Five reasons why Mahindra needs to get the Ssangyong Tivoli to India

 

Five reasons why Mahindra needs to get the Ssangyong Tivoli to India

From a great design to a bunch of both petrol and diesel engines, to an affordable price tag, here are five reasons why Mahindra needs to bring the Ssangyong Tivoli to India as soon as possible.

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If you are an average Indian automotive customer and are in the market for a new SUV, the choices available to you are huge and increasing every day. Although Mahindra is the largest manufacturer of SUVs in India, their presence in the sub-4 meter SUV segment has been missing till they recently announced the TUV300. The new TUV of course will go up against the likes of the Ford EcoSport and the sub-4 meter Hyundai SUV that will make an appearance next year. For now though, Mahindra also needs a soft-roader type SUV that will take the fight straight to the Hyundai Creta and this is where the SsangYong Tivoli comes into play. So here are five reasons why Mahindra needs to get the Tivoli to India as soon as possible.

Exterior Design

The SsangYong Tivoli is a nice looking car but does take some getting used to especially since there are quite a few creases, lines and curves to wrap your hear around. That said, the Tivoli does showcase some very current and forward design elements like the inbuilt possibility of having a two toned car right from the factory. The SsangYong designers have also taken cues from some  more expensive European SUVs which makes the Tivoli quite a bit more attractive than the likes of the Hyundai  Creta for example. We also particularly like the wide and muscular wheel arches which incidentally also make an appearance on the XUV500. This car then adheres to most of Mahindra’s design philosophy while adding a bit of Korean-European design into the mix.

Interior Design

From whatever pictures we have seen, the SsangYong Tivoli looks like a giant step up from the Rexton that we get in India. For starters, there is none of the beige interior business atleast on the UK spec models. What we do like is the sheer amount of brushed aluminum that they have used to offset the black and grey interior. The aluminum finished gear selector combined with the gloss black inserts in the dashboard too looks great. We also like the faux carbonfibre look that adorns the door panels and gives the Tivoli a hint of sportiness. The only concern we have is the quality of the plastics. Although it all looks rosy in pictures, the dashboard and centre console plastics have to be of the highest quality to go up against the likes of the ll be displayed