I still don't understand why manufacturers don't put basic features like auto dimming rear view mirror or tilt and telescopic steering wheel in their cars. They give everything that Maybe we don't even want or care in a car. How much money does these inexpensive features costs for them. Auto journalists really should ask manufacturers for the omission of basic necessities for drivers.
MG Astor is pure luxury, particularly the top end Savvy Turbo AT trim. No other car in its segment compares to its build quality, luxurious interiors, tech and safety. It's an international model quite popular in UK and Europe too. Its ADAS too works perfect and far better than the competition. Great job by MG!
It’s quite funny Astor’s brochure has nothing to talk about the engine or gearbox in the first 27 pages. There’s a table on page 28 with the spec in brief. Hilarious for a car’s brochure.
Really excited see some high end features like the autonomous driving system in these segment of cars. Recently xuv 700 is also coming up with these kind of features..the car market is changing so dramatically every year..Really wonder how much technology is going to be incorporated in the coming years..already it has become so difficult to choose among one of these
The Astor and XUV700 will devour ATLEAST the Kushaq and Taigun completely. Another fantastic product from MG! Hope they being these features to the ZS EV as well and reduce the pricing a bit!
Took a test drive yesterday of 1.3 turbo automatic top model. Now confused about buying automatic and manual since there was an initial lag before turbo kicks in. Driving pleasure was good, suspension was super good, overall liked it but not that peppy for an enthusiast. Steering modes were fabulous, really felt the change in steering weight in 3 modes. Waiting to see how is 1.5 manual
This would be best if Launched in Scross segment...MG has always done miracles with priceing...Hope they do it this time as well..! But Auto dimming rear view & Ventilated seats must had been there !
The AI part of this car is just plain gimmick. Connected car feature can be present without having that distracting robo face on the top of dashboard, like what we have in Creta. And the car manufacturers are better off with integrating Alexa or Google assistant to make it really useful. Being a Software Engineer, and having worked in Alexa team for more than 2 years, I understand how the AI and ML can be difficult to implement. You need extremely complex ML models, and millions of real world data to train it. Otherwise it will remain a basic implementation just performing some common commands and answering common answers like weather, distance, etc. An automobile manufacturer will never be able to evolve this system, unless they make huge investment in it. And even though they won't be able to obviously compete with Amazon or Google. So I think its better for them to invest more in performance and driving dynamics. But still, I think it will help MG to pull in more customers, because an average Indian, won't know these tech in details and would be really impressed with feature set it offers. For me though, I will prefer German, since I love cars with engaging driving and more performant engines. When it comes to AI stuff, I am gonna use Android Auto and Google Assistant with it. Trust me that will be much more useful than this gimmick, specially finding directions, point of interests, essential shops and fuel stations, etc.
Considering the price range, MG should have given 4 cylinders but nowadays 3 cyl engines are as refined as 4 cyl engines unless and until you push hard past 5000 rpm. For city maneuvering it would be great choice ig.
I love Gavin's videos but not seeing much of him nowadays. Autocar seems to have found the perfect substitute in Nikhil.👍👍 Love the videos and ur presentation style. Looking forward to more.
Top spec , price... Of Astor, MG.... If less than 1.5 lakhs , from Top spec , Mahindra Xuv 700. Then we have winner, with 50000 plus.... Car bookings, within a Year..... MG brand solid, planted within India.... And more car model success to follow. 🙏❤️🙏🙏🙏
Overall car looks fantastic, especially i loved the massive panaromic sunroof and interior color, But some cool features are missing....... No heads up display No ventilated front seats No auto dimming rear view mirror No branded audio system
Kindly suggest one between Astor, creta and seltos. My preference: Daily running: around 15km Engine : petrol Currently I am having personal bend towards MG Astor Manual Sharp. Kindly help with your sensible knowledge, in terms of performance, safety, driving comfort.
Genuine review discussed all plus and minuses of the car. Disappointed with driving dynamics of the car from review. No paddle shift, body roll, soft suspension 3 cylinder noisy engine 🤦♂️. No ventilated seats. Still Creta is a king. ❌ Chinese brand ❌
@@gigachadsheesh plus here is only tech features. A car is meant to drive not for the features . Features should be a bonus not the only selling point.
Other giants will definitely be having a hard time in future when comparing features with MG...several new safety and road assistance features....MG is definitely be a game changer in terms of technology and features.
Saic is the manufacturer of VW cars in china so it have some equipments from VW cars like AC vents,bold body lines,power window switches,control switches etc etc
The front part of the cabin is very low, the head of a an avg driver and co passenger hits the roof which is a shame. Even while entering out of the cabin for the driver, the head hits the top. MG needs to redo the design.
Having bought Astor, I was surprised to find that OnePlus phones are not compatible with its Android Auto, which came as a shocker to me. MG Team has raised their hands to resolve this issue while OnePlus team is clueless. Can anyone advise??
Are these cars going to make driving easier or tougher!! Imagine settings ur seat height, drive mode,lane assist,etc etc etc before every different drive.. exhaustive I'd say..
Excellent video. Hope you will, in future, give us an idea about service intervals, comparative cost of servicing,maintenance etc for people to make an educated guess about affordability
Spiderman should copy the new MG logo.. jokes apart lovely car. Hopefully it performs good in crash tests so that people have safet options than Creta/seltos
What’s sad is that it looks like a cross over which infact makes S-cross as its direct competitor. And Car review channels don’t even bother mentioning S-cross which is such a value for money car. Unfortunate that it doesn’t get the attention it deserves
Beautiful car, but the ultimate test will be after-sales service. Too much of ADAS takes the fun out of driving. I guess we may all end up with an ADAS hangover by 2025 or a complete loss of driving skills.
MG isn't trying to pull in enthusiasts as their crowd is people looking for a fancy vehicle at a good price. They have chosen to use a mediocre turbo engine and transmission, so the savings could be used elsewhere like those interiors or features like ADAS, etc. Its quite evident it won't be the drivers delight like VW/Skoda are, but it will definitely look plusher.
To move Creta/Seltos from their respective thrones, Kushaq-Taigun will come the closest but this with all tech, not really sure. Looks promising though
Everything is amazing about the car and I was almost going to book it, except I don't understand why the mileage and bootspace numbers are hidden by the company.
Once booked, the Car delivery can get delayed frm 3 mnths to 6, 9 and then we don't know when. To sell the product, Company must be first able to Manufacture it.
