Mahindra TUV300 has waiting period of up to six weeks

A lot has been written about Mahindra's recently launched 'toughest SUV' TUV 300. Mahindra has recently announced that the company has received over 12,000 bookings for its new TUV300 and still counting.

Now, the dealers of Mahindra and Mahindra in Bangalore say that the TUV300 currently command a waiting period of up to 45 days in the city. While in Bangalore all variants of the SUV are enjoying a waiting period for up to 45 days, in Chennai the Black, White and Red colours of the TUV300 are available for delivery within a week. However, other variants have got a waiting period of up to two weeks.

Mahindra TUV300 has been witnessing great demand in the country and production is currently going at a rate of 5,000 units per month. Priced between Rs 6.9 lakh and Rs 9.12 lakh, Mahindra TUV300 is offered in three variants -- TUV300 T4, TV300 T6 and TUV300 T8. The SUV is available in six body colour options -- red, black, orange, silver, blue and white.

The battle tank inspired sub-four metre SUV is powered by 1.5-litre, 3-cylinder, mHawk80 diesel engine, which is tuned to churn out 84bhp power and 230Nm torque. The engine comes paired to either a five-speed manual or an AMT gearbox. TUV300 is the first SUV in its segment to get AMT boxes and the AMT variants of the model are in great demand.