New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Industrialist Anand Mahindra responded with humour after an X user predicted he had a 20-year lifespan while urging him to build a high-performance version of the Mahindra Scorpio with a V8 engine. The exchange has drawn attention online, bringing renewed focus to the automaker's engineering choices and its approach to hybrid technology.

The conversation began when Ayma Superintelligence Interactive Corp's CEO Pranesh Naidu, suggested that Mahindra develop a more powerful Scorpio with a V8 engine capable of delivering 500 horsepower. The user linked the proposal to a prediction about Mahindra's lifespan.

Naidu wrote, "You're probably going to be dead in 20 years. So why not die knowing that you made a really awesom...