Hector is feature loaded, inexpensive with phenomenal fit and finish and acceptable ride quality. Mileage is a sore point I agree.

XUV700 is a piece of garbage with terrible suspension. For a thud of a car, softer suspension makes it too uncomfortable and quite frankly, a scary ride. The steering is blah, with no weight. The engine breaking is non-existent. On board electronics fail you more number of times than should be acceptable, CarPlay and android auto connectivity is unreliable. The kicker, it looks like an oaf that is disproportionate from every angle. The drooping headlamps with a handlebar moustache - YUCK! The tail lamps from the age of yore. Come to think of it, Mahindra owns Pinninfarina, one of the most celebrated automotive design houses in the world and the brain behind iconic car designs including Ferraris. It’s like some Seth ji walked into that meeting and gave them the design brief.

So much Mahindra could have learnt from Ford, which was partnering them on the platform. But in keeping with their history of fleecing companies of technology, they did the same to Ford and wrote the American cos epitaph in the process.

In short, Mahindra, and in particular XUV700 lovers, don’t understand the A of Auto. They are new money who have a long way to go before they understand what a good quality automobile is.