Indian automotive giant Mahindra & Mahindra ramps up its production of Scorpio N, which has received over 100,000 bookings; ...
A fast ramping up production of its new generation of the company's flagship iconic Scorpio, Mahindra & Mahindra is all set to cater to surging demand for its popular models. Scorpio N had clocked a record 25,000 bookings within a minute of its opening and over 100,000 bookings in under 30 minutes on July 30, 2022. Currently, it is now under production at M&M’s Chakan plant, near Pune.
M&M announced that the deliveries commencement of the Scorpio N will begin from September 26, 2022. The company has also planned to deliver 25,000 units of the Scorpio N by the end of November 2022, with a focus on delivering the popular Z8 L variant first.
The prices for the Scorpio N range from Rs 11.99 lakh to Rs 23.90 lakh (ex-showroom, as of today), and are expected to go up once the first lot of 25,000 units is delivered. The initial 7,000 units is targetd to be delivered in first 10 days. These would most likely include only the top-spec Z8 L variant.
When the bookings for the Scorpio N began on July 30 and the company claimed that it gathered around 100,000 online bookings within the first 30 minutes. Though there was a technical glitch in the online booking process, Mahindra quickly acknowledged the issue and resolve it.
The brand already has a huge order backlog of undelivered units of its other popular SUVs like the XUV700 and the Thar, in addition to pending deliveries of the Bolero line-up and the XUV300.
It is said that the XUV700 AX line-up still has a waiting period of around 70 weeks, however, the MX range could be delivered in around three months' time. While the XUV700's order backlog continues to pile up, it is learnt that the waiting period for the Thar has now come down to around four months for the diesel versions and lesser than that for the petrol variants.
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