Its loud and clear that Mahindra is working on an automatic gearbox for their flagship SUV XUV500. According to some earlier reports, Japan based Aisin Seiki will supply the auto boxes to Mahindra and partner Ssangyong.
XUV500 AT
More Powerful 170bhp XUV500 Coming Next Year
When Mahindra went knocking at Aisin Seiki of Japan to procure a new automatic gearbox for its XUV500, they were told that the orders quoted weren’t big enough for Aisin to bother about them.
Mahindra to launch XUV500 Automatic in 2015; On the XUV Facelift?
According to a report by Autocar India, Mahindra is working on an Automatic gearbox for the XUV500 which will be launched in India sometime next year in 2015.