If you desired to own XUV500, but, couldn’t do so because of bookings suspension, here is the good news! Mahindra & Mahindra will re-open bookings for its latest SUV model XUV500, for a limited period of 10 days starting January 25 after suspending it last year due to overwhelming response.
But, you got to be very lucky to have it. Because the company further said in case bookings exceed 7,200 it will undertake a draw for allotment of the Mahindra XUV500 sports utility vehicle (SUV).
“To ensure that our customers do not have to wait beyond a reasonable period, we are undertaking an XUV500 draw, which will ensure fair and transparent allotment of the vehicle to our customers who get selected in the draw,” M&M Senior Vice President (Marketing, Automotive Division) Vivek Nayer said in a statement.
The draw process will be validated by the professional services firm, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt Ltd (DTTIPL) as per mutually agreed scope and terms between M&M and DTTIPL, the statement added.
The company said customers will have to pay Rs 80,000 for the XUV500 draw application form. Results of the draw will be announced by February 15, 2012.
The new bookings for the XUV500 will now extend to 19 cities in India, including Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana, Jallandhar, Patiala, Chandigarh/ Panchkula, Kochi, Trivandrum, Kozhikode, Trissur, Coimbatore, Nagpur and Nasik, the company said.
The company has hiked prices of XUV500 in the beginning of this month with its three variants becoming costlier by Rs 30,000, Rs 50,000 and Rs 55,000 (ex-showroom, Delhi) respectively.
