Mahindra & Mahindra launches TUV300 in Madhya Pradesh

BHOPAL: Automobile major Mahindra & Mahindra has unveiled its much-awaited sports utility vehicle (SUV), TUV300, in Madhya Pradesh.

"Designed in-house and built on an all-new platform, the design of the TUV300 is inspired by a battle tank which gives it a tough, bold & stylish character," the company's Vice President-Sales (Automotive) Jyoti Malhotra told reporters here yesterday.

The TUV300 boasts of uncompromising bold SUV style with a 7-seater (5+2) configuration.

The tough, masculine design with its imposing front fascia, overall strong and bold lines, chiselled surfaces, high ground clearance and rear-mounted spare wheel lend the TUV300 cues of a "true-blue" SUV, he said.

Available in seven variants, the TUV300 is powered by the advanced 1.5-litre mHawk80 diesel engine and is India's only SUV with autoSHIFT Automated Manual Transmission Technology (AMT), making it effortless to drive, he said.

The $16.9-billion multinational group, Mahindra provides employment opportunities to over 2,00,000 people in over 100 countries.