Mahindra coming to Ph

**Syuryuken** · July 30th, 2014 10:50 PM

Hindi pa nag-iinit ang Tata paparating na ang mahigpit niyang kakumpitensiya. Dadalhin kaya dito ang XUV500 nila?

India's Mahindra coming to the Philippines; Bolero, Xylo are initial offerings | TopGear.com.ph

Mahindra, an Indian automobile company, is coming to the Philippines soon. Talks about this development have been circulating around the industry for a while now, but it was only today that a key executive involved in the project spoke about it openly to the media.

A high-ranking Eurobrands Distributor Inc. executive told a small group of motoring journalists at the Peugeot showroom in Libis that Mahindra is on the way to the local market soon. In fact, the first two models to be launched here have already been identified: the Bolero SUV (above) and the Xylo MPV (below). EDI is the local distributor of Peugeot vehicles and belongs to the stable of automotive distributors under the Pepito Alvarez group. The Mahindra distributor will be an affiliate company, although the above-mentioned executive told TopGear.com.ph on another occasion that a major investor in the company is Johnny T. Hernandez of Victory Liner, and that the first showroom will be located in Pasay City.

We also got word from another source that this early, the local Mahindra distributor is already in talks with the Philippine National Police to make Mahindra vehicles part of the latter's fleet.

As for the exact timetable of Mahindra's arrival, another executive privy to the negotiations shared: "We can't really give an exact date as we're still reviewing the pricing. If things go smoothly, we'll hopefully launch the brand within the year."

Mahindra is a Mumbai-based car manufacturer founded in the '40s. It is part of the Mahindra Group whose businesses include companies in aerospace, agribusiness, automotive, finance, information technology and real estate, among many others.

**dct** · July 31st, 2014 12:22 AM

Maganda yung xylo..

Pero yung bolero, nevermind..

**Syuryuken** · July 31st, 2014 07:20 AM

Maganda din yung quanto

**StockEngine** · July 31st, 2014 08:30 AM

**uls** · July 31st, 2014 10:35 AM

nasaan na yung Philippine-made car?

hehe

**Syuryuken** · July 31st, 2014 12:35 PM

Etong XUV500 nila almost half sa presyo ng Fortuner sa India

**JonJon Villegas** · July 31st, 2014 03:05 PM

Maganda nga yang XUV500, magkaroon kaya dito nyan

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**Syuryuken** · July 31st, 2014 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by StockEngine

120hp 280nm torque liit pa ng kaha maganda ngang abangan to.

**StockEngine** · July 31st, 2014 08:37 PM

2 things come to mind though.

1. Are we getting the next generation Xylo and Bolero with mHawk diesel engines? They are testing both these next generation vehicles. I hope we don't get their aging vehicles that aren't sold, converted to Left-hand-drive and exported to Philippines ...added cost of conversion? I hope not.

2. Cost of ownership. car price against competition and service cost.

**Mr.Jatt** · February 16th, 2015 10:21 PM

Im waiting for this car for too many months! Haha

I really like this car, and I already see this in personal.

The things which I like:
-Looks and Cheetah body designs
-Headlights, Taillights, and Wheels design
-Twin Muffler, Fog Lights, Roof rails, 3rd brake light, etc
-A Powerful and Fuel Efficient engine (also with Micro-hybrid engine technology)
-A lot of Features such as AWD, ABS, ESP, ITM, DMF, Automatic rain sensing wipers and Auto-Headlights, LED Headlights, Static Bending projector HeadLights, 6 airbags, 6 Speed Gear Box, 4 disc brakes, 2-din touchscreen LCD with GPS, audio support, Tyre tronics, Bluetooth, Aux, DVD/CD, USB, etc.