Mahindra TUV300 Plus with seating space for 9 people launched: Details here

The TUV300 Plus will be available in 3 options – P4, P6 and P8 – at a starting price of Rs 9.47 lakh (ex-showroom). The car will be available in five colour variants of white, silver, orange and black

MAHINDRA TUV300 PLUS LAUNCH DETAILS AND PRICE

 

Mahindra and Mahindra, a home-grown automobile manufacturer, on June 20 announced the TUV300 Plus in India. The sports utility vehicle will be available in three variants – P4, P6 and P8 – at a starting price of Rs 9.47 lakh (ex-showroom). The car will be available in five colours – glacier white, majestic silver, molten orange and bold black.

MAHINDRA TUV300 PLUS DETAILS

The car is an enhanced version of company’s existing mini SUV the TUV300, which was launched in 2015. In comparison to the existing model, the Mahindra TUV300 Plus gets minor cosmetic upgrades, additional seating space, redesigned interiors and reworked engines for more power.

MAHINDRA TUV300 PLUS INTERIORS

The TUV300 Plus has grown from being a 7-seater to 9-seater, thanks to four-seater space in the last row. The car also gets driver’s seat height adjuster, along with lumbar support for front row seats and armrests for driver and co-driver. The complete interior job, including new trims and faux leather seats, is done by Italian design house Pininfarina.

The car gets a 7-inch digital touchscreen infotainment system with build-in GPS navigation. The touchscreen is paired with four speakers and two tweeters. It supports Bluetooth 4.0 for audio and telephony and USB for audio, video and photo playback.

MAHINDRA TUV300 PLUS ENGINE AND OTHER TECHNICAL DETAILS

The car is powered by Mahindra 2.2-litre diesel mHawk engine, which generates 120bhp of peak power at 4,000 rpm and 280 Nm of torque at 2,800 rpm. The engine is mated with 6-speed manual transmission. It supports micro-hybrid and brake energy regeneration technology for better fuel efficiency.

GST cess hike on cars from today: Luxury, large cars, SUVs get expensive

Auto companies may pass on impact of cess increase to buyers

 

The increased Goods and Services (GST) cess on mid- sized, luxury and SUV cars will come into effect on Monday.

The GST Council on September 9 decided to hike cess on mid-sized cars by 2 per cent, taking the effective GST rate to 45 per cent.

Also, cess on large cars has been hiked by 5 per cent, taking the total GST incidence to 48 per cent while that of SUVs by 7 per cent to 50 per cent.

"Notification regarding increase in the effective rates of the Compensation Cess on specified motor vehicles will be issued on September 11, 2017, effective from 00 hours the same day," the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) tweeted.

After the GST Council meet on Saturday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said that in large vehicles where affordability of consumers is high, the cess has been increased.

"The pre-GST rate has not been restored... Even though we had a headspace of hiking cess by 10 per cent, it has been hiked by up to 7 per cent," Jaitley had said.

Cess on small petrol and diesel cars, hybrid cars and those carrying up to 13 passengers has not been hiked.

Car prices had dropped by up to Rs 3 lakh as the tax rates fixed under the GST, which came into effect from July 1, were lower than the combined central and state taxes in pre-GST days.

To fix this anomaly, the Council raised the cess.

Under the GST regime, cars attract the highest tax slab of 28 per cent and on top of that, a cess is levied....READ MORE