My Friend own a XUV5OO which is about to complete 3 years at the end of this month.
My experiences till date have been shared in the "Duma" thread here(The "Duma" comes home - Our Tuscan Red Mahindra XUV 5OO W8). I have clocked 33, 000 kms on it till now and I intend to keep it for at least 1 lakh kms.
I have been tracking the XUV facelift(or the New Age XUV5OO as M&M calls it) from quite some time and even saw the webcast when the facelift was launched on 25th May. I had mixed feelings from what I read and the snaps shared on the forum. I was planning to take a TD may be a few weeks/months down the line, just to get a feel of what all has changed and what all feedback from the existing owners has been incorporated. Thanks to Team-BHP, I got a chance to experience the New Age XUV up close and personal. I believe, the XUV is clearly a highway cruiser. So one fine morning, Tushar and I got into the new XUV and took the Mum-Pune expressway till the Khalapur exit and came back. Tushar was kind enough to drive down the test vehicle again the next day so that I could experiment with the "new improved"