MG Motor Shores Up India Game Plan

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MG Motor to have 50 dealerships in India by June

MG Motor India has announced that it will launch the Hector SUV in June 2019, with the carmaker working on appointing dealer partners extensively. We can now confirm that the automaker will have 50 dealers in India by this June, and these dealers will have up to 120 touchpoints. MG has worked out a ‘one city – one dealer’ policy for most cities and towns across the country with a few exceptions (like Mumbai), and the dealers will all have one primary showroom and a service centre.

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MG eZS electric SUV launch for India in December 2019

All eyes are on the MG Hector, the company’s first SUV launch scheduled for India. Today, the auto manufacturer unveiled MG eZS electric SUV globally. This comes ahead of its launch in India, which is scheduled for December 2019.

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MG Electric SUV eZS Showcased, India Launch Confirmed For This Year

MG eZS will be the second launch from the brand in India and it has a high capacity Li-ion battery pack to deliver 428 km range on a single charge

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MG India dealer showroom detailed in photos – Premium customer experience

After a long wait, the MG Hector officially made its debut yesterday. The SUV comes with multiple segment-first features and MG India hopes that these will help the consumers to flock its sales outlets once the bookings start! But how will their dealerships be like? Well, they will be made to deliver premium customer experience. The center of the showroom will display Hector SUV. Around that area, are different sections. One is where you can take a look at customization options, other is customer lounge area where you can get to know about brand MG in detail over a cup of hot coffee from the in-house cafe.

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MG Motor India has laid plans to expand rapidly in the country. The company has already confirmed the launch of its eZS electric SUV later this year, after it launches the Hector SUV. We can confirm that, before Diwali 2020, MG is expected to bring another SUV – the Maxus D90 – from its parent company SAIC’s portfolio to our market.
Like its expected rivals in India – the Toyota Fortuner and Ford Endeavour – the D90 is built on a light truck platform and sports a chunky SUV design, a massive front cowl, adaptive LED headlamps, large dual-tone alloy wheels (ranging from 17-inchers to 21-inchers), and a large and long cabin.
It’s also quite a bit larger than the Hector, which is by no means a small SUV. With its 5,005mm length, 1,932mm width, 1,875mm height and 2,950mm wheelbase, the Maxus D90 is bigger on every front than even the Mahindra Alturas G4. This, in part, explains the spacious cabin area.
Speaking of its interiors, the D90 SUV, which may have a different name for India under the MG brand, will have quite a feature-rich cabin. The China-spec Maxus D90 gets features like a 12.3-inch touchscreen infotainment system, an 8.0-inch digital instrument cluster, cooled/heated seats, three-zone climate control, a panoramic sunroof, a 360-degree camera and more. In terms of safety kit, the India-spec model should get six airbags, ABS with EBD, ESP and Isofix child seat mounts. Whether more advanced safety features such as autonomous emergency braking, lane keeping assist and the automatic parking function, which are available on international models, will come to India is yet unconfirmed.
While the Chinese market has the D90 with a 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine that makes 224hp and 360Nm of peak torque (and is paired to either a 6-speed manual or a 6-speed automatic gearbox), a source at the company tells us that a diesel variant is also being worked on, which will give it real appeal in India. Like its rivals in the Indian market, it is expected to come with a four-wheel-drive option and a low-range transfer case. Its 210mm of ground clearance, along with seven drive modes (Automatic, Economy, Motion, Snow, Sandy, Mud and Rock), should also add to the D90’s off-road ability.
If the pricing trend in Australia (where it is called the LDV 90) is anything to go by, the India-spec Maxus D90 in top-spec form is likely to be priced in the Rs 30-35 lakh bracket. At this price point, it is sure to shake up the big SUV market.

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MG-badged Maxus D90 (Ford Endeavour rival) coming to India in 2020 - Report

The MG line-up in India will include models picked from various sister brands. One of these will be the Maxus D90, which is planned to be launched by Diwali 2020.
For those new to Maxus, it’s one of the many brands owned by MG’s parent company SAIC. It’s the commercial vehicle marque of the Chinese conglomerate. The D90 is the first-ever Maxus SUV. It’s built on the ladder-frame chassis of T60 pickup truck, and as the Thai would say, it’s a PPV (Pick-up Passenger Vehicle).

The Maxus D90 will compete with the likes of Toyota Fortuner, Ford Endeavour, Mahindra Alturas G4 and Isuzu MU-X in India. It measures 5,005 mm in length, 1,932 mm in width and 1,875 mm in length. Its wheelbase is 2,950 mm. It’s bigger than all of the rivaling frame SUVs in every dimension except the width (Mahindra Alturas G4 - 1,960 mm).

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MG Motor plan to launch small electric car in India under Rs 10 lakh

In the next 18-24 months, MG Motor India will be launching 5 new products including the eZS EV. Speaking about electric vehicles, the MD stated that, in order to make meaningful penetration, an EV should cost less than INR 10 lakhs. Without elaborating, he added that the company’s second EV may fall in this price bracket.

The company’s 10 year road map for India involves three phases. The initial one is all about establishing the brand, roping in right kind of dealers, entering right kind of markets and bringing in right kind of products. The second phase (after 2021-22) will involve preparing for mass market invasion by increasing its production capacity, introducing new products, expanding the network and increasing localization. This is the phase where we can expect the aforementioned sub-10 lakh electric vehicle. We reckon it could be the small electric car – Baojun E100 EV, which has already been spied in India. Hector too is a re-worked Baojun product. So it is possible that the small electric car from MG could be based on the Baojun E100 EV.

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MG Motor India has laid plans to expand rapidly in the country. The company has already confirmed the launch of its eZS electric SUV later this year, after it launches the Hector SUV. We can confirm that, before Diwali 2020, MG is expected to bring another SUV – the Maxus D90 – from its parent company SAIC’s portfolio to our market.
Like its expected rivals in India – the Toyota Fortuner and Ford Endeavour – the D90 is built on a light truck platform and sports a chunky SUV design, a massive front cowl, adaptive LED headlamps, large dual-tone alloy wheels (ranging from 17-inchers to 21-inchers), and a large and long cabin.
It’s also quite a bit larger than the Hector, which is by no means a small SUV. With its 5,005mm length, 1,932mm width, 1,875mm height and 2,950mm wheelbase, the Maxus D90 is bigger on every front than even the Mahindra Alturas G4. This, in part, explains the spacious cabin area.
Speaking of its interiors, the D90 SUV, which may have a different name for India under the MG brand, will have quite a feature-rich cabin. The China-spec Maxus D90 gets features like a 12.3-inch touchscreen infotainment system, an 8.0-inch digital instrument cluster, cooled/heated seats, three-zone climate control, a panoramic sunroof, a 360-degree camera and more. In terms of safety kit, the India-spec model should get six airbags, ABS with EBD, ESP and Isofix child seat mounts. Whether more advanced safety features such as autonomous emergency braking, lane keeping assist and the automatic parking function, which are available on international models, will come to India is yet unconfirmed.
While the Chinese market has the D90 with a 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine that makes 224hp and 360Nm of peak torque (and is paired to either a 6-speed manual or a 6-speed automatic gearbox), a source at the company tells us that a diesel variant is also being worked on, which will give it real appeal in India. Like its rivals in the Indian market, it is expected to come with a four-wheel-drive option and a low-range transfer case. Its 210mm of ground clearance, along with seven drive modes (Automatic, Economy, Motion, Snow, Sandy, Mud and Rock), should also add to the D90’s off-road ability.
If the pricing trend in Australia (where it is called the LDV 90) is anything to go by, the India-spec Maxus D90 in top-spec form is likely to be priced in the Rs 30-35 lakh bracket. At this price point, it is sure to shake up the big SUV market.

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In Australia LDV D90 is available from about Rs 20 lakh (equivalent) onwards.
If priced similarly in India (after may be removing features such as lane departure warning, adaptive cruise control etc) this could very well shake up the Fotruner/ Endeavour segment.

 

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MG Motor Opens Its First Flagship Showroom In India

MG Motor India today inaugurated its first showroom, or as the company likes to call it, flagship experience store in Gurugram, Haryana. Located at Milestone Experion Centre, in Sector 15 Gurugram, the new flagship showroom from Morris Garages (MG) Motor India is the first of the 120 centres that will be activated across India. Having said that, the MG India plans to further expand its network to a total of 250 centres across India by September 2019. Today the carmaker also commenced the official bookings for the company's first car in the country, the MG Hector for a token of ₹ 50,000. The customer test drives will commence from June 15 onward.

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MG eZS Electric SUV Will Be Made In India

MG Motor has announced that it will be manufacturing its pure electric SUV, the MG eZS, in India, at its plant in Halol, Gujarat. The MG eZS will be one of the first ever fully electric SUVs in India when it is launched. The eZS will be MG's second launch in India after the upcoming MG Hector. The company further said that its electric vehicles will get over-the-air (OTA) technology and would go over 300 km in a single charge from its lithium-ion battery. MG is yet to announce the exact specifications for the eZS.

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MG eZS Electric SUV To Be Manufactured In India; First Teaser Released

MG Motor India has announced that the all-electric eZS premium SUV will be manufactured at its Halol facility in Gujarat. One of the first zero-emission SUVs to be produced locally will be introduced in December this year. Releasing the statement on world environment day, MG has also included a video of the first prototype being produced at its base in the country’s westernmost state.

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MG Motor India eyes retail presence in 80% of the Indian SUV market by Sept

New Delhi: MG Motor India, the local arm of the British carmaker, is working on an ambitious plan to be present in regions that account for around 80 per cent of the midsize SUV sales in the country by September this year.

The new entrant in the fast-growing Indian automobile industry launched 120 touch points including 70 showrooms and 50 workshops simultaneously on Tuesday. The company is hoping to gain from this network of dealerships and workshops, President and Managing Director Rajeev Chabha said, adding the firm will be able to more than double the 120 touchpoints to 250, which will primarily cover tier I to tier III cities, over the next three months.

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MG Motors plans four SUVs in India in two years, works on a hatchback

NEW DELHI: Morris Garages, the British brand owned by China’s top carmaker SAIC, drove in its first car in India in the Hector SUV with an entry price of Rs 12.2 lakh, the car looking to tap into the strong appetite of Indians for off-roaders. SUVs will remain the backbone for MG’s plans in India, though the company has also started exploratory work on a hatchback as it looks to gain scale and volumes in the Indian market.

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MG Motor India retails 2,608 units of HECTOR in September 2019​

New Delhi, 1 Oct.:

MG Motor India today announced that it has recorded retail sales of 2,608 units of the MG HECTOR, the country’s first internet car, in September 2019.

MG Motor India has re-opened its bookings on Sep 29th backed by its plans to ramp up production. With increased supplies from its global and local component suppliers, the company is starting second shift operations from November and would be adding approximately 500 people to its direct payroll to support the second shift operations.


About MG Motor India

Founded in the UK in 1924, Morris Garages vehicles were world famous for their sports cars, roadsters, and cabriolet series. MG vehicles were much sought after by many celebrities, including the British Prime Ministers and even the British Royal Family, for their styling, elegance, and spirited performance. The MG Car Club, set up in 1930 at Abingdon in the UK, has more than a million loyal fans, making it by far one of the world’s largest clubs for a car brand. MG has evolved into a modern, futuristic and innovative brand over the last 95 years. MG Motor India has commenced its manufacturing operations at its car manufacturing plant at Halol in Gujarat.

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MG Motor Partners With eChargeBays To Set-up Charging Stations For ZS EV Customers

MG Motor India has announced its partnership with eChargeBays, a Delhi-based start-up, to assist its customers with last-mile assistance in setting up infrastructure at their home for charging their Electric vehicle. As part of the partnership, MG will send experts to identify the best way in which MG ZS EV buyers can install an EV charger at home. The move comes ahead of the MG ZS EV launch in December 2019.

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