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Originally Posted by Ashwathama I am also awaiting delivery in Pune. I booked the T.Green on 4th Oct but the dealership says mine won't arrive until Jan end.
Which color did you book and on what date? Also, which dealership is this?
You mentioned your PDI is done, did you use a third party service for PDI or did you do it on your own? And lastly, what did you do with regards to insurance. Did you go with the dealership or take it from outside? |
Today is my delivery

Demand for this car is crazy, Specially in Pune & Mumbai. Its harder to get these cars.
I had booked this car in early November, I was told waiting period is 3.5 months for T.Green (any Essence variant) and was told there is no chances of getting this variant early because of cancellations of other people etc rather waiting time can be delayed slightly due to high demand.
Mid variant was available in 1 month and Base model was readily available in stock. but it was too basic, Initially I was considering base model just because of its availability, but it's door handles does not open automatically, it needs two hands to open the door. This turned me off from going with base model.
Coming to the purchase part, It was quite a journey. I am an auto enthusiast and I mostly keep me updated with the happenings in the industry. I was not planning to purchase Windsor or, rather, any car. One weekend I checked out new Dzire with 5-star safety rating. I was impressed with the overall car but 3-cylinder experience is typical 3-cylinder. low refinement, harsh NVH, not enjoyable driving experience in city traffic, wish if they had 4 cylinder as an option and then this could have been a perfect car.
Next day I had some free time and while coming home there was one MG showroom, thought of checking out Windsor. Got a test drive, and within 10 seconds of driving it my mind had made the decision to get this car. I was simply blown away by how this thing drives. I have already driven Nexon EV and Tiago EV, but the smoothness in Windsor is next level, like when you release accelerator and regen starts etc, felt like a properly calibrated car. Booked instantly. I had pre-approved loan which dealers prefer usually.
In couple of days I realised allocation process of MG is not transparent, No car is allocated based on bookings. Its simply sales person will be choosing who will get the car. and I was not favourable here as I wanted to have my own insurance. I was quoted Rs.91700 at showroom. They were not ready to match nor allowing self insurance. Also Rs32k accessories was a mandatory part. I visited all MG showrooms in Pune (all four). Scenario was same everywhere, so I stuck with initial booking and thought of checking how far things can go. I had to persuade them a lot that, offering to buy 32k worth of accessories from them and additional dashcam worth of 13.5k (front+back). Then they asked me to write a mail to their general manager to get approval for self insurance. I did. Everyday I was following up for the response but there was no reply to the mail. I had decided not to budge on 91k insurance as this was already an impulse buy and I don’t like feeling of people taking unfair advantages of me just because of my desperation. They were simply catering to people who were willing to buy insurance from them, Somewhere I realised if this booking fails or gets stuck I need to email senior management of MG regarding the whole experience and suggest them not to become next Renault who did the same thing in duster era.
But Mahindra changed the game. BE 6e was launched on 26th November and in two days I got a phone call from MG dealer that car is allocated to you please disburse the loan. From first day I was telling them my loan is pre-approved and downpayment is in the bank, show me the car and full money will in their account in 10 mins, They again started telling me about the demand of the car, Saying there are so many people waiting and ready to pay first before car is arrived. Also they were not ready to allow PDI first before payment, and also Third party PDIs are strictly prohibited. I did not budge on prepayment part, then I got few more calls from different people from MG showroom and then finally from general manager of the showroom. I told him my concerns. I was worried if full payment is done they can initiate RTO process before informing me and I wont be able to do anything if repaired or demo car is given to me, He assured me that this will not happen so I agreed to disburse the loan and kept downpayment till I see the car.
Then car arrived in a week or so in the showroom, I made a simple PDI checklist from team-bhp PDI list. Went alone, saw the car, was happy with the one I was seeing, took some photos of VIN number, tyre numbers, other things and did rest of the payment. I found bumper alignment was little off but made sure it was not accidental, looks like factory issue. Also panel gaps are not consistent like initial batches which we saw on youtube or other reviews. My car manufacturing month is November and they might have tried to scale up production so such things to happen.
Apart from the car allocation part, I found MG guys to be very professional. Experience with dealing them is pleasant.
Lets see how the delivery goes.