Waiting Period of Mid-Size SUVs Compared, MG Hector Tops List With 7 Months

Published On: 19 July 2019
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MG Hector Tops List of Waiting Period for Compact SUVs at 7 Months

The auto industry is going through a slowdown in the sales department but the makers are displaying their confidence in the market. The evidence for this can be found in the mid-size compact SUV segment where the average customer today is spoilt for choice with the models like Tata Harrier, Mahindra XUV500, and Jeep Compass already in the market and MG Hector having been launched recently. Kia Seltos is also all geared up to make an entry in the segment next month with the bookings for the SUV already underway. With the plethora of choices, the customers are also making purchases left and right and this has resulted in huge waiting periods on some of the models in the segment. The table below shows the waiting period for some opf the

Cities	Jeep Compass	Mahindra XUV500	Tata Harrier	MG Hector (Automatic)
New Delhi	1 week	No waiting	1 month	3 Months
Bengaluru	20 days	No waiting	No waiting	3 Months
Mumbai	1 month	2 weeks	4 weeks	6 Months
Hyderabad	2 months	4 weeks	No waiting	6 Months
Pune	25 days	No waiting	1 month	3 Months
Chennai	2 months	No waiting	1 month	6 Months
Jaipur	15 days	25 days	No waiting	4 Months
Ahmedabad	15 days	No waiting	15 days	6 Months
Gurugram	15 days	No waiting	No waiting	5 Months
Lucknow	1 week	No waiting	No waiting	3 Months
Kolkata	1 month	4 weeks	No waiting	No waiting
Thane	1 month	2 weeks	4 weeks	6 Months
Surat	No waiting	2 weeks	45 days	5 Months
Ghaziabad	N.A.	No waiting	4 weeks	------------
Chandigarh	15 days	No waiting	4 weeks	4 Months
Patna	2 months	2 weeks	45 days	1.5 Months
Coimbatore	No waiting	3 weeks	1 month	------------
Faridabad	N.A.	No waiting	2 months	5 Months
Indore	45 days	No waiting	6 weeks	------------
Noida	N.A.	1 month	No waiting	7 Months

The data compiled from different cities of India shows the car with the maximum waiting period time is MG Hector, as it should be as the SUV has been launched in the market only recently. The highest waiting period for MG Hector is in Noida where a customer will have to wait for a maximum of 7 months!

Talking of other models here, the highest waiting period for Jeep Compass is 2 months for the cities of Hyderabad and Patna. Moving on to Mahindra XUV500, the maximum waiting period for the Indian maker’s SUV is 4 weeks for the cities of Hyderabad and Kolkata. Then comes the Tata Harrier, and the most one will have to wait for the SUV will be 45 days in the cities of Patna and Surat.