The Mahindra XUV500 is a compact crossover SUV produced by the Indian automobile manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra. The XUV500 was designed and developed at Mahindra's design and vehicle build center in Nashik and Chennai and is manufactured in Mahindra's Chakan & Nashik plant, India. During its development, the car was code-named 'W201'. It is the first monocoque chassis-based vehicle the company has produced.

It is succeeded by the XUV700, which was planned to be the second-generation XUV500 during development.

The XUV500 was launched in 2 variants (W6 and W8) in 2011, sharing the same engine: the W6 in two-wheel drive only and the W8 in both two-wheel drive and AWD.

The W6 includes a 6-inch monochrome infotainment display, two airbags, ABS with electronic brakeforce distribution (EBD), and disc brakes on all alloy wheels.

The W8 can be specified in two or All-wheel drive. The W8 adds GPS navigation, six airbags, a touch screen, electronic stability program (ESP) with rollover mitigation, Hill Hold and Hill Descent control, alloy wheels, and leather upholstery.

Mahindra later added a W4 base variant and sports edition in 2013. An Xclusive edition with added features such as sunroof, reverse camera, powered seats, aluminum paddles, and others was introduced in 2014.

The XUV500 was facelifted in May 2015. After the facelift, the top-end W10 variant was launched with features like a sunroof , start and stop push button. Automatic transmission was announced to be implemented on the W6, W8, W10 and W10 (o) awd and AT variants in November 2015, being available on December 5, 2015. And gasoline variant (G AT) has a 2.2l turbo I4 with liquid intercooler was launched in 2017. There was also were a sports edition. The vehicle came with a 1.99L diesel engine for the Delhi NCR region.

On April 18, 2018, another facelifted version of Mahindra XUV500 was released. It was released with a more powerful engine and a horsepower increase of 15 hp to 155 hp.