MG Astor launched in India starting at ₹9,78,000: Check out key features of the latest SUV

Morris Garages’ MG Astor, a compact SUV, was launched by the company on Monday.

The company claims that MG Astor is India's first car with Artificial Intelligence (AI) inside.

MG’s new SUV is supposed to give tough competition...

...to Kia Seltos, Hyundai Creta, Renault Duster, Skoda Kushaq and Volkswagen Taigun.

MG Astor is the company's first model to feature...

...Level 2 autonomous technology along with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) features.

Booking Date

The company will start booking for the new car from October 21. People can even pre-reserve the car starting today on the official website of MG. The deliveries for the first batch will start by November-December this year.

Price

The introductory price of the new SUV is ₹9,78,000. The price range can go up to ₹13,98,000 depending on the variant.

Variants

The car comes in two variants — 1.3 litre petrol engine with automatic transmission and 1.5 litre petrol engine with manual transmission.The five trims available for the car are Style, Super, Smart, Sharp, and Savvy.

Colour

The new SUV wears five different colours -- Spiced Orange, Aurora Silver, Glaze Red, Candy White, and Starry Black.

Features

The new car is equipped with some interesting features like voice assistant, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist, lane departure warning, 7-inch digital instrument cluster, electric parking brake and many more.