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I can't believe that they're going to sell many of these here...(or anywhere!). I don't think I've seen such an unattractive vehicle since the Ssangyong Rodius. I guess it's difficult to get the styling/proportions right on such a small car but surely they could have done better than this.
Perhaps there is a niche for a very small 4 seater EV but I can't see this filling it, certainly not in the UK...with the deals available on new/lightly used Leaf/Zoe etc you'd have to really really want one. Reminds me of the Tata Nano in concept (but less appealing)...did they ever launch the EV version? And didn't the Nano fail essentially?
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/mahindr...
Perhaps there is a niche for a very small 4 seater EV but I can't see this filling it, certainly not in the UK...with the deals available on new/lightly used Leaf/Zoe etc you'd have to really really want one. Reminds me of the Tata Nano in concept (but less appealing)...did they ever launch the EV version? And didn't the Nano fail essentially?
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/mahindr...
Edited by danp on Saturday 16th April 11:05
Agree on the styling of the car but IMHO what's really interesting is not the car itself but the way it's sold.
As far as I can tell there are no dealers.
If you are interested, you register on the website and you book a test drive at certain locations. If you want to buy, you do it all over the internet. You buy direct from Mahindra, not a dealership. There's no P/X facility; you dispose of your old car either privately or through a WBAC type place. The car gets delivered to you when ready.
Servicing and warranty/repair work - a person in a van comes to you. If you know you need spare parts you tell them at the time of booking the service and they bring them along.
It's an interesting way of selling a niche car. It seems well suited to the modern world, where people do everything online. I wonder whether this model will get copied by other manufacturers. Clearly being an EV helps, because servicing is simple enough to be done by a mobile technician.
As far as I can tell there are no dealers.
If you are interested, you register on the website and you book a test drive at certain locations. If you want to buy, you do it all over the internet. You buy direct from Mahindra, not a dealership. There's no P/X facility; you dispose of your old car either privately or through a WBAC type place. The car gets delivered to you when ready.
Servicing and warranty/repair work - a person in a van comes to you. If you know you need spare parts you tell them at the time of booking the service and they bring them along.
It's an interesting way of selling a niche car. It seems well suited to the modern world, where people do everything online. I wonder whether this model will get copied by other manufacturers. Clearly being an EV helps, because servicing is simple enough to be done by a mobile technician.
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