the head unit and give the customer a chance for a buy back deal? The latest Kenwood systems are very attractive while the one supplied in the car is a 2011 model I think. The digital clock on the dashboard should be changed. It looks ancient as compared to the rest of the dash. At least change the colour to blue so it looks like its a part of the dash. While it is too early for me to comment about spares, costs of spares and such costs, the main concern according to me is service from the company. If they can deliver what they promise and manage to keep the costs controlled they are on a winning wicket with this car.
I would definitely recommend this car. I have waited for it and was pleasantly surprised by the model released. I never thought they would release their latest model let alone add all the features it has come with since Mahindra would want to price it competitively in our market. But they have managed to pull it off which is great. I dont know who was responsible for the design of this car but I am certain it was not the team who designed the XUV. The XUV is design overkill and my personal opinion is that it looks quite ghastly. In comparison this car looks classy and stylish while still showing enough muscle. If Mahindra is trying to make the ownership of this car a elite experience then they should make sure that their service levels and quality does not slip up in any way because at the end of the day thats the only thing which will dissuade anybody from going in for this car today. And since I am already a customer I wish them all the luck there is. In conclusion I apologise if I have missed a feature or two but I plan to put down my Rexton experience as the years go by so it will get mentioned sometime or the other. Till then thank you.
Mileage Details
- Mileage (City)6 kmpl
- Mileage (Highway)10 kmpl
- Maintenance1000 per month