With increased production, MG Motor will take a decision on re-opening bookings of the Hector later this year.
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MG Motor India, a wholly-owned arm of China's SAIC Motor Corp Wednesday said it will launch a sports utility vehicle, Hector in the middle of this year to kick off its journey in the country. The MG Hector will go in to production in the second quarter of 2019 at the company's manufacturing facility at Halol, Gujarat, MG Motor India said in a statement. "With over 75 per cent localisation levels to begin with, the company aims to enter the growing premium sports utility vehicle (SUV) segment with a best-in-class offering that sets a new benchmark in its segment," it added. Commenting on the upcoming product, MG Motor India President & Managing Director Rajeev Chaba said, "based on the company's global platform, the Hector has been heavily re-engineered to enrich product attributes and suit the evolving preferences of the customers and Indian road conditions." With 100 sales and service touch points in place by May 2019, he said, "we are confident that we will be able to exceed the
The company is looking at around 300 customer touch points going forward