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Checked out the MG Windsor EV in showroom: My key takeaways

3rd October 2024, 13:45 by Kanad Kalasur

My next focus was to absorb the whole car into my senses (sorry for sounding weird) and click as many photos and videos.

BHPian JoseTheScorpion recently shared this with other enthusiasts:

My name is Jose and I live in Hyderabad. I visited the MG Showroom near my house to check out the new Windsor EV. I thought it will be similar to the MG ZS EV, but I was surely in for a surprise. It is huge, huge Dashboard, huge on Space, huge Boot, huge Moon roof, huge wheels, and huge touch screen. I loved the car from every angle. I think everyone should check out this car in person, as it looks very different on screen, I mean smaller. I have a Scorpio-N, so please do trust me when I say the car is huge. Windsor EV (width 2126mm) is wider than Innova Hycross (width 1850mm) and that too noticeably wider. Even wider than my Scorpio-N(width 1917mm).

I really wanted a test drive but unfortunately in Hyderabad, it will start from next month only. So, my next focus was to absorb the whole car into my senses (sorry for sounding weird) and click as many photos and videos. There was a lot of rush in the showroom, especially because of the introductory price tag (starting @ 9.99 lakhs), but I did see some sad faces after hearing the on-road price which is 13.3 Lakhs OTR Hyderabad. But why such a high OTR cost? It is under the 10lakh ex-showroom tax bracket. But, that is not the case. Even though they advertise it has 9.99lakhs(BAAS version) the tax will be calculated on the ex-showroom price of the car with battery cost included (13,49,800).

Following are the price list and details shared by the showroom guys.

My next question to the showroom person - Can you please explain BAAS?
So, it seems that the 3.5 Rs per KM is not all that true. There is a min amount you need to pay, which is 5250 for a fixed 1500kms per month. So, even if you drive the car for only 200 or 300 kms the first month, you still need to pay 5250/- to the respective company (Bajaj Finserv, Hero Fincorp, Vidyut, and Ecofy Autovert) which will be giving the rental service(BAAS). On top of that, if you drive more than 1500kms, you will need to pay 3.5Rs per KM on top of 5250/-.

As of now, it is unclear to anyone, on how long we will need to pay that amount (5250/-). It might be for 10 years or a certain KM figure. This is not shared to MG guys yet, it seems. The sales person was very soft-spoken and promised that he will share an update at the earliest. Once updated, I can update this thread as well.To sum up, there is a lot of IFs and BUTs with BAAS as of now.

MY TAKEAWAY:
I loved the car’s look, feel, space, interiors, LED lights, build quality, but there are surely some things which my brain caught and flagged as unusual:
• The MG logo illuminates with the parking lights
• The alloys are huge, but design wise don’t look from the EV family
• No rear wiper!!
• No spare tyre or kit
• Sofa like seats, don’t looks so comfy for long journeys
• The touch screen is big, but the font is not that attractive and there is so much glare that I was not able to capture a good picture.
• Why so many side, front, rear, black plastic accessories? In my opinion they look hideous and hide the car’s angelic beauty.
• Only moon roof, basically an un-open-able sunroof! Try selling that to the Indian kids. Haha!!

well, time for some photos