I would first like to thank all the Gods for giving me an opportunity to take the beast for a spin to Belgaum from Mumbai over the last long weekend. While all my family members were completely against me driving to Belgaum because of the unknown road conditions in Maharashtra, I was hell bent on testing my Scorpio Automatic as it’s not too often you get an official holiday for 2 consecutive days followed by a weekend.
All I want to say is Scorpio is a Gentleman’s Beast. I started my journey through rough roads of Mumbai to reach the Mumbai Pune Expressway in straight 40 min from Chembur. While I couldn’t test the top gears till then, as soon as I landed on the Expressway, I put the vehicle in Cruise Control and fortunately due to a Non Traffic day and lesser rains, I was able to maintain the Cruise Control at a steady speed of 100 kmph for almost 40-50 min before I had to stop for the 1st Toll Naka.
This was the first time I was able to experience cruise control feature of Scorpio Automatic. While they say that Automatic is for city driving, I would definitely vouch it for an intercity driving. By the time I reached Pune, I didn’t feel the fatigue of driving at all which I used to feel it in my earlier vehicles (all manual 1000CC). I decided to halt in Pune for 30 min and then continued my drive towards Belgaum. When we reached Kolhapur, it was like only driven a few kilometers as the drive was so comfortable with the best in class shock absorbers and awesome seat ergonomics.
Finally before entering Belgaum, I took a pit stop to refuel the Scorpio and calculated the mileage and to my surprise I got a fuel efficiency of over 12 kmpl on that day. Initially when I used to calculate the mileage while driving in the city, I was a bit disturbed for getting not more than 9 kmpl, however, I was relieved when I calculated the mileage post this drive of mine.
While there is a lot which Mahindra can improve with the overall look and interiors, if one is interested is going for an automatic which is good for the city and best outside the same, I would highly recommend Scorpio Automatic to everybody who loves rough driving with pleasure.