New Delhi
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has claimed that it recorded 1,00,000 bookings for the all-new Scorpio-N within 30 minutes of booking commencement at 11 am on Saturday, translating into an ex-showroom value of Rs 18,000 crore ($2.3 billion).
It even said that enthusiasm for the SUV was so high that it recorded 25,000 bookings within the first one minute. This claim, however, was challenged by many prospective buyers on social media who said that M&M’s payment gateway partner was unable to process the request in the first few minutes when the booking commenced. Few also questioned whether the automaker is just creating hype as it would only be able to deliver 20,000 units in 2022.
Responding to this, M&M chairman Anand Mahindra tweeted, There was a brief glitch with the payment gateway provider. We assure all customers that their time stamp prior to payment is duly recorded, so each customer will have their rightful place in the order sequence…
The deliveries of Scorpio-N will begin on September 26, 2022, onwards. Over 20,000 units of the SUV are planned for delivery by December 2022 wherein Z8L variant will be prioritised. Mahindra will inform the customers about their delivery date by the end of August 2022.
M&M also said that the booking website handled the huge rush of orders well, but there was a brief glitch with the payment gateway provider. It also assured the customers that their time stamp prior to payment is duly recorded on the booking platform, so each customer will have their rightful place in the order sequence and accordingly the first 25,000 will be considered for introductory prices based on this sequence, it said.
