In a move to honour the sporting achievements of prominent athletes in India, Mahindra & Mahindra felicitated Avani Lekhara for terrific performance in 10m air rifle standing at the Tokyo Paralympic 2021. In a first of its kind attempt, Mahindra has custom-made its immensely popular XUV700 to cater to Lekhara’s accessibility needs. This includes subtle design elements to canonize the historic performance by the record-breaking Paralympic champion.
For starters, the custom-made XUV700 is equipped with a two-function special seat – forward and return. The forward travel makes the seat move out of the vehicle and lowers it down to ensure easy ingress and egress of the co-driver. Furthermore, the seat lowering function addresses a critical challenge faced by the specially-abled as it decreases the ingress and egress height and allows a smooth shift from the regular wheelchair to the special seat. In fact, it has been designed by Pratap Bose, EVP and Chief Design Officer, Mahindra & Mahindra.
To add to this, the custom-made XUV700 AX7L, which is finished in a midnight black paint scheme, flaunts gold accents inside and out. Avani Lekhara’s achievement has been immortalized by embossing her performance record as a badge on the fender and tailgate.
Mahindra has also added golden thread embroidery on all six headrests and the front-end of the dashboard. Then there are the gold plated vertical slats on the front grille and the Mahindra SUV logo finished in satin gold plating.
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It features gold accents on seats and IP Panel which have been stitched with fine gold thread as accents. Mahindra had previously presented custom-made XUV700 SUVs to gold medallist Neeraj Chopra and Tokyo Paralympics winner Sumit Antil, as well.
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It goes to show the sheer class on the part of Mahindra & Mahindra to honour Indian athletes excelling in their respective fields.
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