Confirmed: Mahindra to launch XUV500 on 8th June in Goa

Mahindra will launch the XUV500 in Goa on the 8th of June. The news has been confirmed to GoaOnWheels and will most likely happen at the new sales facility at Porvorim.

The XUV500 has received tremendous demand from all across India. Mahindra has also announced that it will open bookings for its cheetah-inspired XUV500 from 8th June, 2012. With this announcement, the XUV500 will now be available across India including the existing 19 cities where it had been launched earlier.

In the second phase of bookings, the XUV500 was made available in 19 cities across India and had received an overwhelming 25000+ booking applications from customers. Out of these booking requests, the names of 7200 winning applicants were selected through an automated process, called the XUV500 Draw.

Mahindra XUV 500 (pronounced as XUV five double O) is available in two-wheel drive option and four–wheel drive option. The XUV 500 is powered by a 2.2 litre mHawk transverse-engine which produces 140 PS and 330 NM of Torque.