New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS): Automobile major Mahindra & Mahindra has reported that bookings for 'All-New Thar' SUV has now crossed 15,000 bookings, since its launch on October 2, 2020.

"Today 57 per cent of all buyers of the All-New Thar are first time car buyers and a significantly large share of all bookings are for the automatic variants," the company said in a statement on Monday.

The all-new Thar will be available in two trims, namely "AX & LX", with prices starting at Rs 9.80 lakh for AX series and Rs 12.49 lakh for LX series.

It is powered by two all-new engines "the 2.0L mStallion TGDi" petrol engine, and "the 2.2L mHawk" Diesel engine.

"These engines are offered with a choice of 6-speed manual transmission or 6-speed torque converter automatic transmission, with an authentic 4x4 manual shift transfer case with a low ratio," the company had said on Oct 2nd.

The deliveries of the SUV will commence from November 1, 2020.