I’ve always been an SUV-kind of guy,” says 16 year-old car-buff Karthik Shriyan. “My dream car,” he continues, “is the Porsche Cayenne, a brilliant example of an SUV.”

The Cayenne (which could cost anything between Rs 60 lakh and 1.28 crore) may not fit into the Shriyan family budget, but the Malad residents recently invested in the much more reasonably priced Mahindra Quanto (they paid Rs 8.92 lakh). Karthik’s dream of owning a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) has certainly come true.u00a0The Mahindra Quanto, which was launched last month, closely followed the launch of the Renault Duster. The latter was one of India’s first mini-SUVs.u00a0