These Are The Top 10 Cars That Got The Biggest First Price Hike This Year

Modified On Jan 25, 2022 01:24 PM By Tarun for Mahindra XUV700

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Two cars in this list have gotten costlier by over a lakh

A new year in the automotive industry starts with manufacturers hiking up the prices of its offerings. These price hikes are usually done due to the increasing input or production costs. However, over the years, the price hikes have soared significantly, now crossing the lakh mark.

So, here are the top 10 cars that saw the biggest price hikes this year:

MG Gloster

Variant	Old Price	New Price	Difference
Turbo Diesel
Super 7-seater	Rs 29.98 lakh	Rs 31 lakh	Rs 1.02 lakh
Smart 6-seater	Rs 32.78 lakh	Rs 34 lakh	Rs 1.22 lakh
Twin-Turbo Diesel
Sharp 6-/ 7-seater	Rs 36.18 lakh	Rs 37.43 lakh	Rs 1.25 lakh
Savvy 6-/ 7-seater	Rs 37.68 lakh	Rs 39 lakh	Rs 1.32 lakh

The Gloster’s base variant gets costlier by Rs 1.02 lakh, which now puts its starting price above the 30 lakh-mark.
The top-end variant inches closer to the 40 lakh-mark.

Toyota Fortuner

Variants	Old Price	New Price	Difference
Petrol
4x2 MT	Rs 30.73 lakh	Rs 31.39 lakh	Rs 66,000
4x2 AT	Rs 32.32 lakh	Rs 32.98 lakh	Rs 66,000
Diesel
4x2 MT	Rs 33.23 lakh	Rs 33.89 lakh	Rs 66,000
4x2 AT	Rs 35.51 lakh	Rs 36.17 lakh	Rs 66,000
4x4 MT	Rs 35.89 lakh	Rs 36.99 lakh	Rs 1.1 lakh
4x4 AT	Rs 38.18 lakh	Rs 39.28 lakh	Rs 1.1 lakh
Legender 4x2 AT	Rs 38.61 lakh	Rs 39.71 lakh	Rs 1.1 lakh
Legender 4x4 AT	Rs 42.33 lakh	Rs 43.43 lakh	Rs 1.1 lakh

The Fortuner’s 4X2 variants (both petrol and diesel) get costlier by Rs 66,000.
The Legender and 4X4 variants see a price hike of Rs 1.1 lakh, which makes the top-spec Legender 4X4 AT closer to the 45 lakh-mark.

Citroen C5 Aircross

Variant	Old Price	New Price	Difference
Feel	Rs 31.3 lakh	Rs 32.24 lakh	Rs 94,000
Feel Dual Tone	Rs 31.8 lakh	Rs 32.74 lakh	Rs 94,000
Shine	Rs 32.8 lakh	Rs 33.78 lakh	Rs 98,000
Shine Dual Tone	Rs 32.8 lakh	Rs 33.78 lakh	Rs 98,000

While the base-spec Feel trim gets costlier by Rs 94,000, the Shine variant observes a hike of Rs 98,000.
The C5 Aircross’ single-tone and dual-tone variants are priced the same.

Mahindra XUV700

Petrol Variants	Old price	New Price	Difference
MX	Rs 12.49 lakh	Rs 12.96 lakh	Rs 47,000
AX3	Rs 14.48 lakh	Rs 15.02 lakh	Rs 54,000
AX5	Rs 15.49 lakh	Rs 16.05 lakh	Rs 56,000
AX3 AT	Rs 15.99 lakh	Rs 16.57 lakh	Rs 58,000
AX5 7-seater	Rs 16.09 lakh	Rs 16.67 lakh	Rs 58,000
AX5 AT	Rs 17.08 lakh	Rs 17.71 lakh	Rs 63,000
AX7	Rs 17.99 lakh	Rs 18.63 lakh	Rs 64,000
AX7 AT	Rs 19.58 lakh	Rs 20.29 lakh	Rs 71,000
AX7 AT L	Rs 21.29 lakh	RS 22.04 lakh	Rs 75,000

The XUV700 gets its second price hike after launch.
Its base MX petrol variant still manages to stay under the 13 lakh-mark.
Buyers will have to pay the prices applicable at the time of their deliveries. However, the new prices will be applicable for all those who have booked it after October 8, 2021.

Diesel Variants	Old price	New Price	Difference
MX	Rs 12.99 lakh	Rs 13.47 lakh	Rs 48,000
AX3	Rs 14.99 lakh	Rs 15.54 lakh	Rs 55,000
AX3 7-seater	Rs 15.68 lakh	Rs 16.26 lakh	Rs 58,000
AX5	Rs 16.08 lakh	Rs 16.67 lakh	Rs 59,000
AX5 7-seater	Rs 16.68 lakh	Rs 17.29 lakh	Rs 61,000
AX3 AT	Rs 16.69 lakh	Rs 17.29 lakh	Rs 60,000
AX5 AT	Rs 17.69 lakh	Rs 18.32 lakh	Rs 63,000
AX5 AT 7-seater	Rs 18.29 lakh	Rs 18.94 lakh	Rs 65,000
AX7	Rs 18.59 lakh	Rs 19.25 lakh	Rs 66,000
AX7 AT	Rs 20.19 lakh	Rs 20.91 lakh	Rs 72,000
AX7 L	Rs 20.28 lakh	Rs 21.01 lakh	Rs 73,000
AX7 AT AWD	Rs 21.49 lakh	Rs 22.25 lakh	Rs 76,000
AX7 L AT	Rs 21.88 lakh	Rs 22.66 lakh	Rs 78,000
AX7 L AT AWD	Rs 22.99 lakh	Rs 23.80 lakh	Rs 81,000

The top-spec AX7 L AT AWD variant sees the highest hike of Rs 81,000.
The AX7 trim continues to start from under the 20 lakh-mark.

Jeep Compass

	Old Price	New Price	Difference
Petrol
Sport (Manual)	Rs 17.29 lakh	Rs 17.79 lakh	Rs 50,000
Sport DCT	Rs 19.79 lakh	Rs 20.37 lakh	Rs 58,000
Longitude (O) DCT	Rs 21.59 lakh	Rs 22.09 lakh	Rs 50,000
Limited (O) DCT	Rs 23.69 lakh	Rs 24.19 lakh	Rs 50,000
Limited 80th Anniversary DCT	Rs 24.16 lakh	Rs 24.66 lakh	Rs 50,000
Model S DCT	Rs 25.84 lakh	Rs 26.34 lakh	Rs 50,000
Diesel Manual
Sport	Rs 18.99 lakh	Rs 19.49 lakh	Rs 50,000
Longitude (O)	Rs 20.79 lakh	Rs 21.29 lakh	Rs 50,000
Limited (O)	Rs 22.89 lakh	Rs 23.39 lakh	Rs 50,000
Limited 80th Anniversary	Rs 23.36 lakh	Rs 23.86 lakh	Rs 50,000
Model S	Rs 25.04 lakh	Rs 25.54 lakh	Rs 50,000
Diesel Automatic
Limited (O)	Rs 26.69 lakh	Rs 27.19 lakh	Rs 50,000
Limited 80th Anniversary	Rs 27.16 lakh	Rs 27.66 lakh	Rs 50,000
Model S	Rs 28.84 lakh	Rs 29.34 lakh	Rs 50,000

The Compass’ price hike for 2022 was announced in December 2021 itself.
The base-spec Sport DCT variant sees the maximum price increase, of Rs 58,000.
All the other variants see a uniform hike of Rs 50,000.

MG Hector/Hector Plus

Hector	Old Price	New Price	Difference
Petrol
Style	Rs 13.5 lakh	Rs 13.95 lakh	Rs 45,000
Shine	Rs 14.52 lakh	Rs 15 lakh	Rs 48,000
Shine CVT	Rs 15.72 lakh	Rs 16.2 lakh	Rs 48,000
Smart MT Hybrid	Rs 16.45 lakh	Rs 17 lakh	Rs 55,000
Smart CVT	Rs 17.08 lakh	Rs 17.6 lakh	Rs 52,000
Sharp MT Hybrid	Rs 17.83 lakh	Rs 18.35 lakh	Rs 52,000
Sharp CVT	Rs 18.83 lakh	Rs 19.33 lakh	Rs 50,000
Diesel
Style	Rs 14.99 lakh	Rs 15.49 lakh	Rs 50,000
Shine	Rs 16.5 lakh	Rs 17 lakh	Rs 50,000
Smart	Rs 17.95 lakh	Rs 18.45 lakh	Rs 50,000
Sharp	Rs 19.35 lakh	Rs 19.91 lakh	Rs 56,000

The Hector’s top-spec Sharp diesel variant sees the maximum hike of Rs 56,000.
Its starting price continues to be under Rs 14 lakh.

Hector Plus	Old Price	New Price	Difference
Petrol (6-seater)
Smart CVT	Rs 17.92 lakh	Rs 18.45 lakh	Rs 53,000
Sharp CVT	Rs 19.58 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 42,000
Sharp MT Hybrid	Rs 18.55 lakh	Rs 19 lakh	Rs 45,000
Diesel (6-seater)
Smart	Rs 18.6 lakh	Rs 19.1 lakh	Rs 50,000
Sharp	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20.5 lakh	Rs 50,000
Petrol (7-seater)
Super	Rs 15.47 lakh	Rs 15.96 lakh	Rs 49,000
Diesel (7-seater)
Style	Rs 15.39 lakh	Rs 15.95 lakh	Rs 56,000
Super	Rs 16.49 lakh	Rs 17 lakh	Rs 51,000
Smart	Rs 18.5 lakh	Rs 19 lakh	Rs 50,000
Select	Rs 19.36 lakh	Rs 19.9 lakh	Rs 54,000

The base-spec Style diesel variant now demands Rs 56,000 more.
The Sharp diesel (6-seater) variant of the Hector Plus crosses the 20 lakh-mark.

Kia Carnival

Variant	Old Price	New Price	Difference
Premium 7-seater	Rs 24.95 lakh	Rs 25.49 lakh	Rs 54,000
Premium 8-seater	Rs 25.15 lakh	Discontinued	--
Prestige 6-seater	Rs 28.95 lakh	Rs 29.49 lakh	Rs 54,000
Prestige 7-seater	Rs 29.49 lakh	Rs 29.99 lakh	Rs 50,000
Prestige 9-seater	Rs 29.95 lakh	Discontinued	--
Limousine 7-seater	Rs 31.99 lakh	Rs 32.49 lakh	Rs 50,000
Limousine Plus 7-seater	Rs 33.99 lakh	Rs 34.49 lakh	Rs 50,000

The Premium 8-seater and Prestige 9-seater variants have been discontinued.
The Carnival's base-spec Premium variant sees a price hike of Rs 54,000.

Mahindra Scorpio

Mahindra Scorpio

Variant	Old Price	New Price	Difference
S3+	Rs 12.77 lakh	Rs 13.18 lakh	Rs 41,000
S5	Rs 13.48 lakh	Rs 13.9 lakh	Rs 42,000
S7	Rs 15.74 lakh	Rs 16.22 lakh	Rs 48,000
S9	Rs 16.35 lakh	Rs 16.85 lakh	Rs 50,000
S11	Rs 17.62 lakh	Rs 18.15 lakh	Rs 53,000

The top-end S11 variant of the Scorpio receives a price hike of Rs 53,000.

MG ZS EV

Variant	Old Price	New Price	Difference
Excite	Rs 21 lakh	Rs 21.5 lakh	Rs 50,000
Exclusive	Rs 24.69 lakh	Rs 25.18 lakh	Rs 49,000

The ZS EV's base-spec Excite variants see the maximum price increase of Rs 50,000.

Volkswagen Taigun

Variants	Old Price	New Price	Difference
Comfortline 1.0 TSI	Rs 10.54 lakh	Rs 11 lakh	Rs 46,000
Highline 1.0 TSI	Rs 12.84 lakh	Rs 13 lakh	Rs 16,000
Highline AT 1.0 TSI	Rs 14.14 lakh	Rs 14.40 lakh	Rs 26,000
Topline 1.0 TSI	14.61 lakh	Rs 15 lakh	Rs 39,000
Topline 1.0 TSI AT	Rs 15.95 lakh	Rs 16.40 lakh	Rs 45,000
GT 1.5 TSI	Rs 15.04 lakh	Rs 15.40 lakh	Rs 36,000
GT Plus 1.5 TSI DSG	Rs 17.54 lakh	Rs 18 lakh	Rs 46,000