Mahindra-owned Automobili Pininfarina’s Battista battery-electric (BEV) hypercar has debuted in Geneva earlier this week and took social media by storm, creating a frenzy among auto lovers. The fully electric car is also being cited as the world's fastest luxury car, with a brake horsepower (bhp) equivalent to 1,900, which is about twice that of a Formula 1 car. The Battista is expected to give stiff competition to sports cars including the Ferrari and Lamborghini and Anand Mahindra, the chairman of Mahindra Group, talked up the car's details on Twitter. But while people around the world were talking about the car's speed, one person in India asked Mahindra about its mileage and the industrialist's reply had people laughing out loud. A Twitter user jokingly asked the business tycoon, "Sir, kitna deti hai (what's its mileage)?" Known for his replies on social media, Mahindra wrote back, "Sirji, electric hai..Shock deti hai!(it's electric.it gives a shock)" Sirji, electric hai..Shock deti hai! 😁 — anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) March 6, 2019 Automobili Pininfarina claims the Battista goes from 0 to 62 mph in less than two seconds, hits 186 mph in less than 12 seconds, and has a top speed of more than 250 mph. The electric sports car does 280 miles on a single charge. Given its Indian connection, many asked Mahindra to share a closer view of the car and he obliged. Mahindra admitted that he prefers the white version of the car and also shared a video showing fans a better view. For those of you who asked for a better view of the car. This white #Battista is on display at the @PininfarinaSpA site. The blue was my favourite but I now think the white is even more stunning.. Watch when you have a leisurely couple of minutes. Don’t fast forward. Savour it! pic.twitter.com/1iH5yt8oTk — anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) March 6, 2019 Many praised Mahindra for his sense of humour online. Typical Indian question and typical Indian sense of humour 😂😂 Congratulations @anandmahindra Bhaisahab for making India globally proud by your amazingly creative productivity ! Wish to see all the world, driving Indian Cars ! 🇮🇳👍 — Dr Kumar Vishvas (@DrKumarVishwas) March 7, 2019 Sir, you have funny bone too. Lol. — Paddy (@Padam_Rathod) March 7, 2019 This is epic .. that’s why we love Mahindra — Pravin Mohite (@pravin10001) March 7, 2019 Classic & Stylish one liner response by @anandmahindra! 😂😂😂 — Aakash Diwan 🇮🇳 (@80sArmyBRAT) March 7, 2019 और "शौक" बड़ी चीज है😂😂😂😂 — VIVEK SHARMA (@VIVEK01SHARMA) March 7, 2019 😂😂 we Indians and our obsession with mileage — THE UGLY TRUTH (@pradeepsingh83) March 7, 2019 Hats off sirji for a witty retort! 🤣🤣🤣 — Liu Min Han (@_m1n8) March 7, 2019 Ab Shock bhi Shauk me badal jaayega — Rahul Raj (@bhak_sala) March 6, 2019 Oh my god !!! Terrible shock to user !!!! Ha ha ha ha.. — U.K. (@uday7171) March 6, 2019 How is the shock sir?? High or Very high!!! — Binode Mohata (@iambinode) March 6, 2019 Now that's killer comeback 🤣 — vijay shenoy (@ishenoy) March 7, 2019 Perfect reply !!! Shock laga laga lagaaaaaa !!! — Deepak Dave (@DeepakDave84) March 6, 2019 This isn't even the first time Mahindra won the internet with a reply about Pininfarina. In 2017, when another Twitter user asked him to buy a Pininfarina Maserati Birdcage, Mahindra replied that he had bought the company instead! His tweet at the time went viral with people praising him for his reply.
