Revisiting the Mahindra's Massive SUV the Alturas G4!

Mahindra has taken a solid step-up by launching the new-gen Rexton as Alturas and also they now entered a new segment of large Suv spaces but are they successful in achieving the customer's satisfaction without any downsides from the vehicle? 

Let us look into it with what changes should Mahindra do to increase the sales of it.

1. Engine: The 2.2 lit engine has enough power to compete as the rivals are at relatively the same 170-190 bhp despite having bigger 2.8-3.2 lit engines but Mahindra has overcome that problem by tuning it to its highest possibility. It would be even better if they could incorporate a new engine around 2.4-2.8 lit ones and not because of the rivals but for the weight it has and refinement is good but at cities, slow-moving areas and all the clatter will feel noisy and disturbing so in that area they should take care of it. The gearbox also needs a re-design as the small button like operating for the manual gear shifts is really really irrelevant and they should either add paddle shifters or at least removing that button and better implementing the usual gear style will be better.
2. Design: Yes! It looks great but only till the second row and the third row is really tight and feels restricted and for this they should design the C-pillar with a glass that creates an airy feel when people sit there and coming to headlamps the design looks aggressive enough but it would be even better if they could add the all-LED lighting like MG did because if you pay a hefty 33 lakhs for a big SUV and if you realize that it doesn't have the LED headlights & only HID means its disappointing right?

3. Interiors and Exteriors: As I have mentioned above the C-Pillar design should be re-designed in a way that it creates an airy feel when we sit inside and also the ac vents placement is improper which should be placed above like either door mounted or roof mounted because that way the passengers at back will feel chilled and with the current one its really ridiculous. The Middle row seats should be improved on under-thigh support and the weight of the vehicle also should be decreased and yes! Its a ladder frame SUV but having 80% of steel body is great but reducing it to 5-10 percent will help in dynamics and also better ride quality than it is currently. There are some h/w & s/w glitches happened at most of the reviews happened till now and they should be re-visited and corrected. Apart from these the ground clearance should be reduced at least to some 5 or 8mm because getting in & out is a bit tough so it should be given a thought in my opinion.

Conclusion: I think Alturas is the only one in this segment that offers more than what we pay but these drawbacks are making it lack some so what I would like to convey is that they should release a facelift correcting all these and also adding some new tech with pricing it a bit more will also be considered because no other SUV is this big in features right! And correcting the mistakes will create an even big step-up for Mahindra.