Pawan Goenka, Executive Director, Mahindra & Mahindra has said, “We are all set to create a new segment with the launch of the KUV100 which also marks our foray into ground up petrol engines”. The Financial Express team is at the launch event, stay tuned to get live updates from the venue. The headlamp inserts get integrated DRLs and side indicators, while the large bumper gets vertical LED fog lamps, an air dam with honeycomb mesh pattern and a big silver skid plate.
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The KUV100 looks like a pseudo crossover hatchback. Being a monocoque SUV, the KUV100 is a front-wheel drive vehicle.
Built at an investment of over INR 1,200 crore, Mahindra KUV100 is being powered by an all new engine family called mFalcon, which has been developed completely in-house.
Powering the Mahindra KUV100 is a new range of “mFalcon” engines, which includes an 82 bhp 1.2-litre three cylinder petrol (mFalcon G80) and 77 bhp 1.2-litre three-cylinder diesel (mFalcon D75) engines. Both the engines are paired with a 5-speed manual gearbox. The petrol engine claims fuel efficiency of 18.15 kmpl while its diesel counterpart is slated to offer 25.23 kmpl. The Mahindra KUV100 comes in seven variants and is the smallest SUV in the company’s product portfolio.
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Prices of the petrol variants start from Rs 4.42 lakh and go up to Rs 5.91 lakh for the top end model. While the top-end K8 variant will get dual airbags as standard feature, it will be optional for other variants. The SUV, short for Kool Utility vehicle (KUV) 100 is pronounced as KUV “1 double O”, the carmaker has clarified. Mahindra assures a gamut of features to trump over rivals such as the Hyundai Grand i10 as well as the Maruti Suzuki Wagon R. The price of the vehicle is expected to being in the range of Rs. 4.2 to 6 lakhs.
