2025 Mahindra XUV700 seven-seat SUV updated with new features, prices up $3000

03/06/2025 04:00 PM

The Mahindra XUV700 seven-seat SUV range has been updated for 2025, with the Black Edition flagship the only model to skip a $3000 price increase.

A rival to the likes of Nissan X-Trail, Chery Tiggo 8 Pro Max and Mitsubishi Outlander, the Mahindra XUV700 now starts at $39,990 drive-away for the AX7 model and $42,990 drive-away for the higher-spec AX7L – both $3000 more than in 2024.

Stocks of both are also in Mahindra dealerships now, with vehicles ordered and delivered to customers by 30 April 2025 including two years or 25,000km – whichever occurs first – of scheduled servicing.

The XUV700 Black Edition introduced in October last year will continue for 2025 with an unchanged $43,990 drive-away price, once Model Year 2025 (MY25) stock begins arriving in showrooms sometime in April.

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For 2025, changes to the entry-level XUV700 AX7 are limited to an updated black interior – essentially taken from the Black Edition – in place of the previously white cabin.

There are no changes on the outside, which sees 18-inch alloy wheels, LED headlights and a choice of four colours, with white as standard but red, silver and black metallic at $495 extra.

The higher-spec AX7L gets the same black interior but with ventilated front seats, a memory function for the mirrors, and wireless versions of the previously wired-only Apple CarPlay/Android Auto smartphone compatibility added.

The flagship Black Edition carries over its largely cosmetic treatment over the AX7L, with gloss black 18-inch alloy wheels, front grille, side trims and exterior trim detailing. It does not gain any new features.

All XUV700s come with push-button start, twin 10.25-inch screens – a central display and instrument cluster – a panoramic sunroof and rear-view camera. 

While it does not have an ANCAP safety rating, the XUV700 line-up has six airbags with adaptive cruise control, lane-keep assist, traffic sign recognition, tyre pressure monitors, and on the AX7L, blind-spot monitoring and stop-go functionality for the adaptive cruise control.

There are no changes to the 149kW/380Nm 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine and six-speed automatic transmission, with all models front-wheel drive and claiming combined fuel economy of 8.3L/100km.

Following the revised XUV700, Mahindra will bring an upgraded Scorpio four-wheel drive to Australia later this year after pausing sales for an update to add autonomous emergency braking (AEB), made mandatory from 1 March 2025.

The car maker has previously expressed interest in battery-electric vehicles as part of a brand shift from its traditional agricultural utility vehicle customer base to lifestyle buyers, showing a number of concepts with the brand's new design direction in 2024.

The current Mahindra Pik-Up will be axed when stocks run out in the coming months, having last imported the ageing utility here in 2022, with its replacement due sometime in 2026.

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