MG Motor India on Thursday launched its premium SUV Gloster at an inaugural price of Rs 28.98 lakh (ex-showroom). This is MG Motor's fourth offering in little over a year since the company made its India debut. At the introductory price range, MG Gloster has waged an open war on Endeavour from Ford and Toyota Fortuner.
It is equipped with first level of autonomous driving features such as advanced driver assistance system (ADAS), adaptive cruise control (ACC), front collision warning (FCW), automatic emergency braking (AEB), lane departure warning (LDW), blind spot detection (BSD) and automatic parking assistant (APA) which help driver of the vehicle during the driving journey.
It will be available in 4 feature-intensive variants in India—Super, Smart, Sharp and Savvy. The variations offer multiple combinations such as luxurious bucket seats (6-seater and 7-seater), Two-Wheel Drive (2WD) and Four -Wheel Drive (4WD), and two engine choices including Twin Turbocharged Diesel engine.
“We believe that Gloster will establish a new benchmark while combining matchless luxury, technology, and off-roading experience in its segment," said Rajeev Chaba, President and Managing Director, MG Motor India.
The MG Gloster also has MG i-SMART technology that includes features such as critical tyre pressure voice alert, Shortpedia App that gives short news summaries in English and Hindi, and anti-theft immobilisation via smartphone that remotely halts the engine ignition.
"It comes with 3D maps from MapMyIndia which includes COVID testing centre locations in maps apart from various alerts like potholes and speed alerts.," the company said.
In addition to these, Gloster customers will also get Apple Watch Connectivity and can operate their Gaana app with voice control, alongside personalized welcome and greeting messages, it added.
