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So both XUV700 variants look distinctive and both come with plenty of fruit as standard, including automatic LED headlights with cornering lamps, arrow-shaped LED tail-lights, 18-inch diamond-cut alloy wheels with 235/60 tyres and a huge panoramic ‘Skyroof’ glass sunroof measuring 870mm wide and 1360mm long, covering the first two rows of seats, plus flush-fitting door handles like only the Range Rover Evoque offers in this class. It’s flanked by a pair of prominent wrap-around LED daytime running lights that make it look a bit like the Renault Koleos but clearly stamp it as part of the Mahindra family and a successor to the XUV500.
Like the new ladder-frame Scorpio off-road diesel SUV, the 2023 Mahindra XUV700 brings a well-proportioned and handsome new design punctuated by a bold grille bearing the brand’s new Twin Peaks logo. Mahindra Australia says it has plenty of stock available for immediate delivery and hasn’t ruled out the release of additional variants in future – including a cheaper five-seater version and perhaps all-wheel drive and diesel power – but for now the XUV700 remains a 2WD seven-seater. That makes the new XUV700 a lot pricier than the decade-old, diesel-powered, sub-$28K XUV500 it replaces, but it’s still Australia’s cheapest new seven-seat vehicle and significantly more affordable than three-row front-drive versions of the CR-V (from $40,900 drive-away) and Outlander (from $40,740 plus on-road costs), while the AWD-only three-row X-TRAIL starts at $39,790 plus ORCs. Two front-wheel drive variants of the seven-seat XUV700 – pronounced ‘XUV seven double-oh’ – are now on sale, with the entry-level AX7 grade priced at just $36,990 drive-away and the AX7L flagship priced at only $39,990 drive-away.
First revealed almost two years ago in India, where it has notched up over 100,000 sales, and then confirmed for Australia in September 2021, the 2023 Mahindra XUV700 is now available via a local dealer network that will expand to 60 outlets across most capitals by the end of this year.
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