Mahindra KUV100 Spotted at Dealer's Yard Ahead of Launch

Mr. Thakur also posted a video of the SUV at the yard giving his honest opinion about the Mahindra KUV100. In the video he also gives a detailed walkaround of the KUV100 talking about the exterior features, the interiors, equipment and engines.

As for its design and looks, even though Mahindra is marketing it as a sub-compact SUV, one can't deny the fact that KUV100 looks more like a hatchback or a crossover. The KUV100 also shares some a number of design aspects with the Mahindra XUV500 like, especially the chassis, which is also a monocoque design like the one in the latter. Apart from the Mahindra KUV100's styling also seems to have been inspired from the XUV500, which is evidently seen from the beefy front end, muscular bonnet, aggressive character lines and even the chrome accented grille.

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The spy shots also reveal some of the other details about the car like its neatly designed rear profile with simple wraparound taillamps, Mahindra and KUV badging, rear windscreen viper and rear spoiler above the boot lid. To bring out the KUV100's SUV DNA, Mahindra has added a beefy front bumper, black underbody cladding, front skid plate and chrome accents on door handles, foglamps and others.

Inside the car comes in a six-seater configuration with a single driver seat, a bench set for 2 persons besides it at the front and a 3 person bench seat at the rear. Moreover the gear-lever has been infused with the dashboard, while the pull type handbrake lever is placed at the base of the centre console to offers leg room for the person sitting in middle.

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On feature front, the Mahindra KUV100 comes with front & rear arm rests, illuminated key-hole, all 4 power windows, Piano Black centre console, Driver Seat Height Adjustment, multi-functional steering wheel, cooled glove box, sun glass holder, silver accented air vents, 4 Speaker + 2 Tweeter Infotainment system. Safety equipment are limited to ABS and EBD as standard across all variants, driver and co-passenger airbags and engine immobilizer among few others.

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The Mahindra KUV100 is the third sub-compact SUV to be added to Mahindra's Indian line-up and comes with a powered by a whole new engine series - the mFalcon, comprising of both petrol and diesel units. While the petrol version is powered by an all-new 1.2-litre, mFalcon G80 unit that produces out 82bhp and 115Nm of torque, the diesel version also sports a new 1.2-litre, mFalcon D75 motor that makes 77bhp and 190Nm of torque. Both the units come mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox as standard.

Video Source: Gaurav Thakur - Youtube