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Old 16th January 2025, 06:57   #961
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Please share some more info like when you made the booking, Color and location. It depends upon the region availability of models and colours. Specifically Turquoise green is in demand on most cities. While some may have more demand for black.

Allocation is not simple. It’s a combination of MG and dealership decision. The dealer gives MG what cars they have in stock and what they don’t along with a request for certain models and colours. Some colours are in demand and might eventually become available as MG starts increasing the output.

Best way around this is to have a good rapport with the Sales Person and manager. Maybe a visit and letting them know how you would appreciate if they can expedite on their end. Ask when they expect a car to be available and you can take one as soon as you can.
Booking was done 7weeks back in Hyderabad. I had booked a TGreen essense initially but changed to White within a couple of days. The dealer had promised white within 5-6 weeks but now has no idea when its going to be allocated

The MG booking status update seems to be of no use , was excited to see first week of Jan but when checked with dealer he said that it does not show the correct date
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Old 16th January 2025, 09:16   #962
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Booking was done 7weeks back in Hyderabad. I had booked a TGreen Essence initially but changed to White within a couple of days. The dealer had promised white within 5-6 weeks but now has no idea when it's going to be.
I am planning to take a test drive of Windsor EV in coming days from Raam MG Raidurg branch. Raam group is enjoying monopoly in Greater Hyderabad area as other dealers - PPS, Vibrant MG and Automotive group have 1 showroom each towards Secunderabad area.

I am waiting till end of next week when Bharat Mobility expo ends to get clarity on Creta EV, Mahindra BEV and Tata EV timelines. I might book if I like the car after taking couple of test drives.
Can you share dealership and showroom where you booked so that I can pick better dealership that would stick to delivery timelines?

I feel MG dealerships have gotten greedy and are allocating cars to customer who is ready to buy their bloated insurance, accessories or where they are getting more profit margins from sale. On the other hand, it is possible that MG is not dispatching cars to dealers based on their booking backlog.
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Old 16th January 2025, 11:15   #963
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I got my Windsor end dec 25'. Since then I've been complaining to the dealer about the head unit, thr 15.6" display. It is very very bad. I've been experiencing lag. Android auto does not work always. Even if it connects, it keeps disconnecting every 2 seconds (yes. 2). In this process of connecting and disconnecting the entire unit hangs and becomes inoperable during this time, usually 20-30 mins. I can't change any other settings.
Same thing happened to me with Apple CarPlay. Resetting in the settings helped, and hasn't happened since. Note: You might experience lag or stutter when playing music when you use turn indicator, as it activates 360 Degree camera. Not sure if this is intentional, but it's defo annoying.

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My last hope was the dealer promising a fota update at 1st free service. Even that happened. But absolutely no change. I've not been using Android auto to which I'm very used to ever since buying this car. This would've been a deal breaker for me but I didn't know before buying. It is really really annoying.
I experienced this issue during the time my dealership guy drove me to their car lot to do PDI before approval. When I connected Apple CarPlay, I immediately noticed this, and the response I got was the same. Too many devices connected as it was the test drive car. And, could also be a bug, that shall be resolved in a fota push. Hang in there, we're all on the same boat or Windsor Castle.

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Old 16th January 2025, 12:01   #964
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And, could also be a bug, that shall be resolved in a fota push. Hang in there, we're all on the same boat or Windsor Castle.
Well, this is something that can be resolved with a software update. I just hope MG pushes it OTA to all cars rather than just the service center people having access to it.

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The dealer had promised white within 5-6 weeks but now has no idea when its going to be allocated
So in my buying process what I learned is that it's a combination of both MG and the dealership. Every month, around the 8th, the dealership and the MG plant discuss who the customers are next in line and what colors are needed. But the dealership doesn't know what color or variant they will get until it lands in their stockyard. Once they get it, the allotment is decided by the dealership on who to give. The dealership then tells MG that this booking id is going to be alloted a car. Once the payment formalities are done, then the VIN is attached to your order ID.

Like in my case, I booked on Oct 4 online. I was in T.Green. After 1.5 months on Nov 18 I got a call saying if I could shift to White. I said no. Later on Dec 8 I went to the showroom and asked how long will it take. The allotment exec said if you change to white, I will deliver it before the month end. I asked how? He said he was going to receive 70 White, Top end Windsors as told him by the plant. So I finally changed to White and waited. Till 22nd there was no sight, I asked him again if month end was possible and he said yes. Now, here's the twist. Instead of 70 White, he got only 13 White and 30 T.Green. So he called me on 23rd Dec and said if I was okay shifting back to T.Green as he has T.Green in stock. I happily accepted it and on 31st Dec I took the delivery on my T.Green Windsor.

The real problem is shortage of cars and high demand. Plus, no dealer knows what they will get, and they do follow a queue. I know this because I had raised a query (not a complaint) on Pulsehub on Nov 23rd, telling them I want a green variant, but the dealership has no stock. They cross verified with the dealer to check if the dealer had jumped the queue but they hadn't. Yes, dealers do jump queues to service VIPs and HNIs but my MG experience was way better than what I faced with my brother at TATA and MAHINDRA where they openly told us to wait for a year or shell out cash in lakhs if we wanted earlier delivery. Infact, on Dec 8, I told the MG guy take full payment and give me the car. He refused saying it was unethical and he will go buy the allotment list.

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Old 16th January 2025, 12:40   #965
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I am planning to take a test drive of Windsor EV in coming days from Raam MG Raidurg branch. Raam group is enjoying monopoly in Greater Hyderabad area as other dealers - PPS, Vibrant MG and Automotive group have 1 showroom each towards Secunderabad area.

I am waiting till end of next week when Bharat Mobility expo ends to get clarity on Creta EV, Mahindra BEV and Tata EV timelines. I might book if I like the car after taking couple of test drives.
Can you share dealership and showroom where you booked so that I can pick better dealership that would stick to delivery timelines?

I feel MG dealerships have gotten greedy and are allocating cars to customer who is ready to buy their bloated insurance, accessories or where they are getting more profit margins from sale. On the other hand, it is possible that MG is not dispatching cars to dealers based on their booking backlog.
I booked at Raam MG which is located in the Botanical Garden road.
I dont think it is issue with the dealer, issue seems to be more with MG . MG is not able to inform the dealer on the cars they will receive and the dealers are at the mercy of MG allocation.
Dealer mentioned he maintains queue and no one will jump queue, but he does not tell me my number in the queue

He did say that mostly by Feb Mid i should get it which will be around 10 weeks from booking , I assume he is banking on a large allotment in Feb from MG. But if that does not happen then it will further get delayed

I feel MG did not expect this much demand for Windsor . But i guess as long as we get it within 3 months of booking it should be fine.
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Old 16th January 2025, 22:25   #966
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Any info on the prices and wait time in Chennai for the variants?
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From the horses mouth, Windsor with a bigger battery launching later this year. Start watching from 5:37

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All the new launches are just showing that nothing is still as value for money as this car is in its segment. Larger battery pack just needs to be priced lower than creta ev.
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Old 18th January 2025, 00:01   #969
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Windsor with a bigger battery launching later this year. Start watching from 5:37
After the Creta EV price reveal, I can't wait for the top-end Windsor 50KWH to drop at 17-17.5L and kill the Creta EV completely. If they add L2 or L2+ ADAS to it and sell it for 18.5 to 19L it will be a steal. I am actually very curious to see how the E-Vitara prices itself to beat the competition. On one hand, you have the Windsor and the other Mahindra Be6. If tomorrow BYD announces that they are partnering with Reliance or some other company for local manufacturing the game will then truly be ON.
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After the Creta EV price reveal, I can't wait for the top-end Windsor 50KWH to drop at 17-17.5L and kill the Creta EV completely. If they add L2 or L2+ ADAS to it and sell it for 18.5 to 19L it will be a steal. I am actually very curious to see how the E-Vitara prices itself to beat the competition. On one hand, you have the Windsor and the other Mahindra Be6. If tomorrow BYD announces that they are partnering with Reliance or some other company for local manufacturing the game will then truly be ON.
Same here. I am also now eagerly waiting for Windsor 50 kwh varient. MG has golden time till March end to do exponential sales until E- Vitara prices are revealed. At this price point windsor is the only VFM product inspite of recent 50 k price hike.

I just hope that the 50 kwh varient price should be placed just like the 38 kwh varient price was kept. Adding 1.2 to 1.5 lacs max per varient would be the best VFM product in my opinion.

Now there is a catch. Knowing that creta EV base model is priced at 17.99 ( higher than what we expected ) MG might launch it at more price than they would have previously thought off.
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Now there is a catch. Knowing that creta EV base model is priced at 17.99 ( higher than what we expected ) MG might launch it at more price than they would have previously thought off.
Don’t think they can be very cavalier with the pricing, for the ceiling is already set by the base Mahindra BE6 with it’s even bigger 59kwh battery and also the 55kwh Curvv. Honestly, Creta Electric’s absurd pricing makes it seem destined for irrelevance.
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Don’t think they can be very cavalier with the pricing, for the ceiling is already set by the base Mahindra BE6 with it’s even bigger 59kwh battery and also the 55kwh Curvv. Honestly, Creta Electric’s absurd pricing makes it seem destined for irrelevance.
The pricing of Creta has actually changed many things. They have actually messed up everything.
IMO MG price strategy has always been very clear. The credit for lowering the price of TATA EV's and launch of nexon.45 goes to MG only.
As soon as Windsor was launched, Nexon.45 came out from the dark without any hype or previous info. MG is trying their best to provide affordable EV's.
I just hope that they do all their calculations similar to what they did with Windsor 38 kwh. Pricing the base 50 kwh varient below the top 38 kwh varient will change the game in their favour.
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During my interaction with a senior person with MG Jubilant motors Bangalore, looks like Windsor 50kwh might come towards the end of this year, or maybe around September/October 2025. I say this intuitively, basis the discussion I had with the Dealer senior folk. (I could be completely wrong. Just an assumption from my side based on the discussion I had). He was hinting that MG will launch a facelift/battery pack upgrade to their existing ZS EV to a 60kwh or 70kwh battery pack (Probably 60kwh), which will discontinue their 50kwh ZS EV, and then to fill up the space they will bring up the Windsor 50kwh battery pack variant.
Now this makes more sense to me after hearing Parth Jindal from JSW MG Motors India, where looks like he accidentally spilled the beans on Windsor bigger battery pack launch this year. But don't know when this year he meant. 😅😅
I would have really loved to have gotten the Windsor 50kwh pack, as it would have taken care of all the range anxiety I might have on the highway drives, which I have now in my Nexon EV Prime. But I guess a wait of 7-8 months is huge, and will go for what I have on offer currently.
I was pretty much hopeful on Harrier/Sierra EV launch (Bookings open launch) for this Auto expo, but they keep on showcasing the product without any launch timeliness on the horizon. Atleast for Harrier EV they should have started the bookings or atleast given a time-line on starting the bookings.

Having said that, I guess Windsor 38 kwh is still a very VFM product, specially now after the absurd pricing of Creta Electric, as many of you rightly pointed.
I'm still awaiting delivery of my Black Windsor Essence, which still looks couple of weeks away, as per the dealer's estimates. Fingers crossed 🤞
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Do you have multiple phones (or multi-user mode) in your phone? If multiple devices try to connect to android auto, it keeps disconnecting from one and connecting to the other (the loop goes on). Once this complication is taken care of (by disabling android auto in all devices except one), it works fine almost always.

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I got my Windsor end dec 25'. Since then I've been complaining to the dealer about the head unit, thr 15.6" display. It is very very bad. I've been experiencing lag. Android auto does not work always. Even if it connects, it keeps disconnecting every 2 seconds (yes. 2). In this process of connecting and disconnecting the entire unit hangs and becomes inoperable during this time, usually 20-30 mins. I can't change any other settings.

My last hope was the dealer promising a fota update at 1st free service. Even that happened. But absolutely no change. I've not been using Android auto to which I'm very used to ever since buying this car. This would've been a deal breaker for me but I didn't know before buying. It is really really annoying.

Is anyone else facing this issue?
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I stumbled upon this drop down menu yesterday. Finally my passenger can adjust the volume by themselves. Many other options easily accessible. Thank god the window lock button is also there.
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