MG Hector Waiting Period Soars!

If you were interested in the new mid-size SUV from MG, it could be a long time until you get delivery

• MG Hector launched with over 10,000 confirmed pre-bookings.

• Longest wait time of 7 months for petrol-AT variant for Noida buyers.

• Hector readily available in Kolkata irrespective of powertrain choice.

• Longest average waiting time of 6 months across powertrains for buyers in Ahmedabad and Hyderabad.

• Wait times for a Hector in the other cities range between 2 and 6 months depending on the variant.

MG announced at the time of launching the Hector SUV that it will begin customer deliveries by the start of July. It is currently priced between Rs 12.18 lakh and Rs 16.88 lakh (introductory ex-showroom, India) which makes it the most affordable mid-size SUV currently on offer. The carmaker also stated that it received 10,000 pre-bookings for the Hector ahead of launch. But if you wanted to buy one today, you’d have to wait a considerable amount of time to get delivery.

Here’s our list the MG Hector’s waiting period in over 30 cities, depending upon the powertrain option you choose:

Related: MG Hector Variants Explained: Which One To Buy?

Takeaways

• Kolkata is the only city in this list which has no waiting period for getting a new MG Hector SUV. It is readily available in diesel, petrol and petrol-AT variants.

• The next-earliest delivery time is for buyers in Thiruvananthapuram, where the Hector’s waiting time is 1 month across all three powertrain options.

• Buyers in Patna also have a relatively short waiting time of 1.5 months for a new MG Hector.

• The absolute longest waiting period is of the petrol-automatic Hector variants for buyers in Noida: 7 months.

• However, the longest average wait time for a new Hector in any powertrain is 6 months for buyers in Ahmedabad and Hyderabad.

Also read: MG Hector vs Tata Harrier: Variants Comparison

• The next longest average waiting time for a new MG Hector is 5 months in Surat, Kohlapur and Faridabad.

• Whenever the waiting time differs depending upon the powertrain, the petrol-AT variants have the longer waiting period.

• Except in Ludhiana where the petrol-manual has a longer wait of 3 months as compared to 2.5 months waiting for the diesel-MT or petrol-AT.

• The average wait time for a new MG Hector for the rest of these cities is between 2-6 months, depending on the powertrain variant.

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