Note: The live coverage is over and you can now read here the launch story of the 2014 Mahindra Scorpio.
14:00 - With that done, and the event coming to a close, we'll leave you with this - our take on the new Scorpio
13:57 - The new Scorpio has been unveiled
13:54: Pawan Goenka says that PM Modi travelled to Gujarat a few days ago to meet his mother on his birthday and he was ferried in a Scorpio
13:52 - On the safety front, the cars in India are made to surpass the regulations which are currently set by the authorities
13:50 - Anand Mahindra: "The demand will go up exponentially, but we need to make room to cater to that and improve infrastructure"
13:47 - Pawan Goenka jokes that this has been the quckest Q&A session that he's experienced in any press conference in the recent past
13:46 - Anand Mahindra: "We want more volumes, and that's why we are here with the new Scorpio"
13:43 - For Mahindra, the most important metric is the customer score
13:42 - Anand Mahindra: "This is a Scorpio that's pumped serious iron!"
13:41 - Anand Mahindra: "Any new brand is like the birth of a new child"
13:40 - Anand Mahindra comes on stage.
13:37 - Prices revealed! New Scorpio starts at Rs 7.98 Lakh. Top end S10 pried at 11.46 Lakh. Impressive!
13:36 - New Scorpio gets fully auto temperature control & steering mounted control among other features
13:34 - S10 variant gets 17 inch alloys, cruise control, voice messaging system and many other features against competion
13:32 - ABS and Airbags will be standard in S4 and S6 variants. Two new colours Molten Red and Regal Blue
13:31 - S10 is the fully loaded trim. Gets touch screen infotainment system and all the other gizmos
13:30 - New Scorpio gets Panic Braking indicator which makes the hazard lights come on automatically to informing other motorists
13:29 - Blue-Grey interiors; driver's seat is height adjustable
13:28 - New Scorpio gets 6 inch touch screen entertainment system. Navigation, bluetooth, all the music play options like USB, Aux-in, CD etc. Parking sensors, tyre pressure monitoring system and rain sensing wipers
13:26 - Scorpio gets Shift on Fly 4WD, 2.2 litre mHawk delivers 120bhp and 280Nm
13:24 - LED, cornering lamps, and a whole host of fetures being offered in the new Scorpio
13:22 - Vivek Nayar, Chief Marketing Officer - Auto Division, giving product presentation. Talks about design
13:21 - New gen Scorpio to have a turning radius 5.4m and higher fuel efficiency of over 15km/l
13:19 - Techinical talk about the Scorpio being given. Better driving dynamics and comfort in the new Scorpio being promised
13: 15 - Nothing at all from the outgoing model has been carried to the new gen Scorpio
13: 12 - Domination, and ability to raise the bar enabled Scorpio to make its mark above the rest
13:10 - Pravin Shah: "We believed we had a winner in the shape of Scorpio when we first introduced it 12 years ago"
13:08 - Mahindra was among the first Indian car manufacturers to introduce crumple zone, ABS and Airbags
13:08 - 29% cost comes from electronics. 2500 data points calculated by the Scorpio
13:07 - 20 new tech launched with Scorpio as launchpad.
13:04 - Pawan Goenka, President, Automotive & Farm Equipment, starts the proceedings. Congratulates PM of India, Narendra Modi, for launching the Make In India campaign
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Spy shots of the Scorpio facelift have been floating around on the Internet for over months and there've been many comments from the users enquiring about its launch. The media was as clueless as the average Joe till about a month back. Then came in the announcement that Mahindra will launch its refreshed Scorpio on the 25th of September and every media outlet that had anything even remotely to do with cars blocked its calendar for the same.
It's September 25th today and Mahindra will finally launch the facelift of its Scorpio today. The outgoing model has been a much-loved product ever since its inception in the market 12 years ago. Mahindra kept bringing out mild updates through its lifespan - like in 2006 when the Scorpio received some major upgrades and a new engine, followed by a facelift in 2008. This, however, is the most important (and also the biggest) product overhaul that the Scorpio will receive and it's all about an all-new platform.
Mahindra clearly is very excited about this launch, as is clearly visible from the comments made by the company's leading men on social boards -
“BIG day today #NewGenScorpio is only hours away....Scorpio customers & fans - give us a SHOUT !!! @MahindraScorpio”
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) September 25, 2014
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A new breed is coming! Watch d launch of d NEW GENERATION SCORPIO, Sept 25th - 12.45pm LIVE on http://t.co/iqhjU7omXA pic.twitter.com/BsaPdn5oZR
— Mahindra Scorpio (@MahindraScorpio) September 24, 2014
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Mahindra has also gone on YouTube with a teaser video of the new-gen Scorpio. Watch the video here -
Check: New Mahindra Scorpio Facelift Photo Gallery
In terms of design, though the new Scorpio get a new face, its front grille and rear door seem to have been inspired by the XUV500. The other brand new addition is an optional 4X4 system. As far as the engine line-up is concerned, it remains unchanged. The SUV will continue to be powered by the same 2.2-litre mHawk and the 2.5-litre m2DiCR engine.
