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Feature-rich car with 70 plus apps will retail from Rs 11.99 lakh onward

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Mahindra and Mahindra is gearing up to produce 6,000 units of its new Scorpio, christened Scorpio-N, every month. 

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The company says it is better prepared to handle the demand that the new car will generate than it was for the new XUV 700, which still has a waiting period of 18 months. 

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The car is being offered at introductory prices for the first 25,000 bookings. 

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Asked how it is going to handle the production of a tech-heavy car such as the Scorpio-N with the current chip supply situation 

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We have learned from that experience and have put our suppliers on alert for Scorpio-N,” he said.  

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The Scorpio-N will be produced at the company’s Chakan facility while the Scorpio Classic is being manufactured at its Nasik facility.  

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The XUV 700 has a backlog of 70,000 units with “9000 fresh bookings coming in each month”, said Jejurikar. 

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The company will continue to sell its old Scorpio as Scorpio Classic because it “still has a huge franchise”. 

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We don’t anticipate any cannibalisation in sales because of this,” Jejurikar added.