Delivery of MG Astor vehicles could get delayed due to chip shortage
Delivery of MG Astor vehicles could get
delayed because of shortages of chips and semiconductors in the market, said
Gaurav Gupta, Chief Commercial Office of MG Motor India.
"We are all facing a situation very unprecedented. The supply
of chips and semiconductors are very uncertain and very dynamic," Gupta
said.
"Sometimes our suppliers, whether it is global or European
suppliers, have a weekly schedule which also gets altered. And that makes us
change our production plans."
"We have also seen very high demand for certain variants,
which is different from the original plan, for example, our customers of Style
and Super. But we have recalibrated our entire work at the backend to be able
to support our customer base," he added.
The automaker aims to deliver its batch 1, which includes first
5,000 cars, in the current calendar year.
"But just in case, there's a spillover to next year, I can
assure you all batch 1 customers will be protected at the launch pricing,"
he added.
The MG Astor compact SUV was reportedly launched in India last
month with prices starting at Rs 9.78 lakh for the base 'Style' variant, while
the top-of-the-line 'Sharp (O)' variant is priced at Rs 17.38 lakh.
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